Chapter 39
Lu Hechang felt very comfortable when he heard that Jiang Tiancheng's ears had been cut off by the magic light. However, he went to visit Jiang Tiancheng at the old temple hospital in the west of the city under false pretenses.
Jiang Tiancheng's head was wrapped in a bandage, his face was swollen, and he looked terrible. Because the medical conditions in the Tang Dynasty could not be compared with modern times, they were very primitive. There was no way, in ancient times. Pharmacists could only use his brewed herbs.
I washed his hair, changed his dressing, and wrapped his face.
Pharmacists at that time didn't know what bacteria and viruses were, and they didn't have anti-inflammatory drugs or antibiotics. When they were sick or injured, they mostly let nature take its course and treated themselves as dead horses. Looking at Jiang Tiancheng's appearance, most people thought there was no hope.
, just waiting for funeral arrangements.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuanwai had become like this, but Lu Dushi still did not forget the old grudges, and used a sarcastic tone to comfort this senior official from Lijingmen who was lying on the bed waiting to die.
"Alas," Lu Hechang looked sad and looked at Jiang Tiancheng, whose face was swollen to the point of disgrace: "I have long said that those who belittle gods are not to be trifled with, but you don't listen. Do you understand now?"
"As soon as possible, send an urgent document of 800 miles to the Minister of Punishment and ask the court to send a large army to hunt down these gods." Jiang Tiancheng felt very regretful. He thought that he was too careless that day. How could he touch the things used to demean gods?
What? I felt regretful and anxious for paying such a high price just for my own curiosity.
"No." Lu Hechang hurriedly supported Jiang Tiancheng, who was trying to sit up, shook his head and said, "Don't report it hastily, otherwise it will cause greater trouble. We might all end up in jail."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Tiancheng, who was barely able to sit still with Lu Hechang's support, looked at Lu Hechang in confusion: "We have captured a debased god and confiscated his artifact. We need people and things, but we are still afraid.
Can’t pay the difference?”
"You didn't think it through completely," Lu Hechang said: "We haven't identified all the criminals yet and arrested them. In this case, you let the imperial soldiers intervene? As soon as they came, we stood aside. In this way, they
Once it fails, the mess will be thrown to us, and we can only stretch our necks and wait for the executioner to behead us."
"so serious?"
"Is it possible that after things are like this, I still have the heart to joke with you?" Lu Hechang shook his head and sighed: "It's just that you are not a member of the Ministry of Punishment. You were temporarily transferred from Lijingmen. It's understandable that you don't know how to do it."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Jiang Tiancheng did not understand the rules of the Ministry of Punishment very well, but he also knew that his subordinates were not qualified to issue urgent documents of 800 miles. This matter had to be handled through Lu Hechang. He only had himself to blame.
Before, he didn't inform Lai Junchen and the Minister of Justice about this kind of matter, and he didn't understand the process of issuing urgent official letters. Now he doesn't even know where to go to send urgent official documents that are 800 miles away.
Although the telecommunications business was not as developed as it is now in the Tang Dynasty, the "communication industry" was still very developed. The post office at that time was called a post office, which was divided into land, water and air. Some readers may not believe it, right? There were no airplanes at that time
, where did air communications come from? But there was really a "business" of air delivery at that time. Of course, it was not sent by plane, but by carrier pigeons. However, these were for civilian or military purposes, and they were not the same as the official documents Jiang Yuanwai wanted to send.
Can't tear it apart.
Having said that, Jiang Tiancheng was an important minister sent by the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the case of the dehumanized god and the rebellion. What he wanted to send was not a letter sent using the post offices with mailboxes every thirty miles that could be seen everywhere in the Tang Dynasty.
It is sent from the post station used for eight hundred miles, but the right to use this kind of post station is in the hands of the governors and county magistrates in various places. For ordinary people, let alone using it, it is a death penalty to hinder the speeding horses and cause delays.
He originally wanted to bypass Lu Hechang and send this urgent official document through Magistrate Zheng, but he gave up this idea when he thought about Magistrate Zheng's previous regret for the trouble caused by his rash letter.
He understood that the county magistrate, who was five "small" and three rough, could not help him send such a letter to the higher authorities. He just hoped to close the case as soon as possible and escape.
"I think we should learn from Cui Jianfeng. It's better not to offend those who are derogatory. It's better to hide if you can't afford to offend them. So don't report it yet, just try to settle the matter quietly and get out." Lu Hechang had no idea.
Express your opinions in a concealed manner.
"Aren't you looking for death like this?" Jiang Tiancheng's face changed. Although there was anger, his unsatisfactory face could not show his anger. It just looked dull. Naturally, he could not express his feelings to Lu Hechang.
Angry mood: "If the superiors knew that you, like Cui Jianfeng, had compromised with debasing the gods and did not actively investigate and deal with it, they would have put you on death row and beheaded."
"Now that you have been demoted and beheaded, you are still talking about these big principles, but they are useless?" Lu Hechang curled his lips in disdain, obviously wanting to piss him off to death.
"Do you think I'm going to die?" Jiang Tiancheng was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at the door and shouted unceremoniously: "Get out of here!"
"Okay," Lu Hechang straightened up, raised his head and left with a pleasant smile. Jiang Tiancheng was so angry that he didn't know what to do.
Because Jiang Tiancheng's face was swollen after being injured and he could not go to the county office for "routine business", he called Shang Jiuqing and explained in this way, asking him to mobilize personnel according to his own intentions to continue investigating the case of demotion.
"I advise you not to listen to Jiang's nonsense anymore." Lu Hechang was very disgusted with Shang Jiuqing's intervention in his affairs, so he stared at Shang Jiuqing and warned Shang Jiuqing: "If you still follow his instructions,
I mean, be careful, your head will be chopped off by those snitches."
Shang Jiuqing didn't have any ideas, let alone follow Jiang Tiancheng's words. Even when he saw him, he was so frightened that he wanted to run away immediately. He heard that Jiang Tiancheng had one of his ears cut off by the artifact while playing with it.
He was even more frightened. Naturally, he no longer listened to Jiang Tiancheng's orders. Instead, he only conveyed Jiang Tiancheng's words to Lu Hechang and settled the matter, not daring to interfere with the rest.
In this way, Lu Hechang felt much less worried. Although he still acted according to Jiang Tiancheng's wishes, he asked his master to write down Jiang Tiancheng's original words conveyed by Shang Jiuqing every morning, and then asked his master to read them to Shang Jiuqing.
He also asked Shang Jiuqing to put it aside before taking action. He would bring these notes to Jiang Tiancheng every few days and ask Jiang Tiancheng to put them away for confirmation. The purpose was very clear, that is, to avoid responsibility. If something happened, Shang Jiuqing would be responsible for it.
Qing and Jiang Tiancheng will bear it.
Although Yao Mingyang was at odds with Lu Hechang, relying on his good "friendship" with Lai Junchen (this could only be a self-perception), he had a heated argument with Lu Hechang for a while. But since Jiang Tiancheng came, he suddenly felt that he was
Lai Junchen had no status in his mind. This made him feel a sense of loss, and finally changed his previous views. The head of the government obeyed Lu Du's orders and began to reconcile with Lu Hechang. According to Lu Hechang's wishes, he wanted to settle the case earlier.
Qing Bing escaped. Whatever happens next, no matter what the outcome is, just blame it on Cui Jianfeng.
Chapter completed!