Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Dozens of people swarmed up, surrounded them, and suddenly heard a cold and steady voice from inside the door: "Stop!"

"General Tianbao——" the leading soldier bowed his head and leaned forward with a flattering expression.

Yu Wencheng glanced at him, walked straight to Luo Cheng, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Luo Cheng's eyes were burning, and he tried his best to endure: "Yu Wencheng, why is it you who help the evildoers every time?"

Yu Wencheng's body froze, his brows furrowed deeper, he stared at him for a while, with the resolute expression on his face unchanged, and said in a low voice, "Come with me." Holding his arm, he walked towards the door.

"Let me go." The two walked to the empty corridor inside the door one after the other, and Luo Cheng shook off his hand.

Yu Wencheng turned around and looked at him: "These people are arrested by the emperor's order."

"It's because Zhang Xuan refused to marry his daughter to your father, so your father made up such a serious crime. Do you know what punishment should be given for treason? It's a murder!" Luo Cheng pointed at the door and said, "Those old people, There are also children, they don't know anything at all, do you think your father's nonsense, that Zhang Xuan has the ability to collude with Wu Yunzhao? Those men in black are his subordinates? Since you even copied the Zhang family, you What did you find? Did you find any traces of the man in black?"

Yu Wencheng was silent for a moment, and lowered his head slightly. He suspected that this matter had nothing to do with the matter of the man in black at Nanyang Pass. The housekeeper prepared a lot of betrothal gifts, and said where he was going to propose a marriage, but then nothing happened. In this way, it is much clearer in front of him.

"How did you know?"

"When I came here just now, the crowd was discussing this matter, saying that the Zhang family was in bad luck, who asked Mr. Zhang Xuan to push back the betrothal gift from the prime minister's mansion."

"This matter may not be true, you waited for me to go back and ask my father—"

"Wait, wait a bit." Luo Cheng interrupted without hesitation, "Once Zhang Xuan is released from prison, who knows if he will be tortured to death by your father. You don't know what your father is like?"

Yu Wencheng pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.

After a long time, he said: "What do you want? I can't decide to release him on the spot. This person was arrested by the emperor's order. Even if he is to be released, he must be released only by the emperor's order."

"Okay, just wait, I'll go find Yang Guang now."

When Yu Wencheng saw his posture, he even called out the emperor's name, so why not dare, for fear that he would be impulsive and make mistakes, he quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Don't go!"

"It was you who said that you were willing to let me go only after the emperor gave an order. Why don't you let me go now?"

"You enter the palace rashly like this, I don't worry." After Yu Wencheng said this, he felt that he seemed to be overly concerned, and then lowered his head and added, "I promised your royal father that I will take good care of you. Don't let you cause trouble."

"I'm not a kid, I'm not causing trouble, I know what I'm doing."

Seeing that he was determined to go his own way and couldn't stop him, Yu Wencheng's voice raised slightly, with determination that could not be rejected: "You said you know what you are doing? What are you doing? You are resisting the order! Even if the emperor Xiao Zai likes it You will not allow anyone to challenge the imperial power."

Luo Cheng took a deep breath, and calmly said: "I'm not as bad as you think, I can't tell my situation. I will humbly ask the emperor, if it doesn't work, I still have a favor that is useless."

"You want to use the merits of Nanyangguan to intercede for the Zhang family?" Yu Wencheng couldn't believe it. I really don't know what was going on in his mind. As far as he knew, he had no contact with Zhang Xuan before this. upset.

"Luo Cheng, listen to me, don't worry about this matter. If they are innocent, the emperor can see clearly and give them justice."

Luo Cheng raised his head, looked at him sideways, and said with a light smile: "Heh... You are really deceiving yourself and others in Yuwencheng if you expect the emperor to see clearly. He is clearly avenging his personal revenge, using Zhang Xuan as an excuse to cover up the incompetence of Zhang Daxin, Ma Shumou and others, so he can easily let the Zhang family escape?"

"Luo Cheng, don't be childish. This is not your Beiping mansion. You can do whatever you want. It has nothing to do with you."

"You are wrong. This matter has something to do with me. Because I can prove that the person who rescued Wu Yunzhao was not Zhang Xuan's. Zhang Xuan did not collude with Wu Yunzhao. In this way, the criminal evidence fabricated by your father cannot be established at all."

Yu Wencheng's eyes were sharp, and his tone couldn't help being sharp. Those deep eyes looked straight into his eyes, and every word he said was cold: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Luo Cheng frowned, pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes before raising his eyes and said: "The man in black who let Wu Yunzhao go has nothing to do with Zhang Xuan, it's—uh——"

Yu Wencheng had reached out his hand to cover his mouth first, then let go, turned sideways with a flustered expression, turned his back to him with his hands behind his back, and said in a low voice: "I didn't hear anything. If you really plan to ask the emperor Grace, then promise me that you are not allowed to be impulsive at any time, you are not alone, and there is the safety of the entire Peking Mansion behind you."

Luo Cheng thought to himself, before the letter was delivered to Beiping Mansion, he really couldn't act rashly.

"You go, go now, before I put these people in jail. It's too late, and I can't guarantee their safety."

Luo Cheng glanced at him again, and when he passed by, he stopped, and whispered beside him: "Maybe you think I'm impulsive and naive, but I have my own moral standards, because I And implicating many innocent people, even if I am alive, I will not feel at ease."

"Finally, thank you, Yuwen Chengdu." Without looking back, he strode towards the imperial city.

Yu Wencheng looked at his retreating back, thoughtfully.He never seemed to know him, always mistaking his frankness for youthful impulsiveness.

In the side hall, Yang Guang supported his head with one hand and played chess with the other. He smiled at the person opposite him lazily before making a move.

"Your Majesty, you are so bad, you have blocked the way of the concubine, and the concubine is about to lose again, and the concubine is ignoring you..."

Yang Guang hooked the newly-canonized Chen Guiren with one hand, she was the sixth daughter of the former empress Chen, and said with a smile: "I will let you, come, come - another game."

Chen Guiren smiled coquettishly, thumped Yang Guang's chest lightly with his powder fist and said, "Even if the emperor allows me a few more blows, I still can't beat the emperor."

"Why is this?"

Chen Guiren's winking eyes were like silk: "The emperor is so clever, wise and powerful, he is a generation of Ming emperor, how can mere ministers and concubines be the emperor's opponents."

Hearing his words, Yang Guang felt great joy, lowered his head and wanted to grab the small talking mouth, but was dodged by Chen Guiren wanting to refuse and greet, and said delicately: "Your Majesty, there are still outsiders here."

It was only then that Yang Guang remembered the person who had begged to see him, and because he was afraid of disturbing his interest in playing chess, he didn't allow him to speak, and now he was standing at the door waiting in a daze.

After playing a round, Yang Guang got serious and stopped his movements a little bit, but he still hugged Chen Guiren and did not let go, but turned his attention to his opponent: "Luo Cheng, didn't you go back? Why did you come back again? What are you doing to me?"

Luo Cheng lifted his robe and knelt down straight: "Your Majesty, this humble servant dares to ask the Emperor for a favor."

"Oh? What do you want now?" Yang Guangguang smiled. He was still a child after all, and he refused before. The day before yesterday, he agreed to Yuwen Chengdu's marriage. , Well, it would be scary if someone really had no desires or desires.

"Let's listen and see if I can promise you."

Luo Cheng lowered his head, kowtowed again, and said in a loud voice: "My minister begs the emperor to let go of General Zhang Xuan's family."

The smile on Yang Guang's face faded away, he pushed Chen Guiren away, and said, "You go down first."

Chen Guiren left with a gloomy expression, his eyes swept over the kneeling Luo Cheng, and his eyes went down.

"Luo Cheng, raise your head up, why do you want to intercede for that traitor?"

Luo Cheng raised his head, his eyes were clear and silent, and his voice was even and steady: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang was wronged, he is not a traitor."

"Oh? Who dares to wrong him?"

"Prime Minister Yu Wenhuaji."

After a long time, there was loud laughter from the seat above, and Yang Guang seemed to be in a good mood: "Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng, do you know that in Chang'an City, almost no one dares to offend Prime Minister Yuwen. Do you understand the words of the snake that suppresses the ground?"

Luo Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, this mistake is a mistake. Others dare not, but I dare."

Yang Guang squinted his eyes: "You child... you are talking about how Yu Wenhua wronged Zhang Xuan."

Luo Cheng then truthfully reported the news he had heard, that Yu Wenhuaji failed to force the marriage, and even publicly avenged his personal revenge, slandering Zhang Xuan for colluding with the Nanyangguan rebels.

As soon as the conversation was over, Luo Cheng kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I and General Tianbao once fought against the masked man in black who rescued Wu Yunzhao. If it is true what Prime Minister Yuwen said, the leader of the man in black is Zhang Xuanfu." Your son Zhang Chengjin, then you only need to try it out and you will know, please allow your ministers and General Tianbao to go and try it out."

After a long time, when Luo Cheng thought that the people in the palace would fall asleep, he breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Luo Cheng, you still don't know how to be an official."

"Do you think I didn't know that Zhang Xuan was wronged? Just because a little general of the right hall can be so capable, colluding with Wu Yunzhao and other traitors?"

"emperor--"

"You want to ask me why I allow Yu Wenhuaji to do these little tricks in secret?" Yang Guang asked with a smile, "Luo Cheng, what do you think of Zhang Xuan?"

After a little consideration, Luo Cheng decided to tell the truth: "The common people say that Mr. Zhang is a loyal and righteous official, and he is a rare and good official."

Yang Guang snorted coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes: "Loyalty? It's a pity that he is not loyal to me! Acting in righteousness? He is righteous. Don't think that I don't know what he did in private, and secretly released some slanderers in the prison. My traitor is already a bully."

"Since he is not loyal to me, what's the use of keeping him?"

"Your Majesty—" Luo Cheng said hastily.

"Luo Cheng, you have a pure nature and are not deeply involved in the world. I also intend to cultivate you, so I ordered you to be by my side and wait for orders. Now the court is in the midst of employing people. As long as you are loyal to me, I will definitely not I will treat you badly. I know in my heart how many people in this court do not accept me, so I said that Zhang Xuan has a very good relationship with that traitor Wu Jianzhang, and he has always refused to accept me. The hand of culture and eradicate these people one by one."

He couldn't help but speak again, Yang Guang stood up and said: "Go down, I will pretend that you have never been here, don't mention the matter of pleading for Zhang Xuan again, the grace I promised you is still valid."

Yang Guang clasped his hands behind him, stood in front of the window, and said with distant eyes: "Yu Wenhuaji is a villain, but a villain has its own uses. Luo Cheng, don't make me wait too long, I'm waiting for you to become my one." The minister of the thigh."

After finishing speaking, Yang Guang walked away, leaving Luo Cheng kneeling on the ground alone, closing his eyes deeply, but he couldn't say anything.

No matter what he said, Yang Guang would not change his mind, and Zhang Xuan would definitely die—not Yu Wenhuaji wanted him to die, but Yang Guang wanted him to die.

I don't know how long it took, until a person stood in front of him, blocking his sight, before he raised his head in a daze.

Yu Wencheng saw confusion from the bottom of his eyes, and he was no longer as clear and agile as before.

"Zhang Xuan has been beheaded to show the public, his wife followed him and hanged herself in prison. His son Zhang Chengjin escaped, and his daughter Zhang Ziyan was sent to the palace to learn singing and dancing because of her young beauty and proficiency in rhythm. .”

Luo Cheng's figure trembled, he didn't expect Yang Guang's speed to be so fast, and he didn't give Zhang Xuan the chance to go to the hall to explain.

"Before Zhang Xuan died, he asked me to tell you something: He knew that he would have such a day, so you don't have to blame yourself."

Luo Cheng glanced at him, stood up, lowered his eyes, and responded softly: "Oh."

Seeing that he wanted to leave, Yu Wencheng stretched out his hand to hold his arm: "Where do you want to go?"

"Look for someone." Luo Cheng pushed his hand away and walked out.