Lai Junchen hurriedly climbed the Wufeng Tower and saw Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian, who came to Junchen, was calm and calm, as if she didn't know anything about such a major event as the sudden arrest of the three prime ministers outside the noon gate.
That kind of calmness and calmness made Lai Junchen feel a sense of surrender and awe from the bottom of his heart when he saw it.
Yes, this old woman on top is a female emperor, a female emperor who has never been seen since Yanhuang, but in the eyes of Lai Junchen, she has never been treated as a woman.
He wondered why some officials who seemed to be wise and smart didn't agree with the emperor because she was a woman, Lai Junchen had never had any troubles in this regard, he didn't think that there was anything wrong with a woman being the emperor, could the sky fall He only knew that this woman was the most powerful person in the world, and he was originally a prisoner when he came to Junchen, and today he can turn countless princes and generals into his own prisoners, and this power comes from this amazing woman, so he is deeply in awe of this woman.
Lai Junchen entered the Wufeng Tower, lifted his robe, knelt on the ground, kowtowed respectfully, and said loudly: "Ministers come to Junchen, knock to see Your Majesty the Emperor" The courtiers of the Tang Dynasty do not have to bow down at every turn, even in the most solemn and sacred Ming Hall, they all use their own seats, and the ministers and the Son of Heaven can sit and discuss politics.
Only Lai Junchen, every time he saw the emperor, he respectfully knelt and bowed.
The first time he saw the empress, the empress was still the empress dowager, and he was a prisoner who had just been released, and that time, he was sincerely frightened, and he knelt down, and since then, he has been the imperial historian, until today he has become the imperial historian.
Since then until now, whether it is the queen mother of the year or the emperor today, he has always bowed.
Usually, Wu Zetian doesn't care much about this kind of solemn gift, every time he sees him salute so solemnly, he has to laugh and say a few words to him, but this time, Wu Zetian didn't say anything.
If it weren't for the fact that she was lucky enough to intercept the secret letter that these people handed to the imperial palace, it is likely that a few days later, in the middle of the night, the ministers who suddenly mutiny seized her country and imprisoned her in the cold palace, which made her still a little afraid.
At this moment, seeing the respectful and respectful Lai Junchen who saw the gods, Wu Zetian felt some comfort in his heart: loyal courtiers still exist after all.
As a result, Wu Zetian's tone was also rarely softened: "Come to Qing, there are courtiers who rebel."
Last night, they submitted a letter to the imperial palace, and three days after meeting, they mutinied the palace, forced me to abdicate, and supported the prince to recover Li Tang.
I've already captured some people, and I'll leave them to you."
"Obey the Order" Lai Junchen, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately kowtowed heavily, his face was pious, but his heart was ecstatic.
He loved to torture people, especially those who were originally high and powerful, and he liked to watch these powerful people weep and scream and beg for forgiveness without dignity under his torture rack.
The thought of this made his blood boil.
Wu Zetian said: "I want you to find out, the most important thing is that if the rebellion is true, how many people are still their comrades" Wu Zetian leaned forward slightly, and said in an accentuated tone: "This matter is very important, I don't want to live in fear every day, I don't want to be in my sleep, and there are rebels attacking my dormitory and forcing me to abdicate."
Lai Junchen kowtowed again, and said solemnly: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will definitely find out all the accomplices of the traitorous party, so that Your Majesty can sit back and relax, and let my Great Zhou Sheji be as stable as Mount Tai."
Wu Zetian said in a deep voice: "It's better to be in vain than to indulge" "No" Wu Zetian waved his hand, Lai Junchen kowtowed again, got up, bowed and retreated step by step, until he exited the palace gate, and then turned to leave.
Wu Zetian looked at the back of Lai Junchen's departure, and said leisurely, "There are always people who want to betray me Di Renjie and Ren Zhigu, these people were just humble officials back then, they were cultivated by me, and it was I who made them humble and noble, dressed in vermilion and purple, and they were extremely human ministers.
I can't imagine that they have a little more wings, so they want to take away the country."
Shangguan Wan'er said cautiously: "Everyone, the truth has not been ascertained yet, let's wait until the Zhongcheng interrogation."
Wu Zetian shook his head and said abruptly: "Will it be fake, over the years, the ministers have rebelled again and again, which time they have not obtained their credentials, they don't like women to be emperors, no matter how good I am to them, just like Di Renjie, I respect him as a friend, I call him an old man, and I respect him."
When Wu Zetian said this, he suddenly choked up.
Shangguan Wan'er owed a debt and didn't know how to comfort the sad empress.
At this time, Wu Youji, dressed in military uniform, strode into Wufeng Tower.
Although this princess of Taiping has been indulging in wine recently, her foundation is not bad after all, and in front of Wu Zetian, he does not dare to show a tired and sluggish appearance, so he looks very heroic.
As soon as he saw Wu Zetian, Wu Youji immediately crossed his hands and gave a military salute, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Zuo Yuchao Wei General Zhang Qianxuan, Fengchen Weilang General Di Guangyuan and other rebels in the army have been taken down, and the ministers Wu Youji has come to reply to the decree."
Wu Zetian said happily: "Immediately escort them to the magistrate's court and hand them over to Yushi Zuo Cheng to come to Junchen."
Wu Youji said: "No" Hearing that the accomplices of the traitorous party in the army had been arrested, Wu Zetian's expression was much more relaxed, and he stretched out his hand to Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Wan'er, accompany me back to Wucheng Palace."
"Yes" Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Wu Zetian's arm, she felt that the empress's arm looked particularly weak today.
When she walked down the Wufeng Tower, Shangguan Wan'er saw Yang Fan who was neatly draped and had a sword under her side, and Yang Fan also saw her.
The eyes of the two people were paired, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head imperceptibly in the face of Yang Fan's questioning eyes, glanced at the empress, and gave Yang Fan a look, Yang Fan understood and knew that it was not easy to ask at this time, so he also nodded and quietly stepped aside.
When Lai Junchen returned to the Yushitai, he heard that the ministers who had been arrested at the noon gate had arrived, and immediately ordered him to ascend to the hall, and he was already a little impatient.
After Di Renjie, Pei Xingben, Ren Zhigu and others were arrested, they already knew their charges, and they were still speculating about who was framing him, whether it was Wu Chenghe, who jumped over the wall in a hurry, or Wu Sansi, who now finally hoped to become the crown prince, was escorted to the magistrate's court, and they immediately knew that the situation was a little bad.
The Magistrate's Court is a prison system that belongs to the Imperial Historical Tower, and those who enter this gate do not exist, so it is called "the end of the case" by the hundred officials, which means that once you enter this door, it will be over.
They were escorted here, and it seemed that they did not even have a chance to defend themselves in front of the emperor.
Soon, they were escorted to the lobby, and Lai Junchen looked at them eagerly, just like a wanderer who had been away from his hometown for many years saw their own brother, or a poor man who had been a bachelor for eight lifetimes, and suddenly married a beautiful daughter-in-law Lai Junchen sat behind the judgment table, saw a group of ministers being escorted to the hall, smiled proudly, and commanded: "Come here, verify your body" Judge Wang Deshou took two officials, insisted on books, asked each person's name and surname one by one, and turned around to report to Lai Junchenyu: "Back to Zhongcheng, conspire against the local official Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi Di Renjie, Tongping Zhangshi Ren Zhigu, Pei Xingben, Si Nongqing Pei Xuanli, Zuo Cheng Lu Xian, Zhongcheng Wei Yuanzhong, a total of six people, have been brought and verified to be correct."
Lai Junchen slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Come on, strip off their clothes, and kneel down in front of the hall to be tried."
"Slow" In the imperial history, Wei Yuanzhong couldn't bear it, and shouted vigorously: "Come to Junchen, my dynasty system, the minister charges the case, before the judgment is made, you must not go to the clothes first, you dare to break the laws of my court."
Lai Junchen is the left of the imperial history, Wei Yuanzhong is the right of the imperial history, one of the two is responsible for supervising the hundred officials and soldiers and civilians in Beijing, and the other is responsible for supervising the officials of various state capitals and counties, they are both equals and colleagues, but the two have never had much contact, and they don't look at each other very well.
Listening to Wei Yuanzhong's words, Lai Junchen smiled "sneering" and said disdainfully: "These rules, do you still use you Wei Zhongcheng to teach these rules, but this official asks about the case, there has never been a person who can't be convicted, excuse me, in this official court, who dares not to admit guilt" Lai Junchen stared at Wei Yuanzhong with a cold gaze, and with a wave of his hand, a large group of officials immediately carried dozens of strange-shaped and bloodstained torture instruments into the hall.
Lai Junchen slowly stood up from his seat and shouted: "I am ordered to try a major case of rebellion."
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The evidence of your crimes is conclusive, irrefutable, and you can avoid the pain of flesh and skin by confessing obediently, otherwise, this official should see who can afford the wear and tear of these torture instruments of your flesh and blood."
Wei Yuanzhong's temperament is old and ginger, he can't stand his threat like this, he was so angry for a while, and shouted loudly: "The old man is innocent, and he is not guilty of recruiting Junchen, you scoundrel, don't you want to be beaten into a trick?"
Lai Junchen sneered: "Guilty or not, I know after the trial, come here" "Slow" Di Renjie suddenly took a step forward, stopped Lai Junchen's order, he slowly turned around, stared at the other six people who were escorted to the lobby with deep meaning, and then turned to face Lai Junchen and said: "The Great Zhou Revolution, the restoration of all things, the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, willing to be killed, but it is true."
Lai Junchen blinked and said in surprise: "Di Renjie, you have confessed" Di Renjie nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Not bad, Di confessed" Wei Yuanzhong, Lu Xian and others all looked at Di Renjie in surprise, but Ren Zhigu and Pei Xingben thought about it for a while and vaguely understood Di Renjie's intentions.
"Uh, it's good, the one who knows the times is Junjie, Di Gong is really a masterpiece of a generation."
Lai Junchen laughed twice, then turned to Ren Zhigu, and asked with a smile: "Ren Zhigu, do you confess?"
Ren Zhigu hesitated slightly, and also said: "Ren pleaded guilty" Lai Junchen Dale, the Chinese martial arts feared his murderous name, as soon as he saw him show the torture instrument and obediently confessed without waiting for the punishment, he encountered it at that time, but even the prime minister was frightened like this, and he obediently let it be at the mercy without waiting for the punishment, this is the first time, Lai Junchen turned to Pei Xingben excitedly and asked: "Pei Gong, what do you say" Pei Xingben glanced at Di Renjie deeply, and arched his hand: "The Great Zhou Revolution, the restoration of all things, the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, willing to be killed, but it is true" Lai Junchen looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Okay, you confess your guilt, since the three prime ministers have confessed, the official is not sorry for himself, and their confessions have been recorded."
The scribe who was writing on the desk hurriedly wrote down the last few words, raised his head and said to Lai Junchen: "It is a humble duty that has been recorded." ” Lai Junchen said: "Let them draw a charge, take them back to the prison first, and then interrogate them carefully."
A group of officials drew a charge, and they were taken into the prison, and the servant Shi Hou Sizhi was a confidant of Lai Junchen, and when he saw the ministers being escorted down, he said puzzledly: "Zhongcheng rarely confessed so happily, why not strike while the iron is hot, and find out their comrades, how did they end hastily?"
Lai Junchen smiled and said, "Stupid, you Dao Di Renjie, this old fox is really so easy to deal with, he is willing to admit his guilt, but he knows that the criminal law of this official is powerful, and he doesn't want to suffer for no reason."
Moreover, he probably hopes that the official will see him confess and relax his supervision, so as to find an opportunity to save himself.
The official didn't give him this opportunity, and it was enough to have this handwritten transcript of the preliminary trial. ” Hou Sizhi said: "Di Renjie's confession is very interesting, what he said about the Great Zhou Revolution, the restoration of all things, the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, willing to be killed, this is clearly talking about the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, purging the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, implying that he was unjustifiably wronged, and then there was a sentence of what kind of rebellion is true, such a confession of the donkey's lips and not the horse's mouth, with His Majesty's shrewdness, wouldn't it be doubtful to read it" Lai Junchen smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Yes, Lao Hou, you are very shrewd, this old fox is afraid that this old fox is making such a plan, hum, how can this official erase this sentence from the confession as he wishes, and only leave the sentence that is true."
Hou Sizhi said: "This, on the contrary, is how they rebelled, how they were going to force the palace to make a plan when and where, and who were involved in the action, these things are not explained clearly, and if you can't get a detailed confession, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain it in front of Your Majesty."
Lai Junchen said: "Di Renjie, Ren Zhigu, and Pei Xingben are prime ministers, and their power is too high, so they can't be punished easily, they don't need heavy punishment, with the knowledge and skills of the three of them who have been fluttering in the sea for most of their lives, I'm afraid that they can't easily make them succumb, if they are forced to do it, they will turn their hearts over and over again, and the official will not even have the confession of being true."
Let's first throw these hard bones aside, and start to open the gap from Wei Zhigu, Pei Xuanli, and Lu Xian. ” Hou Sizhi said happily: "Zhongcheng has a high opinion, and he understands his humble duties."
Lai Qichen smiled and said: "You are responsible for interrogating Wei Yuanzhong's old guy."
Hou Sizhi said: "Yes" Lai Junchen said to Judge Wang Deshou: "You have taken a close look at those three old guys, especially Di Renjie.
Back then, he was the chief official of Dali Temple, and now his old subordinates are scattered all over the prison yamen, and there is no old department in my Yushitai, you keep an eye on it, don't let him use these people to spread the word out, collude inside and outside, and collude to retract confessions" Wang Deshou hurriedly said: "Yes" Lai Junchen gave an order, waved them to retreat, leaving only his henchman Wei Suizhong alone, and said: "Suizhong, you go to interrogate Lu Xian, if he doesn't recruit him, you will wait with a big punishment, you must pry his mouth open and recruit their comrades."
At the same time, ask him to help me bite two people in. ” Wei Suizhong hurriedly pricked up his ears and said to Junchen: "These two people, one is the secretary and young eunuch Li Xun, my house is a little smaller, and on the right is Yishui, which can't be expanded, and his house is next to my mansion, so it's not bad." ” Wei Suizhong smiled knowingly and asked, "What about the other one?"
Lai Junchen licked his lips lightly, and said slowly: "Do you remember, the Yang Fan I asked you to check" A cold light flashed in Wei Suizhong's eyes, and he bowed down and said: "I understand the humble position, within three days, these two people will definitely be arrested and handed over to Zhongcheng for disposal."
To be continued: