Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

Xingzheng Street.

Wu Mansion.

The Wu family was a medium-sized aristocratic family in Nanyue. Although they also had land in the countryside, it was nothing compared to the land owned by the big aristocratic families.

Almost all members of the Wu family hold official positions, making them typical representatives of the Nanyue official family. Now that the Yue Kingdom has been destroyed, the former Minister of Personnel Wu Chengxiang has naturally been unemployed at home.

On this day, Wu Chengxiang got up early. After breakfast, he went to the study as usual, drinking tea and reading.

"Dong dong dong..."

Suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door outside the study. Wu Chengxiang immediately put down the teacup in his hand, looked up at the butler Wu Zhen standing at the door, and slowly said, "Come in!"

Wu Zhen walked quickly to Wu Chengxiang and immediately said, "Master, it's bad. Young Master Yuanjie has been captured by the people from the Mirror Inspection Department."

Wu Chengxiang stood up from his chair when he heard this. "What? When did this happen? What did Yuanjie do wrong? Why did the people from Jingjiansi want to arrest him?"

Wu Zhen quickly bowed and said, "Reporting to the master, just now Wu Qing, who had been following Master Yuanjie, suddenly found me and said that Master Yuanjie was captured by the people of the Mirror Inspection Department. This matter is serious and I dare not neglect it. I immediately rushed to the study to inform the master of the house."

Wu Zhen immediately turned around and looked at the door of the study room, "Wu Qing, come in, the master has something to ask you."

Wu Qing, who was standing outside the study door, hurried in and bowed respectfully, "Little Wu Qing greets the head of the family."

Wu Chengxiang immediately said, "Tell me, why did the people from Jingjiansi want to arrest Yuanjie?"

Wu Qing bowed again, "Return to the master, the young master attended the poetry and literature gathering at Fanzhou Lake yesterday afternoon. Because of the sisters Ziyun and Ziyan, the young master had a conflict with a man named Wang Lin..."

Next, Wu Qing told everything he knew.

"Snapped!"

Wu Chengxiang picked up the teacup on the tea table and slammed it to the ground. "What a bastard! Just for two prostitutes, he not only slandered the poem of His Royal Highness the Virtuous King as anti-poem, but also used it to frame the Virtuous King. He is really bold."

"Master, at the beginning, the young master didn't know that Wang Lin was the virtuous king. It was not until the last moment that Wang Lin revealed his true identity." Wu Qing said.

“Nonsense, His Royal Highness the Sage King is so important, how could he argue with Yuan Jie? If Yuan Jie and the Zhou family kid hadn’t gone too far and invited the Mirror and Mirror Division’s pacification envoy to the scene, perhaps no one would have known that Wang Lin was the Sage King.”

"The sisters Ziyun and Ziyan are really a disaster. Before, His Majesty sent people to invite them to the palace to perform every day just to listen to music, and neglected so much government affairs! Now, they have bewitched Yuanjie to the point of offending the wise king and being imprisoned."

"Hey……"

Wu Chengxiang sighed deeply and continued, "It's all my fault that I didn't discipline Yuanjie well, which led to the disaster today."

"Forget it. Since things have developed to this point, let Yuan Jie stay in the Heavenly Prison for a while and reflect on his mistakes. After His Royal Highness the King of Virtue returns to the court, I will find a way to rescue him!"

"Xiaoqing, you two should go and guard around the Jingjian Division right away. Come back and tell me if you find any situation with Yuanjie."

"Yes, master!"

Wu Zhen and Wu Qing both bowed and turned to leave the study...

At the same time, the scene in the Wu family's study also took place in the Zhou family's living room not far from the Wu family. The former Minister of Rites Zhou Jiquan also made the same decision as Wu Chengxiang.

An hour later.

Wu Zhen and Wu Qing hurried into the study room. "Master, it's bad. His Royal Highness the Wise King has ordered the Mirror and Inspection Department to issue a notice that Master Yuanjie and Zhou Wanli will be beheaded at the West Market Execution Platform at 15:30 tomorrow. You must find a way to save Master Yuanjie!"

Wu Chengxiang's face darkened, and he slumped in his chair, muttering to himself, "How could this happen? The virtuous king is known for his virtue and dislikes killing. How could he order the execution of Yuan Jie just because of jealousy? And he even wants to publicly behead him on the execution platform in the West Market? There must be some other reason behind this."

Wu Chengxiang looked up at Wu Zhen and said, "Little Town, did the Mirror Inspection Department's notice say why His Royal Highness the Wise King wanted to behead Yuan Jie and the Zhou family kid as a warning to the public?"

Wu Zhen quickly bowed and said, "Reporting to the master, the notice said that Master Yuanjie and Master Zhou used so-called anti-poems to frame others, which is called literary inquisition. It also said that literary inquisition is extremely harmful to the country. Once it spreads, the consequences will be disastrous. For the sake of the country, His Royal Highness the King of Xian ordered the beheading to serve as a warning to others."

Wu Chengxiang thought about it carefully and quickly realized the harm that literary inquisition had done to the country, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to the palace to plead with Lin Feng.

"Xiaoqing, you two, pass the message immediately and tell all the tribesmen not to go out unless it is urgent."

"Yes, master!"

Shortly after Wu Zhen and Wu Qing left, Wu Yuanjie's biological parents, Wu Chaopeng and Han Xiaorong, hurried to the study.

"Dad, Yuanjie is the most outstanding member of our Wu family. Are we just going to watch him go to the execution platform and do nothing?"

"Grandpa, you love Yuanjie the most. If you don't save him now, he will die. I beg you, your daughter-in-law."

Han Xiaorong bent her legs and knelt on the ground.

"Dad, I only have one son, Yuanjie. If he dies, how will Xiaorong and I live the rest of our lives?"

Wu Chengxiang looked at Han Xiaorong who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Chaopeng, help your wife up from the ground first."

Wu Chaopeng nodded and reached out to help Han Xiaorong, but Han Xiaorong pushed Wu Chaopeng's hand away and said, "If Grandpa doesn't save Yuanjie, then your daughter-in-law won't get up."

Wu Chengxiang shook his head helplessly. "Yuanjie is my most valued grandson. I want to save him more than you do. But what Yuanjie did this time is too serious. It has reached the level of endangering the country. Even if I personally go to the palace to plead for mercy, His Royal Highness the King will never pardon Yuanjie."

"In fact, His Royal Highness the King has already shown leniency to my Wu family. If it were someone else, the Wu family would most likely be wiped out because of this."

"Chao Peng, with your knowledge, you must know the harm that this literary inquisition has done to the country, so Yuan Jie can't be saved. You two should go back. It's not too late to have another child while you're still young."

What Wu Chengxiang could see clearly, Zhou Jiquan could naturally see clearly as well. That afternoon, the Wu and Zhou families chose to close their doors to visitors almost at the same time.