Chapter 2165 Officials and Nobles

But Zhong Huan put down the pen in his hand, looked at him, and said: "Since he is determined, he should have the courage to knock on the imperial city gate for the second time."

This, sir, are you crazy?

Mou Fang didn't dare to say this out loud, so he could only remind him tactfully: "Sir, that's the imperial city gate. It's courageous to knock on the door and cry out for injustice for the first time. No one can do it again."

"No one can do it?" Zhong Huan smiled: "When Chu was newly established, Emperor Jingwu wanted to wipe out the wealthy family. Mr. Ouyang Hong knocked on the palace door three times and was able to meet Emperor Jingwu and earned a fortune for the wealthy family. It also gave the newly established Dachu a way to survive."

"Not to mention Mr. Ouyang Hong, Mr. Feng also knocked on the palace door three times back then, begging Emperor Jingyuan to let go of the in-laws of Wei Guogong. Look, both old gentlemen can do it, why can't Lu Bai? And he What you are knocking on is not a palace gate, but an imperial city gate."

Mou Fang: "..."

The reason those two gentlemen were able to knock on the palace door three times without dying was because they were ministers of Chu, respected by His Majesty, and had the right to be a saint. But what did Lu Bai have?

He was just a poor scholar from out of town, and it was enough for him to knock on the imperial city gate once.

Mou Fang said: "Sir, Lu Bai has no official position or title. If he dares to approach the imperial city gate again, the Imperial Forest Army will shoot him immediately."

"Then save him and don't let him die. He is worth saving now." Zhong Huan took up his pen and wrote the words "Evil Demon" on the rice paper: "I have shown mercy to him. If he is in the northwest or northeast , or Zhongzhou, what he faces is not me, but the real evil ghost. They will torture him to death, and then throw him to feed the wolves. He will not even have a chance to come out and complain. .”

"The entire Dachu is full of evil spirits. If he wants to be a human being and pray for the people, he has to endure a catastrophe of tearing out his bones and risking his life. Otherwise, when he faces the real evil ghosts, he will not be able to persevere, or even It is possible to be assimilated by them and become new ghosts."

this?

That's right, but Mou Fang is really afraid that Lu Bai won't be able to hold on.

Zhong Huandao: "What I want is that after experiencing despair, he can still firmly believe that justice exists in the world, and dare to risk his own life to avenge himself and do it!"

"Yes." Mou Fang could only comply.

…

On the road in front of the imperial city gate, Lu Bai was not dead. Ouyang Fu held up the token of the Ouyang family and said to the imperial guards: "My lords, please show mercy. This person is a guest of the Ouyang family. He has been wronged and has no choice but to go out." This is my last resort to avenge myself, and I won’t do it again in the future!”

Ouyang Fu sent Gu Jinan to the palace. A few days ago, he waited for Gu Jinan for a long time at the foot of the imperial city. He talked to Master Ouyang Zhang. The imperial guards had seen him and did not doubt his words. They also gave the Ouyang family face, saying: "For no reason." Coming to make trouble in front of the imperial city is a serious crime equivalent to conspiracy. Keep an eye on him, and Mr. Ouyang won't be able to save him next time."

"Yes, thank you all." After Ouyang Fu thanked the imperial guards, he immediately picked up Lu Bai and ran away. He put him on a carriage dozens of meters away and said to the driver: "Go back to Dou's house!"

"yes."

The carriage immediately started moving and ran towards Dou's house.

This matter was such a big fuss that even before Lu Bai returned to Dou's house, the news spread throughout half of the capital: "Do you still remember the foreign scholar who went to Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of War to complain about injustice two days ago? He is crazy and ran away. He went to the imperial city gate to complain, and alerted the imperial guards."

"Hey, you really don't want to live. Why bother? How can a person live without being wronged?"

"Even so, I don't know what's so stubborn about him. He just accepts some injustice. If he goes to the imperial city gate to complain, he will even lose his life."

"What? He's dead?"

"He's probably dead. Even the Royal Forest Army has been alarmed. There's still a way for him to survive."

"Don't talk nonsense. The scholar is not dead. He, Gu Tanhua and Yao Chuanlu are friends from the same hometown. Gu Tanhua is also the grandson-in-law of the Ouyang family. The stubborn scholar was rescued by the Ouyang family."

"Saved by people from the Ouyang family? That means he is not dead."

The Ouyang family has the Sacred Heart, and if they want to save the stubborn scholar, they can still do it.

Someone sighed: "It's good that he was saved. I hope he will be more open-minded and stop looking for death. Then the imperial city gate can be knocked at will? I have read too many pictures in the book and thought that anyone can enter the imperial city to complain." No? Silly!"

Half of the capital was talking about Lu Bai knocking on the imperial city gate to complain.

Some people also talked about the Ruan family: "Did anyone from the Ruan family speak out? This matter probably started because of his family."

Someone said disapprovingly: "Isn't it right? Wasn't it the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who started this matter?"

Someone scolded him: "Zhang Bafu, please shut up, don't you want to live your life? Is it okay to gossip about the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division?"

That's a soldier who is in charge of the security of the entire capital. If they hear about it, they will take you away on any charge and destroy your whole family.

After Qi Kangming and the others heard about this, they stopped running any errands and immediately asked for leave to come back to see Lu Bai. They didn't care if the leave was approved or not and ran back directly.

When he returned to Dou's house, Yao Youqian had been rescued and was sitting in the living room in the front yard with his head down.

Qi Kangming frowned when he saw this: "Why are you sitting here alone? Where is Lu Bai? Is he okay? Where is Brother Dou?"

As he was going to Lu Bai's yard in the back house, he was stopped by Yao Youqian: "Lu Bai is not dead, he just has some new injuries. Don't bother him yet, let him think about it."

Qi Kangming thought for a while, then agreed, and then asked: "Lu Bai still doesn't give up, and wants to continue to file lawsuits to redress his grievances?"

Yao Youqian shook his head: "I don't know. He hasn't spoken since he came back. He is very desperate... The first two times he was driven back with no way to appeal, he was always high-spirited and believed that there was a place to redress grievances in the capital, but this time... … He was floored.”

The whole person was lifeless, as if dead.

"How is Lu Bai?!" Dou Shaodong's family came back, followed by Master Yan and Yan Xiaowu.

Originally, the Yan family did not allow Yan Xiaowu to come over, saying that he was afraid that this matter would implicate him, but Yan Xiaowu said that Lu Bai was right, and if he severed ties with Lu Bai because he was afraid of being implicate, then he would be worse than a beast. Will be despised by thousands of people.

There was no other way, the Yan family had no choice but to let him come.

Qi Kangming told Lu Bai's situation.

Dou Shaodong's family frowned when he heard this, and after a moment he said, "Then let him be quiet for a while and wait until tomorrow."

But Lu Bai was hit hard this time and felt desperate. He locked himself in the room for three days.

Yao Youqian and the others were so anxious that they were afraid that he would not be able to think about it, so they did not go to the Yamen.

Fortunately, Mr. Ouyang Zhang came to help and personally helped them run six departments and asked for leave, so they were not punished for this.

After Xi Jiaoyu and Miao Zongqi learned about Lu Bai's affairs, they rushed to Dou's house in the evening and stayed here for three days.

By the morning of the fourth day, Mr. Miao Qi's patience was exhausted. He lost his temper and said to Dou Shaodong's family: "No, we can't let him go on like this. Should he continue to sue without his life, or should he just go back to his hometown?" You have to choose one."

Then he said: "If you can't bear it, then let me be the villain and break down the door and drag him out. In short, we can't let him lock us up like this anymore!"

Everyone also felt that Lu Bai had locked him up for long enough and agreed with Mr. Miao Qi's idea of ​​breaking the door. But before Mr. Miao Qi broke the door, Lu Bai came out.

He was very haggard, his whole body seemed to have shrunk, and he had lost weight twice, but his eyes were still clear and there was no sign of going crazy.

Yao Youqian looked at him and cried with joy. He had a lot to say, but in the end he only asked: "Have you thought about it clearly? Do you want to continue to sue?"