Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 31: The Tibetan envoy came to court to show off

Lai Junchen was exposed for false accusations and was also exposed for abusing his mother. So Wu Zetian, in order to stop the public from talking about Youyou, hanged Lai Junchen at the entrance of the vegetable market, whipped him fifty times, and paid him a salary for half a year before the matter was revealed.

Although Yang Yanzhang failed to completely solve Lai Junchen this time, lashing him fifty times was no joke.

Perhaps because Lai Junchen had such a bad reputation, the execution soldiers whipped him extremely hard, so after fifty lashes, Lai Junchen's buttocks were so rotten that you could see the bones!

With this injury, I couldn't get out of bed for half a year!
In other words, Yang Yanzhang will not have to worry about this guy's harassment for at least half a year.

As for half a year later, Yang Yanzhang believed that he had already established some foundation in the court and no longer had to be so afraid of Lai Junchen's false accusations.

The people of Luoyang saw with their own eyes that Lai Junchen was beaten, so the whole city seemed to be celebrating the New Year, and every household celebrated with lights and colors.

Some people who were framed and died by Lai Junchen even secretly built a shrine to Yang Yanzhang to thank him for his kindness.

As a result, within a few days, Yang Yanzhang's reputation was infinitely improved. As his reputation spread, countless celebrities and sages flocked to him. Some wanted to have a glimpse of him, some wanted to become close friends, and some even heard about Yang Yanzhang. I still have no wife or concubines, so I want to offer a beautiful woman to him.

But Yang Yanzhang really didn't have time to see them. He felt uncomfortable because he couldn't build the cannon in one day.

But the manufacture of cannons was not always smooth sailing.

Although the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty were great and had built three cannons one after another according to Yang Yanzhang's instructions, when they were tested outside the city, the range was not ideal, and sometimes the cannonballs would not come out at all.

Fortunately, these were not live ammunition and there was not much gunpowder. Otherwise, lives would have been lost.

On this day, there was another test firing outside the city. As a result, the recast cannon still only fired three to four hundred steps!

Compared to a real artillery, this range is so short that it’s too embarrassing to call it a cannon!

Yang Yanzhang shook his head for a while, feeling a little impatient.

"Lord Zhongcheng, is the barrel a little short?" an old craftsman asked carefully.

Yang Yanzhang's eyes suddenly lit up!
If the barrel is short, a lot of thrust seems to leak out when the gunpowder explodes. This may be the problem of insufficient range.

"Then try again!"

His simple words started another busy day for dozens of craftsmen.

However, these craftsmen had no complaints about this. After following him and creating magical things like fire guns, in order to keep it secret, although Wu Zetian had sent people to restrict their travel, she also gave them a lot of salary increase, and their life was much easier. .

If they create some more divine objects, their lives will naturally be more comfortable.

Looking at the blazing fire, Yang Yanzhang had only one thought in his mind: hurry up and succeed!
At this moment, a man wearing an Erliang Jinxian crown walked in.

This man has a good face. As soon as he came in, he smiled and raised his hand to Yang Yanzhang: "Yang Yushi, something big happened in the court, why are you still busy here?"

Yang Yanzhang is now the Censor Zhongcheng. Although his rank is only fifth grade, he can impeach any official. Naturally, he is too lazy to pay attention to such an unknown person, so he directly waves his hand and dismisses: "The big things are not as big as what I have at hand." things are important."

As soon as he finished speaking, the craftsmen working around him looked at him in astonishment, while the official who spoke had an ugly look on his face, snorted coldly and walked away.

"Master Yushi, you are so confused! How could you offend Zhou Xing? This is a vicious man. If you offend him, you will be in big trouble later!" A craftsman reminded in a low voice in horror.Yang Yanzhang was also surprised.

As we all know, Wu Zetian had three cruel officials, and Lai Junchen, who was temporarily suppressed by Yang Yanzhang, was only one of them.

There are two others, one of them is this Zhou Xing.

Zhou Xing has now reached the rank of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Six Ministers have the real power. However, the rule Wu Zetian acquiesced to is that you can make false accusations and then be thrown directly into prison, tortured to extract confessions, and beaten into submission...

Yang Yanzhang couldn't help but feel a chill as he thought about it, and he couldn't help complaining feebly: "Why am I so unlucky to have offended this evil god again! I'm so weak this week, I didn't even look at him today, isn't it? Let him lose face? With your character, I'm afraid he will attack me sooner or later!"

Thinking that he had just suppressed Lai Junchen and got into trouble with such a disgusting character, it really felt like pressing the gourd and making the gourd rise.

"You go on, I'll go to the palace for a walk!"

At this time, Yang Yanzhang was no longer in the mood to continue watching the cannons being recast. Just now Zhou Xing said that something big happened in the court, so he just went to take a look. If he could help Wu Zetian solve her problems, he would naturally not be afraid of Zhou Xing causing trouble in the future.

Just outside Shangyang Palace, Yang Yanzhang met Su Liangsi, the left prime minister of Wenchang.

"Why is Su Xiang walking in such a hurry?"

"Yang Yushi came just in time!"

The two spoke at the same time, then smiled and waited for the announcement together, and chatted briefly at the same time.

"Xiang Su, I heard that something big happened in the court. What happened?"

"Well, it is said that Wei Daiji was defeated by Tubo in the Western Regions. Today, the Tubo envoy came to show off his power, which made the Queen Mother very difficult to step down."

Yang Yanzhang was shocked: "The Tubo envoy is so arrogant, isn't he afraid of death?"

Su Liangsi smiled bitterly: "Can those who dare to come here to stir up trouble be afraid of death? Moreover, given the Queen Mother's magnanimity, she will naturally defeat Tubo on the battlefield to avenge her hatred. If she kills the little envoy, she will lose her reputation for magnanimity. head."

"Is that so..."

When Yang Yanzhang heard this, he had no intention of going in: "Xiang Su, please go in first, and your subordinates will go get ready. Later, I will give this arrogant Tubo envoy a powerful blow!"

Su Liangsi had a look of doubt on his face, but someone had already come out to announce his entrance, so he had no choice but to go to the palace first.

Wu Zetian was still meeting with the Tibetan envoy in the main hall outside. When she saw Su Liangsi coming in, her expression immediately softened. After all, Su Liangsi was eloquent and could help her deal with this hateful Tubo envoy.

However, when she saw that Yang Yanzhang did not come in, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Xiang Su, isn't Yang Yanzhang here too? Why did I ask him to come in, but he didn't see his people?"

Su Liangsi smiled bitterly: "I had a few chats with Yang Yushi outside and told him that the Tubo people were here to show off their power. As soon as Yang Yushi heard this, he left straight away, saying that he was preparing to give the Tibetan envoys a blow later. !”

Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, then showed a faint smile.

"This guy is so eloquent that he defeated my confidants Xue Huaiyi and Lai Junchen. He can also magically change colors, play tricks, and make some small inventions! Maybe he can really take a breather for me and earn back my face!"

(End of this chapter)