Chapter 1356: Who Killed Cui Lie? [3]

Near evening, the carriage Cui Lie was riding in was driving on the official road leading to Chang'an.

The wheels rolled over the sand on the ground, and the long-distance carriage made a creaking sound that made one's teeth ache, which annoyed Cui Lie, who was already upset in the carriage, even more.

Days of rushing made this delicate scholar-official master suffer the bitterness of bumping.

Although the carriage was already a luxurious and unreachable dream in the eyes of ordinary people.

But to be honest, sitting in this carriage for a long time on an uneven road for a whole day is something no one can stand.

Not to mention Cui Lie, who had never suffered a bit of hardship since he was a child.

The Anping Cui clan, with two thousand shi officials for generations, a famous clan of the Middle Ages, rose since the New Dynasty, served as two Excellencies, and passed down "Jing's Book of Changes".

Cui Lie's grandfather, Cui Yin, could understand "Poetry", "Book of Changes", and "Spring and Autumn" at the age of thirteen, and was learned and had great talent, proficient in ancient and modern exegesis and the words of a hundred schools.

The poetry, fu, inscriptions, eulogies, books, records, tables, "Seven Dependencies", "Wedding Conclusion", "Da Zhi", and "Wine Warning" he wrote, totaling twenty-one articles, were widely circulated.

And although his father, Cui Pan, was not famous and was not the eldest son of the family, his uncle, Cui Yuan, served as the Chancellor of Jibei.

Born in the Cui clan, Cui Lie had been pampered since he was a child, and only read the books of sages.

As a member of the next generation of the Cui clan, Cui Lie was determined to enter the imperial court since he was a child, and studied hard for this.

Hard work pays off, and Cui Lie was also intelligent. He was recommended as a filial and incorrupt official together with his clan brother Cui Shi, and then entered the court as a gentleman.

With the addition of the name of the Jizhou Cui clan and the benefit of family connections, Cui Lie had been promoted all the way since entering Luoyang.

Even surpassing Cui Shi, who was the eldest son of the Cui clan.

Now he is in the high position of the Three Excellencies, and he has also achieved the third person of the Cui clan to be promoted to the Three Excellencies.

No matter what outsiders say, Cui Lie always believes that all this was obtained by his own ability.

In the future, the genealogy of the Cui clan will definitely leave a heavy stroke for him.

It can be said that since he was a child, Cui Lie has been smooth sailing, and has never suffered any hardship or grievances.

But since he bought this position of the Three Excellencies with money, Cui Lie found that everything seemed to have changed.

Some people say that his character is not good, and he only got the position of the Three Excellencies by spending money, and his virtue does not match his position.

Some people also say that he is greedy for power.

But what makes Cui Lie feel the most aggrieved is that it was Empress Dowager Dong who wanted to give Duan Yu the title of King and negotiate peace.

The one who gave Empress Dowager Dong the idea was the commander of the imperial guards, Jian Shuo.

But he was the one who had to stand up and speak, making him the unfaithful and unrighteous person.

Empress Dowager Dong was worried that she would be scolded if she proposed to give Duan Yu the title of King, so she sent someone to send him a letter, asking him to act as a shield.

That day, standing in the court, he had bitterness that he could not speak.

Now it's better, and he was sent thousands of miles away to Duan Yu's tiger and wolf den.

Not to mention the hardship and bumping along the way, in Duan Yu's tiger and wolf den, there is also a danger to life.

This position of Minister of Works is really aggrieved.

It would be better to be sent to prison like Zhang Wen.

But Empress Dowager Dong also said that as long as he can complete the task this time. ===== CHAPTER 1358 =====