When Di Renjie saw this scene, how dare he get up and shake Li Xian's hand! He burst into tears, and was so busy on the ground that he kowtowed his head, so that blood oozed from his hat, and he said, "Long live the Holy Ming, and all the people are blessed!" ”

I was busy helping him left and right, but I couldn't help him for half a day.

Wu Zetian was also very emotional, and persuaded Di Renjie: "The elder doesn't need to be so excited, just according to what the elder just said, immediately draft a decree, announce the decree at home and abroad, and choose an auspicious day to hold a ceremony to canonize!" ”

Di Renjie burst into tears and said: "Your Majesty, how can there be a prince in Tibet since ancient times?" King Luling has always lived in Fangzhou, who in the world doesn't know? Now that King Luling has entered the palace, even the old ministers don't know about it, how can this be done? The minister asked His Majesty to let the King of Luling return to Fangzhou again and summon him with the Ming system. This important event of the country must be known to everyone! ”

Wu Zetian smiled dumbly: "I don't need to, where is the reason why I need to go back to Fangzhou." Just let him return to the Longmen Stone Statue Station on the outskirts of Shendu first, and then I will order hundreds of officials to line up to meet him. ”

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" Elder Renjie's voice was full of passion, and he shouted loudly.

Li Xian seemed to be in a dream, and at this time, his eyes lit up, and it seemed that the hall was suddenly filled with bright spring light.

He glanced at Wu Zetian secretly, and at this moment, it seemed that his childhood mother had been resurrected in this feared mother emperor.

Wu Zetian didn't pay attention to Li Xian, just looked at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie is not tall, his head has been dyed with a little hoarfrost, his eyebrows are neither thick nor black, and his clothes are plain, but his personality and wisdom are really a godsend to be a loyal minister like Di Gong, who is both civil and military, and has outstanding moral character.

Wu Zetian suddenly asked, "Is Di Gong willing to accompany me to the back garden?" ”

"Dare to disobey." Di Renjie hurriedly replied.

In the back garden, Wu Zetian specially ordered Li Xianxian to serve in the back, and Wu Zetian and Di Renjie walked side by side.

It was already late autumn, but I saw the yellow leaves rolling the ground and the flowers withering. Flocks of old eagles, like pieces of ink, swept from the top of one tree to the top of another, circling back and forth, echoing one after another, and making endless noise.

The horn of returning to the camp came from the barracks beyond the red wall, and the sound of the horn was distant and lonely, giving people an infinite sentimentality and desolation.

"I'm old, I'm old!" Wu Zetian pointed his horse whip and said: "It's like this remnant autumn filled with a murderous atmosphere." ”

Di Renjie was silent, but let go.

After walking for a while, Wu Zetian looked back and asked: "Di Qing, you say, after I die, thousands of years later, how will the people of the world evaluate me?" ”

Di Renjie was silent for a while, and just wanted to speak, but Wu Zetian waved his hand to stop him, smiled, and said to Di Renjie: "Why should I mention such a question to you again." ”

A cool breeze blew, and Di Renjie covered his chest and coughed a few times to reply.

Unexpectedly, the scarf on his head was blown off by the wind, and the horse under his crotch was so startled that he stumbled forward several steps, and he couldn't stop.

Wu Zetian hurriedly instructed Li Xian next to him: "Hurry, go and hold the horse." ”

Li Xian caught up, grabbed the horse's chew, kept "shouting" in his mouth, and said to Di Gong on the horse: "Di Qing, but please be careful." ”

Wu Zetian frowned and reprimanded Li Xiandao: "It should be called 'National Elder'." ”

"Elder Guo, but please be careful." Prince Xian hurriedly changed his words.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Di Renjie said on the horse.

"Well deserved." Emperor Zetian said: "In the future, I will be called the elder of the country, that is, Di Qing." ”

……

"What?" After reading the information sent by Lai Junchen, Wu Zetian was upset and said, "How long has he only surrendered, why did he rebel?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian's worries were not unreasonable, and Lai Junchen quickly attacked Gong Ren. Falsely accusing people of rebellion is Lai Junchen's usual method, he organized people to list facts, fabricate materials, and accuse Gongren of rebellion. Falsely claiming that Gong Ren came to Luoyang with special intentions, the family treasured the warriors, often went out day and night, harmed people's lives, and spying on Wu Zetian's whereabouts, wanting to murder Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian asked Shangguan Wan'er: "Isn't Gongren in Liangzhou?" Why did you come to Luoyang? ”

Shangguan Wan'er replied: "I have already sent someone to ask, and it was the Ministry of War who asked him to go back to the capital to report on his work!" ”

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, and then instructed Shangguan Wan'er: "Send someone to announce that Gong Ren will meet you, and I will personally try this case." ”

Soon, Gong Ren appeared in front of Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian looked at the leopard-eyed and bearded Gongren: "I treat you well, make you the prince of the country, and place the people under your account in Liangzhou, why do you take revenge and plot to rebel?" ”

On Gongren was confused, kowtowed: "The minister has always followed the rules and obeyed the laws of the Tang Dynasty, how can he start to rebel?" ”

Seeing that he didn't admit it, Wu Zetian threw the materials in his hand down the stairs and said, "See for yourself, what is this?" ”

On Gongren picked up the materials, looked at them carefully, and couldn't help but be furious: "These are all traitorous frames, pure nonsense!" ”

On Gongren's death did not admit it, Wu Zetian, as the respect of a country, was not good at drinking the order on the spot, and was hesitating, Lai Junchen said on the side: "On Gongren's cunning, Your Majesty should not talk to him verbosity, just hand him over to the minister for interrogation." ”

Wu Zetian was impatient, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you to push." ”

Lai Junchen immediately asked him to drag Gong Ren down from the court and escort him to the magistrate's court.

The "Magistrate's House" set up in the Lijing Gate was exclusively for Lai Junchen, which was actually a special prison.

As soon as Gong Ren was escorted to the backyard, suddenly there was a commotion outside the door.

When the people heard the noise, they ran out, and saw thirty or forty soldiers of Gong Ren, holding white silk, shouting in unison, saying that Gong Ren was not guilty, but that he was framed by a traitor.

Lai Junchen was so angry that he commanded the soldiers to stand in a row and block a wall.

He shouted, "Do you want to rebel? ”

"Wronged, wronged, on the fact that the general was framed by traitors with ulterior motives, please redress your majesty's grievances for the general."

The shouting was very urgent, resounding through the court, and Lai Junchen was afraid that it would reach the ears of Wu Zetian in the inner palace, so he urgently ordered the soldiers to disperse the soldiers.

Whipping the cane to rush, all the relatives were mighty and unyielding, and did not retreat a step.

In order to save Gongren, several fierce pro-soldier commanders actually took out their sabers, some cut off their arms with a "poof", and some did not hesitate to kill themselves to show their anger and protest.

"Captain Liu, stop quickly!" A loud shout came.

The soldiers turned their heads and saw that it was a young man in white.

The person known as Captain Liu couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Master Lu, is it you?" ”

After the battle of Yingzhou, King Liu Yan and his more than 300 soldiers had nowhere to go, they were originally subordinate to the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion, but the Governor's Mansion no longer existed, and the original system was gone, which made their situation very embarrassing. Lu Xiaoxian specially wrote a letter of recommendation and asked them to defect to Gongren in Liangzhou.

Based on Lu Xiaoxian's friendship with Gong Ren, Gong Ren did not hesitate to take in Liu Yan Wang and others.

This time, Gong Ren returned to Luoyang to report on his work, and he also brought King Liu Yan with him.

"Let them stop making trouble!" Lu Xiaoxian said in a deep voice.

When King Liu Yan heard this, he was anxious: "Son, he ...... about the general"

Lu Xiaoxian interrupted King Liu Yan: "I know everything!" If you do this, not only will you not be able to save the general, but you will be convicted of rebellion, and maybe you will even harm him! ”

"What then?" Liu Yan said eagerly.

"You let them go back first! I'll figure out the rest! ”

Liu Yan was a little hesitant.

"If you can trust me, do as I say!" Lu Xiaoxian said categorically, "If you can't believe me, then you can make trouble, I don't care about this matter!" ”

King Liu Yan finally made up his mind, and went over to talk to the soldiers for a while, and then everyone dispersed.

Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Lijingmen and turned to leave.

Huang Bei looked at Lu Xiaoxian's back and asked cautiously, "Lord Zhongcheng, does he really have a way to save Gong Ren?" ”

Lai Junchen sneered: "This is a case personally confessed by His Majesty, how can it be so simple to let him overturn the case?" ”

……

Outside Wu Zetian's bedroom, Yang Sizheng was anxiously pacing back and forth.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward.

"Father-in-law Yang! Is there something wrong? Shangguan Wan'er looked at Yang Si strangely.

Yang Si hesitated and said: "Shangguan Shanggong, there is one thing, I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”

"Say it!" Shangguan Wan'er pouted.

Yang Si took out a piece of silk paper from his arms and handed it to Shangguan Wan'er: "This is what Gongzi Lu asked me to transfer to you!" ”

"Mr. Lu?" Shangguan Wan'er took the silk paper, "Is it Lu Xiaoxian?" ”

Yang Si nodded.

Shangguan Wan'er quipped: "When did Gonggong Yang become Lu Xiaoxian's messenger?" ”

As soon as he heard Shangguan Wan'er's words, Yang Si's face suddenly changed, and he said in a panic: "Shang Gong forgives the sin, the slave will not dare next time!" ”

There are rules in the palace, Yang Si privately sends a message to people outside the palace, this is taboo, if you really want to investigate and deal with it, even if it is a cane, it is not too much.

"I'm joking with you!" Seeing this, Shangguan Wan'er knew that she was joking, and hurriedly reassured, "Gongzi Lu has some friendship with His Majesty, if he has any news, just spread it, if anyone asks, you will say that I arranged it!" ”

Hearing Shangguan Wan'er's words, Yang Si breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Si has been in the palace for many years, how could he not know the rules of the palace, Lu Xiaoxian asked him to bring a letter to Shangguan Wan'er, but he originally refused. But Lu Xiaoxian's words made him have to do it: "If you help deliver the message, if you encounter any trouble, Shangguan Shanggong will take care of it for you; If you don't help delay the big thing by sending the message, Shangguan Shanggong will blame you! ”

Yang Si was still suspicious, but who knew that he was really expected by Lu Xiaoxian, Shangguan Wan'er's words were exactly the same as what Lu Xiaoxian said.

After reading it, Shangguan Wan'er instructed Yang Si: "You tell Lu Xiaoxian, just say that he is a guest!" When the time comes, don't forget to call Cui Xiang and Zhang Shuo! ”

Shangguan Wan'er's inexplicable words made Yang Si a little overwhelmed.

"Just give it back to him as I say!" Shangguan Wan'er dropped a word, turned around and returned to the dormitory.

The next day, Shangguan Wan'er made a special trip to the magistrate's court and read out the holy decree to Lai Junchen: On Gongren's acquittal.

When Gong Ren walked out of Lijing Gate alive, Liu Yan Wang and the others couldn't help but cry bitterly.