"Lou Gong!!"
Zhao Kai knelt down in front of Lou Rui and cried bitterly.
I saw that his head was wrapped in cloth, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, which was very indecent.
Seeing his appearance, Lou Rui was shocked, "Zhao Juncheng? How did you become like this? Who did it?"
Zhao paused, raised his head and looked at Lou Rui, "My subordinate threw it himself."
Lou Rui wanted to ask a few questions, but suddenly remembered his instructions a few days ago, and quickly changed his words, "So that's it, be more careful in the future."
Zhao Kai hurriedly said: "Mr. Lou! That Chongguang Temple was slaughtered by Liu Taozi. Not a single person was left alive. Their heads were all hung outside the city. They were hung into a forest. The heads were
Lin, it’s really scary!”
"This guy also informed the people of the county about Chongguang Temple. I wanted to dissuade him, but I didn't dare to see him. I wanted to come to see you to tell him, but I was... Mr. Lou, what should I do now?"
Listening to Zhao Kai's accusation, Lou Rui was also confused and frowned.
"I thought he would only split the money among the big ones, but who would have thought that he would not even spare Sogoji Temple. It caused me a lot of trouble."
"Mr. Lou, when the Queen Mother came last time, it was her subordinates who accompanied Yang Gong to greet her. She also asked those masters for Buddhist advice and was very polite to them. But now."
"well."
Lou Rui sighed.
Zhao Kai found the right opportunity and hurriedly said: "Mr. Lou, all this is due to Liu Taozi!"
"I am sincere to my cousin. I never thought of it. I shouldn't have believed in Liu Taozi so much at the beginning. I should have listened to you and sent him away earlier. Sure enough, these days, even relatives can't believe it.
"
Lou Rui looked at Zhao Kai and said, "I have scolded you a lot before, so don't pay attention."
"I don't dare! Mr. Lou's teachings are all for me to make progress. I am grateful to you."
"Please help me think about it, what should I do now?"
Hearing Lou Rui's words, Zhao Kai moved forward a little further and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lou, in fact, this Changshan King may not be so trustworthy. He claims to be a relative of his. After all, your surname is Lou. In my opinion,
We have to find a way to punish Liu Taozi and let the Queen Mother take care of Liu Taozi and King Changshan. With the Queen Mother here, what can King Changshan do? If you avoid everything, these people will think you can really be bullied!"
Zhao Kai then talked about his plan.
His idea was very simple, to blame everything on Liu Taozi and then send him to the Queen Mother for disposal.
But Lou Rui was unmoved by this idea.
This is really too rough.
The person is already dead, and it is inevitable that the Queen Mother will be angry. What is the use of handing the person over? Although he is also a member of the clan, King Changshan is, after all, the recognized leader of the nobles at the moment.
Lou Rui had a headache.
Zhao Kai hurriedly said: "Mr. Lou, don't hesitate. If you hesitate again, I'm afraid you won't have a chance in front of the Queen Mother."
At this moment, a knight suddenly walked in quickly and saluted Lou Rui, "Master! The angel has arrived suddenly! He is outside the county government office right now!!!"
Hearing these words, Lou Rui felt dizzy and turned pale.
When angels are coming, they usually have to be informed in advance and received along the way. How come they suddenly appear?
There is only one possibility: the other party is here to ask questions, so they will show up directly without informing them in advance.
The Queen Mother sent someone to question her.
How could it be so fast??
Lou Rui stood up slowly, his face became solemn, and he said to his left and right: "Send someone to visit each county government office."
After saying that, he put on mourning clothes and walked out of the door quickly.
He walked all the way to the front yard, had the gate of the county government opened, and then knelt aside to welcome the angel.
The angel stood on the carriage, holding a long wooden stick in his hand. The top of the wooden stick was tied with animal hair and was flying. This is the Emperor's Scepter.
"I, Liyang Grand Administrator Lou Rui, pay homage to the angel!!"
Lou Rui hurriedly bowed to see him, and the rest of the people followed him and kowtowed.
The angel on the carriage looked to be in his early thirties, not old, but he was tall, handsome and dignified. He frowned and looked very solemn.
He looked at Lou Rui who was saluting and took out the edict from his arms.
"Teach the world to learn that the prince is the emperor and is located in the Xuande Hall of Jinyang. He is offering amnesty to the world. All officials at home and abroad have been promoted. Officials have lost their titles and their property has been restored! Respect the empress dowager as the empress dowager, the empress as the empress dowager, and edict Jiuzhou
Soldiers who are seventy years old and have been assigned to commissions, military officers who are over sixty years old and those who are ill and cannot be driven away will be exempted! Civil engineering, gold, copper and iron, and other miscellaneous work, all stop!"
Lou Rui was stunned for a moment, then saluted again, "I obey your decree!!"
This is to announce the news of the crown prince's accession to the throne.
Lou Rui immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he was here to ask questions. When the official handed the edict to Lou Rui, Lou Rui stood up slowly. He smiled and looked at the angel.
"Angel Face Saint, I wonder whose family he is a descendant of?"
The angel looked at him calmly and said, "I am Cui Zhan, the minister of high school."
Lou Rui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He was just sending a message. Why was he the minister and the emperor's scepter at the same time? What was going on?
"Ah! It turns out to be Mr. Cui! Please get out of the car, Mr. Cui. I'll prepare some food."
"No need."
Cui Zhan said very indifferently. He took out an imperial edict again and looked at him, "Liyang Prefect Lou Rui takes the imperial edict!"
"I, Liyang Governor Lou Rui, respectfully listen to the edict!!"
Lou Rui knelt on the ground again.
Cui Zhan picked up the edict and began to read it, "There is an official who assassinated Lou Rui, the prefect of Liyang. During his tenure, he indulged the rich and powerful, preyed on the common people, occupied cultivated land, collected bribes, framed and framed, insulted officials, colluded with monks, pretended to be gods and ghosts, and deceived ignorant people.
The treasury of counties and counties will be empty, and the people will have no way to live."
Lou Rui suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of astonishment, but he did not dare to interrupt.
Cui Zhan's speech became faster and faster. He talked about Lou Rui's crimes one after another, and finally said: "The special minister Cui Zhan is holding the Emperor's Scepter to investigate Li Yang. If the crime is true, Lou Rui will be escorted back to Ye to be punished.
!!”
Lou Rui sat there blankly, and Zhao Kai beside him was also stunned.
"Please ask Governor Lou to accept the edict!"
Cui Zhan urged, and Lou Rui slowly raised his head and looked at him, "Is this your Majesty's edict or Yang Min's handwriting?"
Cui Zhan did not speak, but a large group of knights broke into the county government office. They quickly occupied several exits, holding crossbows in their hands and armor on their bodies. Lou Rui looked behind the angel and found that the entire road seemed to be empty.
Covered by soldiers.
"In order to catch me, Yang Dadu sent so many people?"
Lou Rui asked disdainfully.
Cui Zhan raised the scepter in his hand and said coldly: "During my inspection, both the county and county offices have to close their doors, and no one is allowed to go out."
"OK."
Lou Rui smiled and nodded. At this moment, there was no fear on his face.
Both the county government office and the county government office were blocked. Groups of soldiers directly blocked the road, and the county soldiers were controlled immediately.
In the county government office, Tian Zili and others gathered around Liu Taozi.
"Brother, are you here to arrest us?"
"Why haven't you rushed in yet?"
"What the hell is going on outside?"
Everyone was confused at this moment. This group of people came very quickly. After they appeared, they blocked Liyang County and the county government office as quickly as possible. As a result, everyone was blocked in the door before they could react.
, extremely frightened.
Yao Xiong couldn't help but said: "These are the elites of the temple. Their speed of doing things is several times higher than that of the county soldiers!"
Tian Zili frowned and fumbled with his sword again and again to relieve his tension.
Kou Liu walked in quickly at this moment, panting and saluting Liu Taozi.
"Brother, I saw it clearly. The county government office was directly surrounded. The people in the car were holding something that seemed to be the Emperor's Scepter. I saw some soldiers leading Shi Jun out. Previously, Prime Minister Yang said it would be on the 15th.
Could it be someone sent by Yang Xiang??"
Everyone was stunned and looked at Liu Taozi.
They only thought they were soldiers brought in after massacring Sogou Temple, but they never thought of this.
Liu Taozi looked indifferent, "It's still unknown."
Although Liu Taozi never gave everyone a precise explanation, looking at his indifferent expression, everyone suddenly became less nervous. So what if he came to kill us? With Brother Taozi here, there is no need to be afraid of these dogs.
thing?
"What does this mean?"
Cui Zhan's face was ashen. He stood in front of the warehouse, looking at the mountains of grain inside, and slowly looked at Shi Yao beside him.
Shi Yao was at a loss as he looked at the piles of food.
"It was you who wrote the letter to Yang Xiang, saying that Li Yang's warehouses were all empty and the people were starving to death. Was it you who wrote it?"
"It was me. But you don't know, something happened later. I only received these grains after I wrote the letter."
Cui Zhan wanted to say something, but his lips trembled for a while, turned around, and left. Shi Yao hurriedly followed behind him.
"Mr. Cui, I really am not talking nonsense."
"Well, I believe you. There is no problem with this grain depot. You take me to find those powerful people with the worst reputations."
"No more."
"Um?"
"They were all killed."
"Thieves outside the city?"
"No more."
"County officials who have committed evil deeds!"
"No more."
Shi Yao's voice became lower and lower, while Cui Zhan's expression became worse and worse.
"What about Sogoji Temple you mentioned? Take me to Sogoji Temple!"
Shi Yao was silent for a long time.
"No more"
Cui Zhan looked at Shi Yao in front of him several times and asked, "What happened in this city?"
"This is all because of the new county magistrate in our county. Listen to me, this is what happened."
In the county government office, Lou Rui was sitting in the courtyard. He spread a mat on the ground and lay down on it, basking in the sun, looking very comfortable.
Zhao Kai, who was trapped in the county government office, was kneeling next to him, but his expression was very frightened.
"Mr. Lou, what should we do now? This is because the temple wants to hold you accountable. I'm sure it was caused by the Queen Mother's anger."
"fart!"
"The Queen Mother is angry? What nonsense!"
"This is the person sent by Yang Dadu!"
Lou Rui lay on the ground and said disdainfully: "If the Queen Mother wants to punish me, does she still need to go through so many actions? Do you think this Yang Dadu is ridiculous?"
"You want to take action against us, but you don't dare to arrest us directly. You still have to find some evidence and go through some procedures. He has three to four hundred soldiers now, and I only have fifty or sixty. If you want to kill me, then arrest him and kill him."
Ah, I can’t beat him. He wants to kill but doesn’t dare to kill openly. He wants to be greedy but doesn’t dare to openly do so. They are a group of shameless villains and cowards without courage!!”
"He's like this and still wants to succeed? It's really ridiculous!"
Lou Rui spoke loudly about his dissatisfaction with the prime minister, but Zhao Kai did not dare to answer. He just lowered his head.
"Why don't you speak?"
Lou Rui suddenly looked at him.
Zhao Kai was stunned, raised his head and looked at him, "Mr. Lou. Me."
Lou Rui looked at him, and a sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face, "You just persuaded me to give Liu Taozi to the Queen Mother, and persuaded me to break up with King Changshan. Was it your brother's order?"
"He took refuge in Yang Min? Oh, yes, you are Han people, Hanchen"
"You want to drive a wedge between me and King Changshan, so that old man Yang Min can benefit from it?"
Zhao Kai's eyes widened, and he hurriedly knelt down in front of Lou Rui, "I don't dare! I am wronged! I sincerely consider you."
Lou Rui sneered, "Fortunately, my cousin sent the people in time. I thought it was my cousin who was harming me, but now I know that he sent people to protect me. He knew that I have a character that cannot be persuaded, so he sent the people.
Come help me, I just listened to you, a villain, and wanted to take action against a good person."
"If it weren't for my cousin, I'd be in the prison car by now, wouldn't I?"
"You are really vicious, Zhao Kai, just wait for me, I will kill your entire clan. When I followed Emperor Shenwu to cut off the heads of the Western thieves, your brother was still fighting with Ni!
!Dare you plot against me!!"
"Lou Gong!! I was wronged!! I really haven't! I have never done anything to feel sorry for you!!"
"That Shi Yao has been abandoned, and there is no one around him. His letters will never reach Yecheng!! You wrote the letters for him, right?!"
"Hahaha, I shouldn't believe that you Han people are all of the same virtue! Just wait, I will kill all the chickens and dogs in your family."
Zhao Kai was so frightened that he cried loudly, but at this moment, there was movement outside, and Cui Zhan led everyone into the house slowly.
Zhao Kai's crying stopped suddenly, Lou Rui sat up and looked at him rudely.
Cui Zhan said slowly: "Lou Rui, the prefect of Liyang, indulged the officials and acted too harshly. He killed them all regardless of the reason and did not go to the temple. The cruel law harmed people. He was immediately removed from his official title and sent to Yecheng for punishment."
Lou Rui was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"I killed a powerful man who was a slave to the common people, and you want to depose me because of it??"
"Now, everyone in the world will know what kind of virtue you are!"
Cui Zhan's face immediately became even more ugly.
Yang Min gave him an ironclad order to remove Lou Rui, but at this moment, not even a single witness could be found for Lou Rui's many crimes. The city of Liyang was so clean that it was scary.
In order to fulfill his orders, he could only arrest people in the name of being too cool.
Cui Zhan waved his hand, "Capture them all."
The soldiers rushed forward. Seeing the soldiers, Zhao Kai went completely crazy. He jumped up and shouted: "Don't catch me! Don't catch me!!"
At this moment, Zhao Kai looked crazy and abnormal.
"I can testify! I have evidence that the prefect has done evil! There is a lot of money and food in the county government, all of which he collected as bribes!!"
Zhao Kai shouted loudly, Cui Zhan was stunned, and then ordered, "Take this person into the car, keep an eye on him, and don't let anyone get close to him."
Lou Rui looked at the frantic Zhao Kai coldly, "I knew it was you."
He stood up and walked slowly to Cui Zhan, "The temple has issued an edict to take me away, so I will go with you. Even if I have done evil, it will only be dismissed. I am not afraid. Lin
Before I leave, I want to say a few words to Liyang County Magistrate, and you can help me bring him here."
Cui Zhan looked at him coldly.
"You are not the governor now, but the scapegoat. You should get on your way as soon as possible."
Lou Rui suddenly pulled out the Huajing sword and pressed it directly against Cui Zhan's neck. The soldiers around him were shocked, but they did not dare to approach.
Lou Rui raised his head and looked at the other party with disdain. He patted the other party's face with his sword and said, "I asked you to find Liu Xian Cheng."
Cui Zhan didn't say anything, but the officials who followed him hurriedly ran out.
After a moment of stalemate, Liu Taozi walked quickly to this place under the leadership of the clerk.
Seeing him, Lou Rui's eyes softened a little, and there was a hint of guilt on his face.
"I know it was me who wrongly blamed you."
He suddenly put away his sword and threw the Huajing sword to Taozi. Taozi stretched out his hand and grabbed it.
"What I said before is just a fart. Don't worry about it. This sword is still my private property for you to use here. Please keep an eye on it for me and don't let anyone swallow it."
"I will go to Yecheng first to meet Yang Dadu. Then you can wait for me with peace of mind."
After Lou Rui finished speaking, he signaled his followers to put down their weapons, then knocked Cui Zhan away from him and walked towards the cars in the distance.
Liu Taozi stood there and watched the other party leave.
Cui Zhan walked up to Liu Taozi and looked at the young man in front of him.
"Although he is brave, his actions are too cruel and hard to be useful."
He made a comment and then said: "However, if it can be corrected, it may become a pillar."
Everyone walked out one after another. Cui Zhan lowered his voice and came slightly closer to Liu Taozi, "Yang Mang values ​​you very much, don't let him down."
After saying that, he turned and left with everyone.
Liu Taozi stood there and watched them walk out of the county government office. Soon, the group left along the road. A knight opened the way at the front. The road was empty. They just ran all the way and disappeared from everyone's sight.
inside.
When Tian Zili and others hurriedly broke into the county government office, Liu Taozi was holding a flower collar sword and frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.
When Shi Yao saw him, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked quickly to his side.
Shi Yao looked very excited.
"Mr. Liu, what a great thing!"
"Yang Xiang sent many people!!"
"Currently, many incompetent and cruel officials inside and outside the court are being dismissed, their titles are being stripped away, and they are returning home in vain. Cui Gong said that the purpose of the temple is to clean up the inside and outside of the temple, not to leave traitors, to eliminate redundant officials, and to rule the world!!"
"The people of the world are finally saved!"
ps: At the beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty, when Tianbao merged with the provincial official department doctor, he found Ding You and became a Situ servant. Yang Min wanted to introduce him to Zhongshu Shilang. He said: 'Cui Sheng's dignified appearance is worthy of Pei Zi'.————
"Book of Northern Qi: Biography of Cui"
Moreover, it has been eight years since Tianbao, and there have been too many titles and rewards. To the point where Zhen Xianxian was relieved of his duties and granted the title of king, all those who had stolen favors and honors were deposed. As a result, those who had indulged and neglected their duties were all returned to their second uncle.
.————"Book of Northern Qi·Biography of Yang Min"
Chapter completed!