Datang: Starting from a fortune-telling stall, Wu Zetian was suddenly abducted

Chapter 84 Hou Junji stole my woman

Seeing him like this, Zhang Liang continued to provoke him: "Let me guess what you are here for?"

"It's because Hou Junji destroyed Gaochang, and you came to assassinate him?"

After hearing Hou Junji's name, the man's thin cheek twitched several times. Although he didn't speak, his expression was noticed by Zhang Liang.

He stopped making rounds and said directly:
"My name is Zhang Liang, you should have heard of my name."

"Hou Junji and I have some grudges. Let me tell you."

"Maybe we can become comrades-in-arms."

After Zhang Liang finished speaking, the man raised his head and stared at Zhang Liang with his blue eyes:

"Why do you make me believe you?"

Zhang Liang was immediately angry at this sentence, "Why?"

"It doesn't depend on anything. In my eyes, you are just a chess piece for me to get rid of Hou Junji."

"If Hou Junji and I were friends rather than enemies, I could hand you over to him now. Why would you bother to talk here?"

After hearing this, a trace of doubt flashed in the man's eyes. After thinking for a moment, he lowered his head again.

"Since I'm in your hands, I'll kill or cut him into pieces as you please."

Zhang Liang didn't expect that this man was so suspicious, and he felt helpless for a while. He couldn't really hand him over to Hou Junji.

The two sides were frozen there for a while.

An impatient Zhang Liang picked up the tea on the table and was about to take a sip when he suddenly saw the list of awards on the table and immediately had an idea.

He handed the list to the man and said: "Here is a list that Hou Junji used to ask for rewards from his men. See if there is anyone you are familiar with here."

After hesitating for a moment, the man took it. After reading a few times, he knew that the list could not be faked.

When he saw the names of Pu Hongyun and Ye Hongzhuang, he couldn't bear it anymore.

He looked up at Zhang Liang again, with undisguised hatred in his eyes, "I believe you."

"I am Qu Wenyi, King of Gaochang."

After hearing this, Zhang Liang showed a sarcastic smile and said sarcastically: "It's the former King of Gaochang."

"Tell me, why did you come all the way to Datang?"

Now that Qu Wenyi had revealed his identity, he stopped hiding it and said through gritted teeth: "I want to file a lawsuit against the imperial court and sue Junji for occupying my queen."

After hearing this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but be shocked. According to the law of the second year of the Tang Dynasty: those who rob or defile the family members of the clan and the country will be punished with the crime of abandoning the market.

What's more, Hou Junji robbed someone else's queen.You, a general, want to live like an emperor by robbing the queen?

Aren't you afraid of dying if you get too addicted?
He held back his secret joy and confirmed: "You said Hou Junji robbed your woman?"

Qu Wenyi said: "Yes. That is my queen, the woman I love most."

Zhang Liang asked curiously: "Do you have any evidence?"

Qu Wenyi was silent for a moment and then said: "She is at Hou Junji's house, but I have no way to see her."

Zhang Liang frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "It's too conspicuous for a foreigner like you to go to Hou Junji's home. Besides, we don't know where Hou Junji hid her."

Qu Wenyi took out a heart-shaped jade pendant from his neck and said, "General Zhang, can you let me meet my queen?"

"This is a token between the two of us. As long as she sees this, she will know that I am still alive, and she will definitely testify for me."

Zhang Liang took the jade pendant and took a look at it. He found that it was only half a heart shape and said, "You can try it."

After finishing speaking, he called Gongsun Zhi in and asked him with the jade pendant:

"You find a way to find someone to go to Hou Junji's house, and first find out if there is a Gaochang woman in his house."

"If there is one, give this jade pendant to her, and then"

After Gongsun Zhi finished listening, he nodded again and again, "I'll do it now, my son, but it might cost a few more coins."

Zhang Liang nodded with satisfaction, "Go and pay 500 taels of silver to your account. Remember, you must do this well."

Gongsun Zhi agreed with a smile, turned around and left.

Zhang Liang said to Qu Wenyi: "Please wait for two days until we get the definite evidence." "Although according to Tang law, those who rob and desecrate the family members of the clan and state will be punished with the crime of abandoning the market. But Hou Junji is now Thanks to Ron, with such a small matter, it will be very difficult for you to bring him down."

Qu Wenyi had no doubts about Zhang Liang at this time and said: "I, Gaochang, are willing to be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty for generations to come."

Zhang Liang thought for a while and then said: "A vassal state has no meaning. Do you know what your Majesty gave the prince? Gao Changhou."

Qu Wenyi said eagerly: "What about the Hou Junji who robbed our country's property? Embezzlement without permission is punishable by death in your Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Liang shook his head, "Hou Junji handed over all his property. This cannot cure his crime."

Qu Wenyi didn't wait for Zhang Liang to finish speaking, and said again:

"No, no. At first, after Hou Junji conquered our country, he did not touch the property in the palace."

"Later, his men took the initiative without authorization and robbed my palace and my women. They handed them all to Hou Junji."

"As far as I know, Hou Junji did not hand over these things."

Zhang Liang heard this and said thoughtfully: "I am also investigating, just wait for a few days."

Two days later, Zhang Liang was in the backyard instructing the pretenders to practice swordsmanship, when Gongsun Xing came to report excitedly.

"Father, stepfather. Everything has been investigated."

Zhang Liang quickly took him back to the room to ask about the situation.

Gongsun Zhi said excitedly: "Father, there is really a Gaochang woman hiding in Hou Junji's house."

Then he swallowed and said, "I heard that woman is like a fairy in the sky, very beautiful."

"I found someone to give the jade pendant to the woman. The woman immediately cried and took one out of her arms. The two together form a complete heart."

"She knew that Qu Wenyi was not dead, so she was willing to testify."

Zhang Liang couldn't help laughing and said: "Hou Junji, you didn't expect that the woman you sleep with actually wants to kill you."

Gongsun Zhiying responded and said: "What my foster father said is right. The woman also told our people that Hou Junji took everything from the Gaochang Palace into his home."

"Later, the emperor secretly took them away in order to prevent the ministers from impeaching Hou Junji."

Oh?
Zhang Liang laughed after hearing this.

"It turns out that it is true that the censor impeached Hou Junji for corruption."

"I thought these mad dogs were just going to take a bite as usual."

He took another look at the list on the table.

"It seems we still need to collect some evidence and hand it over to them."

"Well, there is also Wei Tietou."

Under his instruction, Wei Zheng and the censors soon received the news.

The next day.

Zhang Liang got up, washed up, and rode out of the house.

Someone prepared a soft sedan for Qu Wenyi and went to court with him.

Looking at the cloudy weather, Zhang Liang felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.

At Yinshi, while waiting for the hall to open, Zhang Liang greeted the ministers familiarly and looked around.

Just look at the censors gathering together, discussing something with serious expressions.

Wei Zheng was chatting with several ministers, and there was nothing visible on his expression, but Zhang Liang could still see his bulging sleeves, which obviously contained memorials.

Outside the crowd, he saw the arrogant Hou Junji at a glance. He stood there alone, with his head held high and talking to no one.

However, Zhang Liang could see a little loneliness and desolation in his expression.

He walked forward with a smile on his face and said, "Good morning, Gao Chang."

Although the two of them were incompatible with each other in private, the superficial harmony still needed to be maintained. Otherwise, it would be a little embarrassing if they met every day without even saying a word.

(End of this chapter)