Li Zhen smiled and said, "Since that's the case, how about I'll be exempted from the money for this meal today?"

Di Yan was both angry and funny, and gave Li Zhen a blank look. Why is this guy so useless? He actually asked the shopkeeper to pay for the wine. Manager Wang hurriedly said: "Of course it's free. My boss said that as long as Commander Li comes here to drink, it will be free."

Li Zhen smiled, "I'm just kidding. If it's really free, I won't come in the future."

The shopkeeper was startled and waved his hand quickly, "How can Commander Li not come? The shop will only charge capital in the future. This is OK."

“It’s almost the same”

At this moment, another scream came from outside, and then the sound of footsteps ran, as if all the drinkers had run downstairs. Li Zhen was stunned. What happened outside?

"Shopkeeper"

A guy rushed in and said excitedly: "Lai Junchen's body was transported to the gate of Nanshi for public display."

The shopkeeper secretly complained, "Everyone ran away like this, what should I do if I pay for the wine?"

Li Zhen winked at Di Yan and threw a handful of money. The two of them quickly left the restaurant and walked towards the gate of Nanshi.

At this time, the square at the gate of Nanshi was already crowded with people. Tens of thousands of Luoyang people rushed from all directions when they heard the news. Dozens of yamen runners slowly walked towards the crowd, carrying wooden frames containing Lai Junchen's body.

"Here's coming." Someone shouted, and the crowd suddenly surged. Countless people rushed up with gritted teeth. Some of them were holding kitchen knives, while others were biting directly with their teeth, scrambling to grab Junchen's meat.

The yamen runners could not stop him, so they had to throw Junchen's body away. In a moment, they would rob Junchen's meat to eat Yu Jing, dig their eyes, peel off the face, cut off the stomach, and trample them into mud, and even the bones were trampled into powder by the angry people.

When the news reached the palace, Wu Zetian realized the hatred of Lai Junchen by the people of the world. She immediately issued an edict to accuse Lai Junchen of his crimes and killed his entire family. All the captured subordinates were sent to Lingnan to serve as soldiers.

At night, a carriage drove into the Guanshanfang. Inside the carriage, Prime Minister Lou Shide seemed very worried. This afternoon, his memorial to propose that Xu Yougong be the chief censor of the Censor was rejected by the emperor. In other words, in the struggle for the position of Chief Censor of the Censor, the Prime Minister had been eliminated.

There are two candidates left, one is Liu Guangye, the censor recommended by Wu Sansi, and the other is Ji Xu, the Mingtang, recommended by Princess Taiping. Shangguan Wan'er unexpectedly remained silent in this battle for the Censor Zhongcheng.

What made Lou Shide most angry and uneasy was that Liu Guangye was obviously Lai Junchen's hard-core confidant, but he was able to avoid being punished because he exposed Lai Junchen's greed for bribes. It was obviously Wu Sansi who covered the sky with one hand and saved this cruel official who was covered with the blood of innocent people.

How to stop Liu Guangye from becoming the Chief of the Censorship made Lou Shide very anxious. Not only did Lou Shide stand up for his morality to stop this matter, but Lou Shide also had his personal interests in it.

Seeing that Mingtang was about to be completed, once Wu Sansi was promoted to prime minister, he would use Liu Guangye as the dog to eliminate political enemies and seize power for him, and Lou Shide would be the first to be affected. How could he not feel upset?

At this time, the carriage slowed down. Through the car window, Lou Shide saw a group of people burning incense and kneeling in front of the steps outside the inner guard station, and then left. The inner guard warrior immediately ran down the steps and took the incense burner away.

Lou Shide couldn't help but sigh that when Li Zhen overthrew Xue Huaiyi last year, the government and the public were just impressed by his ability. However, this time, Li Zhen became a hero in the hearts of countless people in Luoyang. The families who were persecuted by Lai Junchen were grateful to him, and even the prime minister, he had to come to beg him.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps, and a person in charge stepped forward to ask the gatekeeper Bushi, "Can you please be in the official office?"

"General Li is handling official duties. If you don't see any foreign guests, please go back." The guard warrior obviously received the order and politely refused.

Engaged in the process of taking out a prayer letter and handed it to him, "It's Lou Xiangguo coming to visit. Please tell me, if Commander Li still has no time, we will leave."

The gatekeeper heard that it was Lou Xiangguo, so he quickly took the letter and ran in. After a moment, Li Zhen quickly came out. Lou Shide also pushed open the car door and walked down and smiled, "Come on uninvited, disturb Commander Li."

"Where is Li Zhen neglecting the prime minister, please come in"

Although Li Zhen does not belong to the civil service system, he is still very polite and respectfully invites Lou Shide into his official room. Lou Shide is quite proud and secretly praises Li Zhen for his ability to deal with people and things.

The two entered the official room and sat down. Li Zhen ordered the tea boy to serve tea. He knew very well that he would not go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. Lou Shide and him had nothing to do with him. When they came to visit unexpectedly tonight, there must be something important.

Lou Shide smiled slightly and said, "Today I am on behalf of all my colleagues in the court. I would like to thank Commander Li for eradicating the evil thief Lai Junchen and giving the court a bright blue sky."

"Lou Xiangguo's words are serious."

Li Zhen hurriedly bowed and said, "It is the saint's decision to eradicate Lai Junchen, and Li Zhen is just to implement the saint's will. How dare you take credit? Lou Xiangguo should thank the saint for his wisdom."

"Of course, the emperor should thank him, but if Commander Li had not defeated Lai Junchen in the Xingtang Association case, he would not have been dismissed from office. Justice is in the hearts of the people, including those who thank Commander Li outside the official office. Everyone is not confused, so Commander Li should not be too humble."

Seeing that he recognized his contributions and did not want to argue anymore, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Lou Xiangguo is here tonight, not just to thank the humble official position, right?

Seeing that he was frank, Lou Shide nodded and said, "Come tonight, there is actually another thing to ask for."

"Prime Minister, please tell me"

Lou Shide pondered and said, "It's about the position of Chief Censor. Lai Junchen was executed, and this position was vacant. The court officials all hoped that Xu Yougong, who was upright, would be appointed, but the emperor did not agree. Now, in addition to Xu Yougong, Wu Sansi also recommended Liu Guangye and Ji Xu, recommended by Princess Taiping. Commander Li must also know that Liu Guangye was once Lai Junchen's confidant, and his methods were cruel. If he obtained the power of the censor, he would probably be even better than Lai Junchen. I beg Commander Li to help us with his help and prevent Liu Guangye from taking office."

Li Zhen didn't say anything for a long time. He didn't expect Lou Shide to make this request, which seemed a bit ridiculous. He had no connection with them, and Liu Guangye and he had never celebrated a holiday with him. Why did he take risks for them?

But Li Zhen was not able to refuse openly. After all, Lou Shide was the prime minister who held great power, and Li Zhen did not want to offend him. He smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your trust in Li Zhen. If Li Zhen had the ability, he would definitely stand up for the prime minister. However, Li Zhen had a low position and had no real power in his hands. I am afraid he would have the will but lack strength."

Lou Shide narrowed his eyes and smiled, "General Li is too modest. If I was not wrong, Li Zhen should have Wu Sansi's handle, so Wu Sansi would let Liu Guangye expose Lai Junchen. I'm not wrong."

Li Zhen secretly scolded Lou Shide as an old fox, and could guess that he had a handle on Wu Sansi. However, Li Zhen had already returned the two letters from Wu Sansi in the afternoon, and there was no handle on them.

But even if the handle is in his hands, how could he use this handle to threaten Wu Sansi to give up fighting for the Chief Censor?

He and Lou Shide did not have this friendship. Li Zhen picked up the teacup and said lightly: "Lou Xiangguo is really good at joking. How could a humble official have the handle of King Liang? It's incredible."

Of course, Lou Shide knew that he had no friendship with Li Zhen, how could Li Zhen agree to him easily? He pondered for a moment and said, "Of course I won't let Commander Li help for free. If Commander Li is willing to help me this time, I will be responsible for persuading the priest to be transferred back to the Prime Minister Di, and I am 90% sure to convince the priest."

Li Zhen put down the teacup and asked, "What if Lou Xiangguo can't do it?"

Lou Shide said solemnly: "I, Lou Shide, are also a person with a word of the word. If Commander Li is willing to help me, I owe this favor. In time, I will definitely repay Commander Li."

Li Zhen pondered for a while and asked again: "Who else knows this except you and me?"

"I have had some feelings about Li Yuan today. He may be able to guess one thing, but one thing he has no evidence, and the other is that he is also an upright person. I believe he will never betray Commander Li."

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll do my best."

Lou Shide was overjoyed and stood up and said goodbye: "Then we will wait for the good news from Commander Li."

Lou Shide said goodbye and left, Li Zhen paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. The reason why he finally agreed to Lou Shide was because Lou Shide's promise reminded him of what Gao Yanfu once said to him, and to try his best to establish his own connections in the court and the public. How could he let go of this free favor easily?

More importantly, Princess Taiping is also strongly recommending Ji Xu as the position of Chief Censor.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen immediately ordered, "President Zhao will come to see me quickly."

It was dark and the drums rumbling about closing the gate were heard. Liu Guangye returned to his mansion in a carriage. More than 20 warriors sent by Wu Sansi to protect Liu Guangye were followed by horseback.

Liu Guangye has worked very hard these two days. In just two days, he will list Junchen's followers and crimes he committed one by one. Of course, this must have nothing to do with him, Liu Guangye, and he has nothing to do with his confidants.

Liu Guangye worked so hard and his purpose was very clear, just to replace Lai Junchen and become the new Chief of the Imperial Secretary. Originally, the Chief of the Censor should have been appointed today, but unexpectedly, the two competitors Xu Yougong and Ji Xu were temporarily released, which delayed the appointment. However, Xu Yougong was rejected by the emperor yesterday. He was the candidate recommended by Prime Minister Lou Shide and poses little threat to him.

The key is Ji Xu, who is the recommended person of Princess Taiping. He has served as the Mingtangwei for a long time and has been deeply trusted by the emperor. He is the strongest competitor, which makes Liu Guangye really worried.

Although he had Wu Sansi's support, could Wu Sansi's influence be comparable to Princess Taiping? I heard that the emperor decided to kill Lai Junchen because he heard Princess Taiping's persuasion, so he didn't know whether Wu Sansi would rather invest more for him Liu Guangye.

Just as Liu Guangye was pondering, the carriage drove into Daohuafang, and only a hundred drum sounds were left before the door was closed. The little official who managed the door also came out of the room and was about to close the door when the drum sound ended.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps, and more than twenty guards also dismounted and were about to lead the horse into the mansion. Liu Guangye came out of the carriage, quickly climbed up the steps, and walked towards the mansion gate. At this time, a horse ran past the side, and someone shouted immediately: "Censor Liu, please stay, King Liang has a letter."

Liu Guangye was stunned and turned around quickly. King Liang sent him a letter. How dare he be negligent? Just as he turned around, two crossbow arrows shot towards him in the darkness. Under the light of the arrow, a blue and roaring color flashed under the light of the arrow. Liu Guangye could not dodge. Two arrows hit his left and right chests, and he was already running away on his horse, and rushed out of the gate as soon as the gate was closed.

At this time, the drum sound of closing the door stopped, and there were fluttering pieces of paper flying in the air. One of the notes fell beside Liu Guangye, with a line of big words written on it: "The end of the betrayer,."

There was a chaos in front of the mansion. The guards were so scared that they rushed forward to check. Two arrows hit Liu Guangye's heart. Before the poison could attack, he was already dead. The guards yelled, "Chasing"
Chapter completed!