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Chapter 150 Waiting for the Moment of Beloved's Return

Chang'an County was finally dismantled by Di Renjie. The county magistrate committed suicide, the director was dismissed from office, the county lieutenant was exiled to the Western Regions, Liu Cao was replaced over and over again, even the clerks, walkers, and jailers in the county government were basically replaced. again.

Sun Hucao was transferred from Wannian County to Bapin Sihu in Chang'an County, and the rest of the officials basically did not use the local officials in Chang'an, and were all airborne from the Ministry of Officials.

And "Chang'an County Secret Records" continued to be circulated in Chang'an City, but with some wonderful changes in style, focusing on the three inches below the navel, so those officials who died, were dismissed, and were exiled became people's gossip again. Avoid the protagonists of conversation with women and children.

This book is off to a very bad start.

Since Chang'an County was taken away by Lianguo, this kind of brochures will appear in Chang'an's Fangshi from time to time.

Sometimes it is aimed at a certain person, and sometimes it is aimed at a certain group of people. In short, as long as this kind of handwritten booklet appears, the direction is very clear, and the censors like it the most.

Even if it's a false accusation, the censor has the right to gossip about it, and it doesn't matter if he makes a wrong accusation.

Dali Temple uncovered a rumor case on the fifth day of May. The mastermind was Dianyi Zhou Chun from Menxia Province, and the victim of the rumor was Zuo Shiyi Qi'an Road from Menxia Province.

The content is actually not serious, it only said that Qi Anlu has voyeurism, and his objects of voyeurism are not only limited to women, but also men, and he also said that he likes to watch cows and horses mating, even if he met dog Lianhuan on the way to court, They all stopped to observe, and when their desire for voyeurism was completely satisfied, they asked the driver to break up the pair of chained dogs, and then went up to the court contentedly.

Not long after the rumors spread, Menxia Sheng Zuo picked up Qi'an Road, and got the nickname of "Dog Link", which was widely spread.

It was this nickname that made Qi Anlu submit letters twice asking to return home, and after being rejected by the emperor twice, he even committed suicide once.

Thinking about it, it is true. A Jinshi during the Zhenguan period, an old scholar who has been doing paperwork all his life, was suddenly given such an unbearable name, which caused a devastating blow to his reputation that he had maintained all his life. The destruction made him shameless to live in the world.

The case was solved by the Dali Temple, but it was tried by the three families of the Yushi Taitai Pavilion Yushi, the subordinate minister, Shizhong, and the Zhongshu Sheren of the Zhongshu Province.

These three cooperative cases are actually called the third division, and non-major cases cannot reach the level of the third division.

However, this time was different. After finding out that Dianyi Zhou Chun was talking nonsense and spitting out blood, the purpose was to discredit Qi Anlu's reputation for picking up leftovers under his family, so that Qi Anlu would not marry his daughter to Zhou Chun's son, and even scolded his son as a pig. A person like a dog can also be worthy of the revenge of his family's tiger girl.

After all the witnesses and material evidence were available, Zhou Chun was exiled from the three tribes because of a rumor case, and Chang'an City was shocked.

Since Zhou Chun was captured by the Yi tribe, the pamphlets in Chang'an gradually disappeared.

However, the poison still persisted, just seven days after Zhou Chun's three clans were slaughtered, similar things appeared in Luoyang Fang City, and looking at the whole country, there were 76 similar cases in June.

Regarding the fact that Zhou Chun was captured by the barbarians, Yun Chu didn't take it seriously. Since he wanted to use this thing to harm people, he had to be prepared to bear the consequences.

In the era of incomplete and unfair laws in the Tang Dynasty, rumors, a method similar to public opinion supervision, actually do more good than harm.

It's just that there are too few scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and there are good and bad ones, so there is no way to come up with a good article and a good story like "The Case of Guillotine Beauty", which can make a good person suffer a thousand years of infamy.

The means are somewhat low-level.

The people in Jinchangfang are very busy today, every household is busy making fresh food, and the canteen of Jinchangfang is at full power, and since the morning, there has been a lot of smoke.

The general manager of Langzhou, Zhao Xiaozu, returned to the court, accompanied by more than [-] soldiers from the Guanzhong government who had fought hard in the jungle for two years. Because of their outstanding military exploits, they needed to welcome them into the city. The school will be disbanded and returned to the hometown after the merit test.

During the daytime, merchants gathered in Chang'an City, and vehicles, boats, oxen and horses were constantly on the road. It was inconvenient for Zhao Xiaozu, the governor of the sixth-rank place, to enter the city with these soldiers who were covered in dust.

The real reason is that the Sitianjian people think that people like Zhao Xiaozu have too much murderous aura, and the evil spirit is too strong. During the day, the fleeting star officials in Chang'an City attack the bullfighting evil, and the location is in the west. Evil spirit.

Only when the sun sets and Ziwei Palace is in the sky, can the evil spirit brought by people like Zhao Xiaozu be dispelled.

That is to say, Zhao Xiaozu and his party were not allowed to enter the city through the Kaiyuan Gate on the west during the day, and they were only allowed to enter through the Qixia Gate on the south after dark.

The middle gate in the south is the Mingde Gate, and you can directly see the Suzaku Gate at the entrance of the imperial city when you open the city gate.

On weekdays, it is farmers and vegetable vendors who visit Xiamen the most.

Watching the sun go down and the stars filling the sky, Zhao Xiaozu, who had been waiting outside the city for a day, yelled, and led more than [-] government soldiers belonging to Guanzhong to file into the city along the Qixia Gate.

Although they are soldiers from the Guanzhong government, they are still not familiar with this city. Horseshoes specially walked on the flat stone streets of Chang'an, except for some bad people wandering on the street, they didn't see a single commoner.

It was hot and humid in Chang'an in June. The sweat on Zhao Xiaozu's body dripped from the hem of the armored skirt, and the wound on his severed arm eroded by sweat was even more painful and itchy.

He suppressed his anger, and asked one of the military officers who came to meet him: "Mr. Qin, the sons have been waiting outside the city all day, why is there no food supply?"

Qin Lang spread his hands and said: "The military order received by a certain family is to welcome the general into the city, and there is no such thing as providing food and grass."

Zhao Xiaozu said: "The Ministry of War will not think that the bodies of a certain family and their sons are really made of steel?"

Qin Langzhong cupped his hands casually to express his apology: "Maybe I forgot it!"

Zhao Xiaozu looked at the group of subordinates in front of him who were suffering from miasma, poisonous plague, snakes, ants and mosquito bites, and once again suppressed the anger that was about to erupt. He didn't want to hurt these subordinates who were about to be rewarded by the Ministry of War because of him.

The dark street seemed to have no end, only the torches in the hands of the soldiers were burning.

Qin Langzhong seemed to be in a good mood, he was asking Zhao Xiaozu about the booty he won in Langzhou.

Zhao Xiaozu thought of those subordinates who died in the jungle, and felt sad. Fighting the savages, what kind of spoils can you expect to get?
Is it the worthless bronze sacrificial vessels, or the tattered furs worn by savages, or those female savages who usually don't even have clothes?
Those savages harassed the southwestern counties of the Tang Dynasty repeatedly because they were poor and had no food. If they were rich, would that be the case?

Looking at the dark street again, Zhao Xiaozu felt that those sons and daughters died in the jungle in vain, and their corpses must have been eaten up by snakes and insects for a while.

A sense of bleakness emerged spontaneously, Zhao Xiaozu no longer paid any attention to the noisy military officer in front of him, in this state, even if the soldiers won the unannounced rewards, it is estimated that there are not many rewards.

After all, the value of contributions made in the southwest is far less than that in the west.

The smell of wine and food was brought over by the night wind, Qin Langzhong sniffed suspiciously, greatly puzzled, at this time, all the doors of the workshops had been closed long ago, where did the smell of wine and food come from.

Zhao Xiaozu looked at Qin Langzhong and said: "This is for the soldiers? Did Qin Langzhong just tease me, brother?"

Qin Lang shook his head decisively and said: "No, the Ministry of War has no such arrangement, it may be that people from the nearby Fangshizi are feasting for guests."

Hearing what Qin Langzhong said just now, the soldiers of the government who were a little happy just calmed down, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued to walk forward listlessly.

After turning a corner, the street in front of him was full of lights, and bright lanterns protruded from the square city, illuminating the whole street like daylight.

On this wide street, there are long tables with a length of one mile along the street. On these long tables, there are countless delicacies and wines, and some delicacies are even heated by a low fire.

Just as Zhao Xiaozu stopped his horse, he heard an old woman singing inside the high wall.

"Waiting for the moment when my lover returns, tears will sing for you..."

The voice of the old lady was not pleasant, it was a bit hoarse, just like an old lady leaning against the door to sing, this sound fell into Zhao Xiaozu's ears, his heart felt like a needle pricking him, he couldn't breathe, but tears rolled down his face.

"Waiting for the moment when my lover returns, tears will sing for you..."

This time it was replaced by a young woman's voice, and the singing was still not pleasant, but it made these men who had been away from home for several years seem to hear their wives calling, and more people burst into tears.

"Waiting for the moment when my lover returns, tears will sing for you..."

This time it turned into a girl's voice again, with a thousand turns and a crispness like an oriole.

After three beeps, a clear voice came from the high wall.

"Chang Yunchu of the Jinchang Fang led all the residents of the Fang to welcome the general's triumphant return.

Congratulations to Guan Zhongerlang for his triumphant return. "

Zhao Xiaozu beat his chest several times with his only remaining arm, and before he could speak, he heard the shouts of countless people from the other side of the high wall, although it was irregular, it was like overwhelming mountains and seas.

"Congratulations to the return of the great general who killed the enemy... Welcome to the return of Guan Zhongerlang..."

"When the general drinks, the first row is my family's wine. After drinking it, Sun Shenxian agrees... There are also buns, stuffed with mutton and radish."

Zhao Xiaozu finally got his voice clear, and shouted with one arm raised high: "Thank you, folks, thank you, folks..."

He really wanted to find these people who spontaneously entertained his group, but he couldn't see anyone on the street, only the sound of inviting them to drink and eat meat came from the other side of the high wall.

With a wave of one arm, those soldiers, who had already been too excited to contain themselves, rushed to the food on the street, no matter what it was, eat first and then talk.

"Is my steamer cake still edible?"

"delicious."

"How is my yellow rice cake? I specially added candied dates."

"well."

"The baby uses more soup cakes, it's not good to eat dry ones before going a long way."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Zhao Xiaozu got off the horse, raised the jar of wine in front of him with one arm, took a sip fiercely, the pale white wine slipped down his beard, and drank half of the jar of rice wine in one go, before he said loudly: "Good wine!"

(End of this chapter)