If you want to talk about a way to save Shangguan Wan'er, Cui Geng really has it.

According to historical records, Shangguan Wan'er was once punished with a black face.

As for the reason for her punishment, there have been many disturbances in history, and there are probably three theories.

The first reason is that it is said that when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian ruled the world together, Wu Zetian was afraid that her husband would make some small moves behind his back, so he asked her to hide under the table and eavesdrop on the conversation between Li Zhi and the prime minister. As a result, Li Zhi found out about this, and angrily threw out a knife and stuck it right in her forehead.

The second statement is that when Wu Zetian and Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi were looking for ~ having fun, Shangguan Wan'er and Zhang Changzong were eyebrows. Wu Zetian was jealous, and immediately picked up an inkstone in front of him and smashed it on Shangguan Wan'er's forehead.

As for the third statement, it is the matter that Liu Laosi said. However, it is said that before the execution, Wu Zetian changed his mind and asked Shangguan Wan'er to replace his death with the punishment of black noodles.

Now it seems that in real history, the first two statements are false, and the most reliable statement is the third one.

Cui Geng brushed his thoughts for a moment and said: "Don't underestimate the relationship between Your Majesty and Shangguan Sheren for so many years, I wonder if Your Majesty doesn't have to put Shangguan Sheren to death, right?" Brother Shiro, think about it, why didn't Your Majesty give the decree of 'execution on the same day' but made a decree of 'execution on a certain day'? These four words have a deep meaning! ”

Liu Laosi listened to Cui Geng's analysis, which really made sense, and listened to Cui Geng's follow-up analysis and insights.

Cui Geng continued to analyze: "The key is to let Your Majesty give the evil breath in your heart!" Therefore, it is better for you to persuade Shangguan Sheren to write to His Majesty and beg for a punishment to replace death, such as ...... The punishment of the black face? ”

"No! Absolutely not! Liu Laosi shook his head again and again, and flatly refused, "Everyone in the world knows that Shangguan Sheren loves beauty the most. I'm afraid I'd rather die than be punished with a black face. ”

"Don't worry, listen to my little brother." Cui Gengdao, "The black noodles are the black noodles, where is the black face, how big the place is the black face, then it is very particular." As long as we are willing to spend money, the punishment of black noodles is not as serious as imagined. ”

Liu Laosi groaned: "It's not that the miscellaneous family feels sorry for the silver, but the problem is that a little flaw is also a flaw, and Shangguan Sheren loves beauty like life, so he may not be willing!" Besides, in front of His Majesty, how dare the executioner take bribes and release water? ”

"Don't worry about this, little brother, I have a way to ......"

Cui Geng's method is the legendary "red plum makeup" - painting a red plum blossom on his forehead, which is very charming.

Historically, after Shangguan Wan'er was punished with a black face, Hui Zhilanxin used the method of "red plum makeup" to cover up the traces of the black face. When the palace maids saw it, they all regarded it as beautiful, so they followed her example and used rouge to follow suit on their foreheads, which became popular for a while.

Now Cui Geng is using Shangguan Wan'er's "old wisdom" to curry favor with Shangguan Wan'er, and it is really Nima's chicken thief.

Liu Laosi can stand out from the tens of thousands of eunuchs, and the brain melon is also quite easy to use, and after a little pondering the method of red plum makeup proposed by Cui Geng, he also feels that this plan is feasible.

Immediately, he nodded and said, "Okay, according to what Erlang said, even if the miscellaneous family goes back this time, even if they give up their family funds, they must ensure that the officials are safe." ”

"If Brother Shiro doesn't have enough money, Little Brother still has it." Cui Geng said generously, after all, he has bowed to ninety-nine bows, and it is not bad for this trembling.

Dingzhou is also considered the anointing land of the Great Zhou, although Cui Geng did not make a fortune like in Yangzhou, but he still made some small fortunes.

For example, the chicken farm co-founded with Boling Cui's family, such as several porcelain kilns in Dingzhou, such as selling locust "elixirs......

Therefore, he didn't make much effort, so he took out a thousand taels of gold for Liu Laosi to bring and chat about his heart, so as to mediate the affairs of Shangguan and others.

Before leaving, Liu Laosi patted Cui Geng's shoulder and said with emotion: "Okay, Erlang, Shangguan Sheren didn't take care of you in vain." Ever since she broke something, it turns out that all those who were desperately trying to please have run away. It's just Erlang you, not only think of a way for her, but also willing to take such a large sum of money out to save her life. ”

Cui Geng blinked and said with a smile: "Isn't there still Brother Shiro?" If you hadn't traveled all the way to deliver the news, I wouldn't know about it! ”

Liu Laosi came this time, in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to change the court, and after listening to Cui Geng's words, he instantly understood that Cui Erlang was helping himself cover up.

Liu Laosi was really moved when he heard it, and said secretly, Erlang is a friend who goes to his heart, much more reliable than those goods in Chang'an City!

He said: "Erlang said it well, now the two of us are the most loyal to Shangguan Sheren." Belch...... You and I are like in "Journey to the West", Tang Seng drove Sun Wukong away, who knew that he was caught by a monster, and Zhu Bajie went to Huaguo Mountain to ask for help! My brother dealt with Erlang, and he was called a porcelain solid, and he was called a distraction! ”

Because of the common saying of Zen Buddhism, "Journey to the West" has now been widely spread all over the world, and Liu Laosi has certainly heard of it.

Cui Geng laughed, okay, you Liu Laosi is willing to compare yourself to Zhu Bajie, can I stop it?

Then, Liu Laosi hurried away in a hurry, so he said goodbye and left.

The big thing is important, Cui Geng didn't keep him, and sent him out of the house.

When he arrived outside the house, Liu Laosi turned over and got on his horse, quickly whipped his horse, and walked away.

Seeing Liu Laosi drift away, Cui Geng thought about the errand he was about to do now, and he was very melancholy

Although Shangguan Wan'er's life is at stake, it is not a big problem, but when she is pardoned by Wu Zetian for capital crimes, she will regain her previous status, and then lobby Wu Zetian for herself to cancel the matter of sending her relatives and deputy envoys...... I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. Extrapolating from the time, I can't catch up at all.

Therefore, as a deputy envoy to the Turks, it is estimated that Cui Geng had to save himself and solve it by himself.

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Back home, Cui Geng sent someone to invite He Mingyuan. Because He Mingyuan still has business dealings with the Turks, he also has some power on the Turkic side, which is much stronger than himself, the master with black eyes.

Therefore, it is much more useful to ask He Mingyuan to come than to find Song Genhai, Feng Changqing, Zhou Xing and others.

He Mingyuan heard the news, and Cui Geng told him about sending his relatives and deputy envoys one by one. He Mingyuan also knew about Cui Geng and Sai Xiulun's festival, and when he heard it, he was also confused. And the only thing he can help Cui Geng is to analyze the current situation in the Turkic country to Cui Geng in detail.

In the blink of an eye, many more days passed.

In the past few days, He Mingyuan has used his business in the Turkic country to constantly send all kinds of Turkic information to Cui Geng's desk, and invited someone to teach Cui Geng's Turkic language.

Since there is no hair to let Her Majesty the Empress take back her life, Cui Geng can only accept the reality and make more preparations at the same time, so that he can have more protection in the face of adversity. Life is at stake, Cui Geng naturally studied hard, and in the end, although he couldn't speak proficiently in Turkic, he could understand what the Turks were saying.

His hardcore Zhou Xing, Feng Changqing and Zhou Ghost also studied together, Feng Changqing and Zhou Xing have the highest understanding, if they change their hairstyles and clothes, it is estimated that they can pretend to be Turks.

Song Genhai is the worst, and after dozens of days, he learned to "lose his fortune", "neglect the right machine", and "fly like a machine"...... and a dozen other swear words in Turkic language.

However, what Cui Geng didn't expect was that Huang Youwei, the leader of the mountain bandits who took refuge in him on Crouching Tiger Mountain, had already learned Turkic when he went south and north, which was an unexpected joy.

Relying on these few people alone will definitely not work, Cui Geng sent another general to Peach Blossom Island, and ordered the Freemasons to send 200 cavalry to the Turks.

The Turkic land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many horse bandits, as long as the hands and feet are clean, there is no problem in hiding these 200 people. Between the urgency and urgency, with these more than 200 people responding, the room for maneuver is much greater.

Cui Geng was in full swing to prepare, but the friendly team at the other end of Luoyang was not in a hurry at all.

There are four people in charge of this friendly team, and Wu Yanxiu, the prince of the inverted door, is the party concerned, and he has no interest in marrying a Turkic princess, and he doesn't want to jump into the fire pit early, so if he can leave one day late, he will delay it for a day.

He is making Wu Yizong, this guy is the combination of Sun Yangao and Fan Guanglie, a standard civil war insider, a foreign war layman, afraid of the Turks like a tiger, grinding along the way, walking ten miles to rest a stop, he has to spend the night.

As for Tian Guidao, he didn't agree to the matter of making peace, and of course he didn't want to hurry up.

Speaking of which, only one of the deputy envoys, Eunuch Zhiwei, is quite enthusiastic about this matter. But he can't do the other three people lightly, and he can't decide the overall situation at all.

Originally, this team was supposed to start from Luoyang and head north through Jinzhou, Taiyuanfu, Daizhou, Shuozhou, and Yunzhou to reach the Turkic city of Nanting Heisha City.

However, because of Wu Yizong's opposition, Tian Guidao and Wu Yanxiu's grinding foreign workers, and in the end, the team of relatives came all the way to the northeast. The two princes and two generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty went to get together with a small five-grade long history, and it was really ridiculous to say it.

It wasn't until the second year of the Great Zhou Zhengsheng, on the ninth day of the third month, that this team slowly entered the boundary of Dingzhou, the last stop of the team in Datang.

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On this day, thirty miles outside the city of Dingzhou, Yingguan Pavilion.

The gongs and drums were noisy, and the firecrackers were bursting, and the incumbent officials of Dingzhou, the local gentry, and even some famous rioters all gathered here to welcome the delegation of peace and proximity.

There is no way, Sun Yangao personally gave the order, everyone can't help but give face to this parent, right?

Sun Yangao made up his mind this time and wanted to slap Wu Yizong's ass fiercely.

Last time, I accidentally got on the thief ship of Li Xian, the king of Luling, and as a result, Cui Erlang descended from the sky and put down the huge locust plague.

Damn, this is a plague of locusts, it has been stiff since ancient times, which time was it not a heavy loss? His Majesty Li Er said with a shy face, "Locusts are not harmful", who believes it! However, this time, it was really completely unfazed.

Isn't this a bit of a destiny in Wuzhou? I am mixed with King Luling, and my future is completely bright, okay?

Fan Guanglie also had this in mind, last time because of his rash actions, he lost half of his military expenses, although those bigwigs didn't want his life, but they confiscated all his family property as compensation.

Fan Guanglie has been eating bran for more than a year, and he has long thought of changing his court. He secretly pondered that it would be better if he could catch Wu Yizong's path this time and transfer himself away from the damn Dingzhou.

As for Cui Geng, it is incompatible with this eager atmosphere.

Because as far as he knows, this Laoshizi Hanoi King Wu Yizong is not a good bird, cruel and vicious internally, and extremely weak externally, getting close to him is completely harmful and useless, and there will be no good end in the future.

As for this mission, it is even more dangerous. Putting aside his rival Sai Xiulun, even the Turkic Khan is a master who is insincere!

In history, as soon as this friendly team arrived in Black Sand City, they were locked up by Modu.

Then, Mo Du raised troops on the grounds of the five hatreds and attacked the Great Zhou. It was not until eight years later that relations between the imperial court and the Turks eased, and Wu Yanxiu and others were able to return to the Central Plains.

If you don't die, this time you will have a share with Ran, how long will you have to stay in Turkic? It's hard to say if you can come back safely!

Thinking of this, Cui Geng really couldn't be happy at all.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Cui Geng was disturbed by the sound of excitement, it turned out to be a delegation of envoys from Luoyang, and finally Nima arrived in Dingzhou!

The first person was short in stature, with a bent back, a flat nose and small eyes, wrinkles on his face and a little red, and the most important thing was that this person did not have a head, and his gray hair fluttered in the wind and was unkempt. This old ugly ghost is none other than the cousin of Her Majesty the Empress - King Wu Yi Zong of Hanoi!

Behind Wu Yizong, half of the horse's head was a young handsome Langjun with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, who was the main son of this peace, Wu Yanxiu, the king of Huaiyang, who went to the Turkic inverted door.

Behind the two princes, there are two Great Zhou officials, one Wen and one Wu.

The one on the left, dressed in a purple robe and a gold and jade belt, with resolute facial features and no anger and self-authority, is the left guard Lang Si Bin Qing Tian Guidao.

The one on the right is short in stature, but he is wearing a special exquisite armor, with a bookish face, and he doesn't match the generals at all, it is Yan Zhiwei, the general of the Leopard Taowei.

Since Sun Yangao and Fan Guanglie, the two sycophants, want to hug their thighs, they naturally do their homework very well, and they can basically recognize who is who and which is who.

Immediately, he hurriedly led everyone, walked up quickly, knelt on the ground in an uproar, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Dingzhou assassin Shi Sun Yangao, lead the civil and military officials of Dingzhou, see the King of Hanoi, see the King of Huaiyang!" ”

Wu Yizong and the others turned over and dismounted, and said, "Excuse me, get up." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

As soon as everyone stood up, Sun Yangao couldn't wait to find Wu Yizong's thigh, and patted his ass and said: "The prince has worked hard for the country, and he is not far away......

"Okay, okay, don't talk about those useless ones."

Who knew that Wu Yizong didn't appreciate it, waved his hand with a big grin, and asked: "Eh, the deputy envoy of this king is the deputy envoy of the Turks who named and wanted to add him, Shi Cui Geng, the governor of Dingzhou, where is the person?" ”

Cui Geng listened to himself, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Xiaguan Cui Geng, see the prince." ”

Wu Yizong looked him up and down a few times, chuckled, and said, "One nose, two eyes, two arms and two legs, does it look ordinary?" You forced the Turkic South Chambers to kill Sai Xiulun and ate a mouthful of? With you on this mission, it's really lively! ”

Cui Geng didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, so he said vaguely: "That incident was also a mistake at the beginning, and the lower officials didn't dare to take credit." ”

"Snort...... You still have a good face, and you still want to ask for credit? Eunuch Zhiwei suddenly interjected: "Cui Changshi, this time to envoy the Turks, you'd better give this general some peace!" If it affects the diplomatic relations between the two countries and makes life miserable, this general will not be the first to spare you! ”

Cui Geng didn't say anything, he was the prime minister in his heart, dare to love this General Yan is dissatisfied with me? I don't know if his words are also Hanoi Wu Yizong's attitude towards me?

Seeing that Cui Geng was being trained, Fan Guanglie, who had been holding his breath, finally found an opportunity, and shouted in agreement: "Cui Changshi, have you heard General Yan's lesson?" Diplomatic relations are no trivial matter, after arriving in the Turks, you have to coil the dragon, you have to lie down if you are a tiger, if you don't serve the Turks well, you are the sinner of our Great Zhou! ”

"Served the Turks well?"

When Cui Geng saw that Fan Guanglie's old dog began to jump off again, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and sneered: "You are a big fart who joined the army, and you are also worthy of having diplomatic relations with the two countries?" It's too much to overwhelm. ”

Who knew that Yan Zhiwei snorted coldly again, and said: "Cui Changshi, if Fan joins the army, although it is a little rough, but the words are not rough. As an official of the Great Zhou, you are loyal to the king. For the sake of the truce between the two countries, what can you do if you are wronged? If you should endure it, you have to endure it, and if you should let it, you have to ......"

"Excuse me!"

Cui Geng's face suddenly turned pale, and he interrupted Yan Zhiwei without giving face, and said coldly: "The lower official is just a governor of Ding, although the rank is not comparable to General Yan, but his knees are very hard. Hehe, serving the Turks, the lower officials really can't do it, and they don't understand! You, if you are afraid that my Cui Geng will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, please be smart! ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, without any intention of dragging mud and water!

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