The former Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Today's Luoyang, the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Decades ago, that is, in the second year of Xianqing (657 AD), Li Zhi issued an edict and made Luoyang the eastern capital. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has had two national capitals, Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west, and is known as the East and West Erjing.

More than 20 years later, in the first year of Guangzhai, Wu Zetian became the empress dowager and issued an edict to change the eastern capital to the divine capital. Since then, Luoyang's political status has gradually surpassed that of Chang'an.

By this year, that is, the first year of Long Live Tongtian, Luoyang has become the only national capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Wu Zetian and even hundreds of civil and military officials of the imperial court are working here.

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Long live the first year of Tongtian, August 17, came to Junchen and Cui Geng and entered Luoyang City.

They entered from the Dingding Gate, followed the official road all the way to the north, passed the Xingjin Bridge, Tianjin Bridge and Huangdao Bridge, and came to the end gate of the imperial city.

This is a huge square with a radius of hundreds of zhang, and in the middle of the square, a copper pillar stands tall ~ towering.

This pillar is as high as ten zhang, the column body is eight-sided, each side is five feet, and it is engraved with the text of singing praises for Wu Zetian. On the top of the column is cast a cloud-shaped dew plate, on which four dragonmen stand, holding a copper fire bead about one zhang in diameter.

Cui Geng knew that this was the famous "Great Zhou Wanguo Songde Tianshu", or simply "Tianshu".

Rao is his two lives, seeing such a magnificent and magnificent work of art, he can't help but be distracted for a while, and subconsciously read out two lines of poetry: "The fairy plate is dewed, and the high pillar wants to inherit the sky." The mountains are cloudy, and the pearls are suspicious and the fire hangs. ”

"Tsk, Cui Changshi is really interested, he is still making poetry at this time? I really don't know whether to live or die! ”

After listening to Junchen, don't smile gloomily, and said: "The front is the imperial city, don't rely on this special 'prisoner car', hurry up and get down to this official!" ”

"Haha, Lai Shaoqing is really a belly of straw bags, and he doesn't learn the name of no skill, so he really lives up to his name! This poem was written by Lord Li Qiao, who sacrificed wine in Sungkyunkwan in the current dynasty, and the official just recited it. Also write poems, be your sister's poems! ”

As he spoke, Cui Geng had already gotten out of the carriage.

Lai Junchen was ridiculed and ridiculed in public again, and he was so angry that he swallowed Cui Geng's heart alive.

Cui Geng asked, "Where should we go now?" ”

"Dali Temple!" Guo Ke said.

"Lijingmen!" Come to Junchen Road.

The two said it at the same time, but it was diametrically opposed.

Guo Ke's face turned sideways, and he shouted: "You have not been in the imperial history for a long time when you come to Junchen, why did you take my brother to Lijingmen?" ”

"Haha, it turns out that Fu Yuanhou also has a time when he is lonely and unheard!"

Lai Junchen finally pulled back a game, and said with a smile: "On the day that Your Majesty promoted this official to Sinong Shaoqing, her old man personally ordered the establishment of a new yamen, called the Governor's Yuan. This yamen was mainly responsible for the officials who were interrogated by the Holy Order, and all of them were imprisoned in the magistrate's court. ”

Guo Ke has been working in the field for a long time, and he really doesn't know about it, "Even if that's the case, it has nothing to do with Lijingmen, right?" ”

Lai Junchen said proudly: "That is a big relationship, Lijingmen originally belonged to Zuosu Zhengtai, and now it belongs to the Magistrate's Yuan." In other words, the prison of Lijingmen is the prison of the magistrate's court. The jailer of Lijingmen is the jailer of the Magistrate's Court! ”

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Cui Geng understood in seconds when he heard it, and dared to love this is a team of two brands!

Guo Ke frowned tightly and said, "I didn't hear that you came to Shaoqing and also served as a magistrate?" ”

Lai Junchen was even more proud, and said: "I can't hide it, the head of the Magistrate's House is none other than Wan Guojun, the deputy head of my Lijing Gate." I wonder if Marquis Fu Yuan has heard of this person? ”

Wan Guojun? Guo Ke has heard of it too much.

This person is Lai Junchen's number one minion, and "Luo Weaving Sutra" was completed by Lai Junchen, Suo Yuanli and Wan Guojun.

Lai Junchen is the son of a gambler who doesn't learn anything, Suo Yuanli is a Hu man and has no knowledge, these two goods are just able to provide creativity, and the real main writer is Wan Guojun!

Of course, what really made Wan Guojun famous all over the world was not "Luo Weaving Sutra", but a big case a few years ago, that is, in the second year of longevity. At that time, some people falsely accused the Lingnan people of opposing intentions, and Wu Zetian ordered Wan Guojun to investigate and handle the case. As a result, after he arrived in Guangzhou, he didn't even ask, and directly asked the displaced people to gather by the river and behead them all!

The mind is so vicious, and there are quite a few means, and his Erlang brother fell into the hands of this living Hades, so is there a good one? And this living Yama is still a literate living Yama!

Guo Ke hurriedly said: "No, Cui Changshi and Li Jingmen have a grudge, he entered the Governor's Court, what should I do if he was personally vendetted by Wan Guojun?" ”

Lai Junchen shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "Marquis Fuyuan's worries are not unreasonable, but with His Majesty's will here, this official has no choice." Otherwise...... You went to His Majesty to ask for a decree? But even if you have to ask Your Majesty for advice. But before His Majesty's will is settled, we have to follow the rules, don't we? Therefore, right now, Cui Geng must be imprisoned in the Magistrate's Court! ”

The emperor of Dingzhou Tiangao is far away, and Guo Ke can forcibly take Cui Geng away by force. But in the imperial capital of Luoyang, under Wu Zetian's nose, he couldn't do this.

He glanced at Cui Geng helplessly, and said, "Okay, Ben Hou will go to see Your Majesty to ask for an order, you wait for me!" If you dare to touch my brother's hair, I will cut you and Wan Guojun alive! ”

After that, he said to Cui Geng: "Brother, don't be afraid, wait for my brother!" ”

He hurriedly turned over and got on his horse, urged the horse to enter the end gate, passed through Tianjie, and went straight to the direction of Yingtianmen.

Lai Junchen looked at his distant back and sneered: "Hmph, if you can see Your Majesty today, this official will have your surname!" ”

Then, with a wave of his hand, he said, "Take away, take away!" ”

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Cui Geng was escorted into the end gate by the Lijingmen people, turned west, and entered the cell of the magistrate's house without much effort.

I thought that Lai Junchen would arrange a damp and dark rat room for himself to take revenge on himself.

But as soon as Cui Geng entered the cell, he found that the cell arranged by the grandson surnamed was not bad.

The room had a rare small window on the side of the cell, allowing ventilation and a little daylight to let in. Two oil lamps hung on the walls illuminated the room. There is a thick layer of hay in the corner, and there is a place to rest.

Half an hour later.

"Cui Geng, someone has come to see you!"

With a shout from the jailer, the jailer ushered in a delicate girl.

Dressed in men's clothes, thin Shi Fandai, pure as a hibiscus out of the water, elegant as an empty valley orchid, who is not Lu Ruolan?

Cui Geng suddenly got up from the hay and said in surprise: "Ruolan, why are you here?" Come to the prison controlled by Junchen, you can actually come in, these bastards are not a little embarrassed for you, right? ”

Lu Ruolan glanced at the cell boss and said to Cui Geng: "Erlang, don't worry, our five surnames and seven wangs are still of some use." ”

Immediately, she took out a piece of gold from her sleeve pocket, handed it to the jailer, and said softly: "Please also ask Brother Wang to make it convenient, the little girl has something to say to her husband." ”

The jailer was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who weighed the gold, shook his head and said lightly: "Little lady Lu, I'm afraid this bit of gold is not enough." ”

"Wang Dalei, don't be insatiable!" Lu Ruolan's pretty face sank, and said: "Don't think I don't understand, the market price of coming to Lijingmen to visit the prison is ten yuan at a time." These two taels of gold, only a lot more! ”

"Hey, market price?"

Wang Dalei pinched the golden nude in his hand and chuckled, "That's right, two taels of gold to visit the prison, there is definitely a surplus." However, this time you are parting with life and death! I gave Cui Changshi a chance to explain his last words, how can two taels of gold be enough? Why do you have to get twenty taels? ”

Lu Ruolan panicked: "Life and death? What do you ...... What do you mean? ”

Wang Dalei put the gold into his arms and said: "Lai Shaoqing has already passed the word, he said that Cui Changshi is loyal to the Turks, and he is worried that he will not be able to bear the torture in the court and leak the secrets of the Turks, maybe Cui Changshi will take poison and commit suicide." I'm afraid he won't survive tonight! ”

This is obviously the opposite, the implication is that they are going to do it tonight, and then create an illusion that Cui Geng is loyal to the Turks and commits suicide by taking poison!

After hearing this, Lu Ruolan couldn't be calm anymore, and hurriedly took off the two jade bracelets on Hao's wrist, and begged: "These two bracelets are worth at least five hundred yuan, for their sake, can they be delayed for a few days?" If you don't think it's enough, it's okay to say that the concubine will go back to raise money. Our Fan Yang Lu clan is not short of this bit of silver! ”

"Hehe, this jade bracelet is in good condition!" Wang Dalei snatched the jade bracelet from his hand, and then said, "But this has nothing to do with silver!" The king of Hades told you to die in the third watch, who would dare to keep people until the fifth watch? For the sake of this bracelet, I can give you half an hour. As for the other requirements, yes, the lady of the Lu family, I can't help it! ”

"You ......" Lu Ruolan was angry.

"It's not about money, it's about life?" At this moment, suddenly a cool voice sounded outside the cell.

Following the sound of footsteps, another jailer approached with a pair of pretty maids.

It's Chu Yunniang and her maid Bi'er!

They and Cui Geng separated at the gate of Luoyang City, saying that they wanted to take refuge in a world friend, and wanted the world friend to think of a way for Cui Geng's case.

Unexpectedly, the two of them rushed over so quickly.

Wang Dalei looked at the jailer who led the way and asked, "Li Tou'er, who is this little lady?" ”

"These two are no ordinary people." The jailer known as "Li Tou'er" swallowed his saliva and said, "Have you heard of the name of the wall dragon?" This little lady of Chu Yunniang has a lot to do with the wall dragon. Because the king of Hanoi offended the little lady Chu, he was cut off a circle of hair by the wall dragon! ”

"Really?" Wang Dalei will be suspicious, how can this Nima still pull out such a noble as the king of Hanoi.

"I have a relative who works on an errand with the king of Hanoi, and he told me about this, so can he still do it? Besides......" Li Tou'er lowered his voice and muttered in Wang Dalei's ear: "This is ...... The ...... who was referred You weigh it. ”

After whispering, Li Tou'er said loudly again: "What, I'm only responsible for bringing people in, and I won't mix other things." Retired first! ”

The people behind Chu Yunniang are powerful, but Lai Junchen is not ambiguous, Li Touer doesn't want to get mixed with it, so he turns around and leaves.

Wang Dalei only thought that Cui Geng was a slightly more famous magistrate, but he never expected that he would also be involved with the wall dragon, and his face was extremely ugly.

He laughed dryly and said, "Since Little Lady Chu is here to visit the prison, if you have anything to say, you won't bother in the future." ”

"Wait!" Chu Yunniang pursed her lips lightly and said, "You are in such a hurry to leave, are you afraid that I will intercede for Cui Geng?" Don't worry, I'm not pleading, I just want to tell you two things. ”

"Little lady, speak!"

"The first thing is that the master Bilong likes loyal ministers and filial sons the most honest officials, and he especially appreciates Cui Changshi. If anyone hurts half of Cui Changshi's hair, he will take the head of that person without me passing on the word from the little woman. ”

This is indeed not a plea, this is a naked ~ naked threat!

The name of the wall dragon is well known to the world, especially people like Wang Da Lei, who were born in the market, and even more legendary figures such as the owner of the wall dragon, as well as the deeds of the rangers in the rivers and lakes, like thunder!

Wang Dalei only felt that his legs were a little weak, the back of his neck was cold, he swallowed his saliva, and asked, "What is the second thing that the little lady wants to say to the little one?" ”

"Nanyin Niang Beibi Long, have you ever heard this sentence? After talking about the wall dragon, let's talk about the hidden mother Cui Xiufang. What is the relationship between her and Cui Changshi, the concubine doesn't know. I only know that she once passed down the word, who hurt Cui Changshi......"

"Nanyin Niang Cui Xiufang? Why did you get involved with her again? Wang Dalei naturally knows that Cui Xiufang, a hidden mother who has been in the limelight in the past two years.

Chu Yunniang said: "She once released the wind on the rivers and lakes, if anyone dares to touch Cui Changshi, she will destroy everyone's family!" ”

Poof!

This time it was Wang Dalei's turn to be calm, he collapsed to the ground with weak legs, "Beibi Longnan Yinniang, how did you climb out of these two masters?" When you came to explain to me, you didn't tell me this! ”

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