Chapter 400: In order to enter the palace to greet Empress Wu, Duke Zhou became motivated
Duke Zhou's Mansion.
In the inner house, there was the sound of whips being whipped.
"Pah! Pah! Pah -"
"Aye, stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
Wu Yanji, who was hung up, cried out for mercy, but Wu Chengsi, who was beating him below, was spitting fire from his eyes and kept increasing the force.
It wasn't until he whipped his beloved son into a spinning top that his arms were sore from waving, that he bent down, put his hands on his knees, and gasped for air.
Panting and panting, a few tears of sadness fell on the ground: "I'm so unlucky... Why did I end up with you tribesmen... I ended up with a useless son like you!"
The more Wu Chengsi thought about it, the angrier he became, feeling sad: "Your father and I... are diligent and studious outside every day... just to change... to change my aunt's bad impression of my family... but you... you beast... actually...
I gave my fish talisman to the Tibetan thieves...and now the Queen Mother doesn't even see me...wuwuwu!"
Wu Yanji was so beaten that he was so dazed that he didn't even listen carefully to what his father said. When he saw that he stopped, he quickly begged: "Ah... I'm really not to blame for this... How did I know that the traitor Wu Youning actually teamed up with an outsider... to deceive..."
Fish Talisman...I just happened to be in the hall at that time...anyone else would have been fooled...I was so unlucky too!"
It's better not to say so. When Wu Chengsi heard this, he became even more furious. He put away his tears and roared: "You are so young and have no ambition to make progress. You don't know how to study and only know how to have fun. We Wu family are all like this.
How can you be so happy! How dare you quibble! How dare you quibble!!"
Wu Yanji twisted left and right, wailing in pain, and his blood surged, and he blurted out a sentence that was beyond his imagination: "Then you are still studying "Shuo Wen Jiao" until now. With your level, what qualifications do you have to teach me?
You want me to become a student with outstanding talents?"
The air suddenly became quiet.
Originally, Wu Yanji's mother was standing not far away, watching distressedly, fearing that she would break her son. As soon as she heard this, she immediately turned and left.
Hopeless.
The main reason is that Wu Yanji unintentionally told the unspeakable truth. The enlightenment books for children in this era were not "Three Character Classic", "Young School Qionglin", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Longwen Whip Shadow". These were not available until after the Tang Dynasty.
The enlightenment textbook of the Tang Dynasty was the "Shuowen Jiao" compiled by the Han Dynasty. It included analysis of glyphs, explanations of word meanings, and identification of pronunciation. It can be regarded as an ancient Chinese dictionary, generally suitable for school-age students between three and six years old, and further on.
The above is the complete version of "The Thousand Character Essay".
Wu Chengsi was thirty-five years old, and he was still swimming in the ocean of "Shuowen Jiao". He was dancing happily at first, but now he was brought back to reality by his son's words. His face suddenly turned red, and he pulled out the crotch from his waist.
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After dual-wielding weapons, he began to cross-flash like crazy.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"
When Li Yan took Guo Yuanzhen to the outside of Zhou Guogong's house, he heard the screams of a slaughtered pig coming from the backyard. He ordered his servants: "Zhou Guogong is at home. The internal guards are visiting. Go and report it."
The servant walked into the inner house tremblingly, and after whispering in a low voice, he saw Wu Chengsi swaying, and the color on his face faded: "Are you finally here?"
If the other Wu clan's children did evil, they cannot be directly blamed on him, the Duke of Zhou, but now that his fish charm was stolen, allowing the thieves to escape, there is no way to escape the blame.
Of course, if something like this happened when Wu Minzhi, the former Duke of Zhou Dynasty, was in power, he would just say that the servants made a mistake and killed a few innocent slaves, and it would be fooled away, and no one would dare to question it.
But he, the Duke of Zhou, trembled when he heard the name of the inner guard. These days were like years, and he distracted his attention by beating his son, but he still couldn't escape.
Wu Chengsi opened his mouth, trying to show off the majesty and dignity of a prince, but he mustered up all his courage, but his legs were still as if they were filled with lead, and he could not move a step, so he could only groan: "Let them... come in...
"
Li Yan was taken all the way into the inner house and felt a little strange. When he saw Wu Yanji being hung up, he thought Wu Chengsi was doing it to him on purpose, so he smiled and said a classic nonsense: "For children, education must be the first priority
, just beating and scolding won’t do.”
Wu Chengsi puffed up his mouth and squeezed out one word: "Oh."
Guo Yuanzhen looked at Zhou Guogong and felt that it was both ridiculous and ridiculous. In just over half a year, how could the Wu family reach such a state? Li Yan was not surprised and asked directly: "We are here to investigate an old case in Lingnan. Find a place."
Discuss in detail?"
Wu Chengsi was stunned. After a long time, he realized that they were not here to arrest him. He breathed a sigh of relief, but still couldn't walk. He couldn't help but laughed and said: "Let's just talk about Lingnan things here. Li Ge
Didn't the leader ask my second brother last time, why do you still need to ask?"
Li Yandao: "I did learn about the situation from Wu Sansi and Wu Yizong last time, but now it's about your father. It is said that his death from illness is somewhat related to the death of the Changsun clan. Do you have any impression of this?"
Wu Chengsi's mind was confused: "My father? The Changsun family? Are they related? Why didn't I know..."
Li Yan calmly said: "After all, this happened many years ago. It may be some details that are easily overlooked. It is normal that Duke Zhou cannot remember it for a while, but this matter is of great importance and we cannot let go of a clue. Should the Duke of Duke be replaced by someone more suitable?"
The environment of memories?”
Wu Chengsi was agitated and screamed sternly: "I don't want to go to the inner prison! I don't want to go to the inner prison!!"
Li Yan glanced at him angrily: "I mean the main hall of your mansion."
Wu Chengsi: "..."
Guo Yuanzhen: "..."
To be honest, when he heard it just now, he thought he was going to be dragged into the inner prison and hanged.
Seeing that Wu Chengsi was on the verge of collapse and about to collapse, Li Yan said to his servants: "You guys hold on to your Alang and let's go to the main hall together."
The servants around him took orders, supported Wu Chengsi's weak body from left to right, and walked towards the main hall.
When they arrived at the main hall and took their seats, Li Yan ordered again: "You go and make some tea to refresh the Duke's mind and help him remember."
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When the tea was served, Wu Chengsi finally recovered. He felt humiliated in his heart. He was obviously a servant of his house. Why should he obey Li Yuanfang?
This is unprecedented treatment for the Wu family...
Li Yan was always very patient when investigating cases. After stabilizing the other party's emotions, he asked calmly: "Think about it now, was there anything unusual before and after your father died of illness?"
Wu Chengsi thought about it again and again, but he was still very confused: "My father died of illness because he was not suitable for the Lingnan climate and had miasma entering his body. There is nothing abnormal about it, and it has nothing to do with the Changsun family..."
Li Yan looked at Guo Yuanzhen, and Guo Yuanzhen said: "According to reports from Lingnan, the soldiers guarding your father-in-law also heard strange noises coming from the courtyard shortly before his death, saying that they were related to the night of the Changsun family's tragedy.
Similar, don’t you have any impression of this?”
Wu Chengsi shook his head: "No, Zhenzhou where we are located is far away from Jianzhou where the Changsun family is located. The news we heard were all passed down. After our family was exiled, we have never seen the Changsun family with our own eyes.
The clan members, how can this be related?"
Wu Chengsi's father died in Zhenzhou, which is close to Sanya in Hainan, and Duanzhou is in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Although they both belong to Lingnan Road, they are really far away.
Guo Yuanzhen also had to admit that what the other party said made some sense. The two families were both criminal clans, but they were not close to each other. The information he could get was basically hearsay.
However, the veteran had sworn the information he had obtained. If it was just nonsense, it seemed unnecessary. What was going on?
After Li Yan pondered for a moment, he asked: "Approximately how long did it take from your father's illness to his death?"
Wu Chengsi said: "I have been on the sickbed for half a year."
Li Yan continued to ask: "In the past half a year or so, have you hired any local doctors?"
Wu Chengsi showed bitterness: "We would also like to hire one, but there are no reliable doctors in Zhenzhou, oh..."
When he said this, he frowned: "There is a wandering doctor who has some skills. After giving my father some medicine, he got better. Unfortunately, after the doctor left, he stopped working again."
Guo Yuanzhen was startled: "Medical scholar? Is it your honorific title, or is it a real physician?"
Wu Chengsi said cautiously: "I don't know much about medicine, but I just think he has skills. I don't know if he is a real healer."
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you still remember the appearance, body shape, accent, and what kind of medicine he prescribed for your father?"
Wu Chengsi whispered: "I still can't even remember the words in "Shuo Wen Jiao". How can I remember the details from many years ago?"
Guo Yuanzhen was about to cry when he saw him talking, and he was a little helpless towards such idiots: "Then what do you remember? Any details that can help find the person are good. Since this person travels all over the world, if you Wu family and
If the Changsun family is really related, then he is extremely suspicious!"
Wu Chengsi lowered his head and said nothing.
Li Yanze asked: "Did Duke Zhou not be able to enter the palace in the past few days and pay his respects to the Queen Mother?"
Wu Chengsi's body trembled.
The wound was rubbed with salt again.
Li Yan did not mean to provoke, but commented: "At Duke Zhou's age, it is definitely late to learn martial arts, and it seems that he is slightly less talented in studying literature. If he wants to attract the attention of the Queen Mother, in fact, the internal guards are responsible for investigating the case.
It’s a good try.”
"Your second brother Wu Sansi also had this idea, but when he saw that the inner guard had been busy all day, he immediately backed down. Obviously he couldn't bear the slightest pain."
"I think Zhou Guogong can endure hardships. This case is related to your father. Are you interested in investigating it?"
As Li Yan spoke, Wu Chengsi slowly raised his head.
This person was very poor in ability, but he worked really hard. In the original history, he had been working hard to build momentum for the empress to ascend the throne. Although the method was crude, it was nothing more than offering auspiciousness and fooling the people. However, because Empress Wu had great power at that time, the prime minister in the court
They were fooled around by her alone, but Wu Chengsi's activities still played a certain role.
Therefore, Wu Zetian later hinted that he would make Wu Chengsi the crown prince. Wu Chengsi was overjoyed and competed with Li Dan for power, attracting most of the attention of veterans loyal to the royal family. When Wu Zetian completely stabilized the government, he immediately turned his back and disowned him.
Ask Li Dan and Wu Chengsi to step aside and take the deposed emperor Li Xian back to Luoyang.
This move was so amazing. Li Dan was just trying to catch up, but he was in a good mood. Wu Chengsi fell ill on the spot and quickly left the banquet, which was equivalent to being angry to death.
Not to mention his death, his son Wu Yanji was later killed by Wu Zetian to show his power. The family was completely marginalized. Liang Wang Wu Sansi took over his position and became the leader of the Wu family.
As for whether Wu Zetian had the idea of making Wu Sansi the prince, only she knew clearly. Maybe she had the idea and was persuaded by Di Renjie with the famous "I have never heard that my nephew is the emperor and my nephew is in the temple." Maybe she had the idea.
He was just repeating his old tricks to amuse the officials. After all, establishing the crown prince is the political event that makes the most sense.
But now Wu Chengsi has experienced all kinds of blows, and after realizing that he is really incompetent in culture and military, he can only grasp this life-saving straw.
He looked at Li Yan carefully, thought about it again and again, and came up with a reasonable guess: "Li Yuanfang killed his relatives so hard that he must have been targeted by the Yushitai, and they want to take advantage of the situation to ease the relationship between us."
Realizing this, he clenched his fists, a radiance of progress burst out from his brows, and silently swore: "I will seize the opportunity, win honor for my aunt, and get the opportunity to re-enter the palace to pay my respects!"