Lu Xiaoxian was telling the truth, Yao Chong licked his lips, and asked unwillingly, "Then what should I do?" Just let the murderer go unpunished? ”

"The only thing we can do now is not to startle the snake, and slowly investigate in the dark." Lu Xiaoxian's eyes were full of perseverance, "Don't worry, sooner or later, it will come to light!" ”

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Pei Yue, Zhang Meng and Lu Xiaoyi did not disappoint Lu Xiaoxian, they brought Yan Zhiwei back to Luoyang safe and sound.

In fact, it was not that the three of them had much ability, but that Mo Si took the initiative to give up Yan Zhiwei.

As the Great Zhou army fought steadily and steadily, it began to regain lost territory, and Mo Si was defeated and had to evacuate Zhaozhou.

Yan Zhiwei, the puppet khan, had no use value, so Mo Si decided to abandon him, so he told Yan Zhiwei when the army returned to the north: "You are free!" You can go back to the Southern Dynasty. ”

Yan Zhiwei never thought that he would be abandoned, his big backer would be lost, and the country would not let him go, he really became a lonely and lost dog, so he had to hide everywhere and live in fear, and soon he was captured by Zhang Meng and others who went to search and escorted to Luoyang.

Wu Zetian was overjoyed when he heard that Yan Zhiwei had been arrested, and immediately ordered him to be put to death, split his limbs in Xishi, and ordered hundreds of officials to shoot arrows at his corpse together.

In the end, Yan Zhiwei's body was full of arrows, like a hedgehog. In this way, Wu Zetian still did not understand his hatred, and ordered to remove his flesh again, break his bones, and destroy his three clans, and even distant relatives he didn't know were arrested and executed together.

The most miserable is the children in the clan, only seven or eight years old, were also carried to the West City to be executed, the common people pity the children, give them some candy, the children are ignorant, do not know that the disaster is coming, and snatch each other of the candy, think it is very fun.

Others couldn't bear it, even the imprisoned Yushi couldn't bear to kill the child, so he asked Wu Zetian to leave the child and not kill it. In the end, after Yao Chong's intercession, the children were exempted from death.

In this way, Yan Zhiwei ended his life of servility in an extremely miserable way.

In addition to Yan Zhiwei, Shi Tang Panruo, the governor of Zhao who defected to the enemy, was exterminated, and Shi Gaorui was posthumously presented by the imperial court as the winter official Shangshu, and the nickname was "Festival".

On the second day of Yan Zhiwei's execution, Yao Chong played at the court meeting: "The minister asks for orders to go to Shuofang and supervise the construction of the three surrendered cities to resist the Turks!" ”

Without waiting for Emperor Wu Zetian to speak, Zhang Cambodia, the official servant of the autumn official, said on the side: "The intention of building the surrendered city is a major event of the imperial court, and this is not something that Yao Chong can not control." ”

Wu Zetian finally agreed: "According to Qing's request, I will grant Yao Chongling the general manager of the martial arts march." Choose a day to go, go early and return early. ”

After talking about some border conditions, Yao Chong said calmly to Wu Zetian: "Your Majesty is old, and there must be an old man in the middle of the court to press the formation. ”

Wu Zetian nodded: "Qing and I coincide, but there are few good assistants like Lao Renjie in the old country." ”

Only then did Yao Chong introduce the purpose in his heart, and said to the empress: "Zhang Khan is deep and resourceful, can judge major affairs, and his person is old, but His Majesty needs it urgently." ”

Wu Zetian hesitated: "Elder Di Ge also recommended it to me several times, but his political achievements are mediocre, he has no achievements, and he has no suggestions, and he is eighty years old, so I don't need it." ”

Yao Chonggong said: "Zhang Cambodia is impartial and never forms a gang. Cambodia is the prime minister, and can handle all aspects of the relationship well, so that the big things are small, the small things are small, and the worries are shared for His Majesty. ”

Wu Zetian nodded: "He is a talent at this point, I see that he neither provokes Yizhi, Changzong, nor the kings of the Wu clan, and he gets along well with the courtiers." ”

"But Your Majesty needs it urgently." Yao Chong kowtowed.

Because of Yao Chong's recommendation, Wu Zetian finally awarded Zhang Khan Zhi the "Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Ping Zhangshi" and was promoted to Fengge Squire.

Luantai is the province of Menxia, Fengge is the province of Zhongshu, and Tongping Zhangshi is the same as the number one leader of the two provinces, ranking as the prime minister, and concurrently serving as the secretary of the Zhongshu.

Jiang Taigong's eighty worship is a myth and legend, and Sun Hong, the prince of the Western Han Dynasty, was seventy years old, and it is true that he became the prime minister at the age of seventy-eight. Zhang Cambodia copied the miracle of Gongsun Hong, and from this moment on, he became the new first assistant prime minister of the imperial court.

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Li Chongrun's death caused Li Xian and Wei to fall into hell, of course, it was not only them who were affected, but also Princess Taiping and Xiangwang Li Dan.

The most regretful is Princess Taiping, she secretly blames herself in her heart, she shouldn't be too eager for quick success.

Princess Taiping consciously instilled hatred for the Wu family in Li Chongrun, and took the initiative to inform Pei Huan of the situation, all of which was done to make Li Chongrun trust herself so that he could use it for herself in the future. Who knew that this would be the result in the end, a living Li Chongrun would definitely be much more useful than a dead Li Chongrun. Ranwen

Li Chongrun's death also made Li Dan vigilant.

Wu Zetian is his mother and the emperor of the Great Zhou, and his family affection in front of the imperial power is completely negligible.

In order to avoid Li Chongrun's tragedy in Xiangwang's Mansion, Li Dan not only lived in seclusion, but also strictly ordered his family to go out. Although he is the prime minister, he can no longer be seen on some major occasions.

Li Dan can not go out, but he can't stop others from coming in. Recently, a person would come to the Prime Minister's Mansion from time to time, and she was Wu Zetian's maid Wei Tuan'er.

Others don't know Wei Tuan'er's identity, but Li Dan knows it very well. He has been the imperial heir in the East Palace for more than ten years, and he knows Wei Tuan'er very well. I know that she has another unknown identity: the leader of the Heavenly Pole Pavilion.

Tianji Pavilion is a secret organization exclusive to the emperor, only obeying the emperor's orders, specifically inquiring about some secret news for the emperor, and solving some things that are difficult to solve on the surface. And Wei Tuan'er is the leader who manages the Tianji Pavilion for Wu Zetian.

Wei Tuan'er held the secret power of Tianji Pavilion for Wu Zetian, and Li Dan knew in his heart that he could not afford to offend this woman. To some extent, Wei Tuan'er represents Wu Zetian.

In fact, Wei Tuan'er really came to the Prime Minister's Mansion on behalf of Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian brought Li Xian back from Fangzhou and made him the crown prince, just so that the Li family and the Wu family could coexist peacefully. Therefore, she has to appropriately improve Li Xian's status in the court. Of course, to improve Li Xian's status, you have to guard against Li Dan. Although Li Dan didn't care about the throne, the forces of the ministers around him who were loyal to Li Tang were not small.

Wu Zetian told Wei Tuan'er and asked her to pay more attention to the dynamics of Xiangwang. So, this became the reason why she came to the Prime Minister's Mansion every once in a while.

Paying attention to Xiangwangfu and Xiangwang Li Xian, on the one hand, is Wei Tuaner's responsibility, and on the other hand, she is also selfish.

Wei Tuan'er waited by His Majesty's side, witnessing His Majesty and Zhang Changzong every day, and the exciting scenes between Zhang Changzong. This is indeed not an easy thing for the young and beautiful Wei Tuan'er.

Wei Tuan'er is at the age when her heart is excited, and she also needs a man's care and nourishment. But she knew that with her own identity, this kind of thinking could only be a luxury, how could His Majesty let her marry and divulge some secrets?

Originally, Wei Tuan'er could still suppress his inner desire, but as Wu Zetian's health became worse and worse, the desire in Wei Tuan'er's heart was ready to move again.

Judging from the current situation, Your Majesty will not last long, and if you don't take advantage of the current situation to plan a way back for yourself, who knows what the situation will be when the new monarch ascends the throne in the future.

Of course, this idea can only be hidden in the heart, and it must not be known to His Majesty, His Majesty's means Wei Tuan'er is very clear.

Don't look at Wei Tuan'er as just a palace maid, but her heart is high. Even if you look for a man, you won't look for an ordinary man. After some observation, she chose Xiangwang Li Dan as her target.

There is also a reason why Li Dan was chosen instead of Li Xian. Li Xiangui is the crown prince and will inherit the unification in the future. Wei Tuan'er wants to secretly communicate with Li Xian, the goal is too obvious, and the risk is very high. But Li Dan is different, he is now the king of Xiang, relatively speaking, not as eye-catching as Li Xian. There must be more important things, Li Dan is generous, even if something goes wrong here, he will not embarrass himself.

Wei Tuan'er's idea is very simple, follow Wu Zetian back then, get along with King Xiang in advance, once Wu Zetian dies in the future, she can leave the palace as a matter of course and marry Li Xian.

Back then, Wu Zetian also hooked Gaozong in a difficult time, and later Gaozong succeeded to the throne, and Emperor Wu was able to rise to the top.

In Wei Tuan'er's view, Wu Zetian is also a woman, and he is also a woman. Wu Zetian has a charming appearance, and he also has a charming appearance; Wu Zetian is a weak and amorous prince Li Zhi, and he wants to climb an amorous, timid and fearful king, the two have the same effect.

Wei Tuan'er is not an indecisive person, and with this kind of thought, he quickly put it into action. Because of this, she often goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see Li Dan.

In the evening of this day, Wei Tuan'er, who was wearing a red multicolored sleeved robe and a sand green flower skirt, floated over like a cloud and came to Li Dan.

When Li Dan saw Wei Tuan'er, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: in order not to make the mother emperor suspicious, he specially told Wei Tuan'er that he didn't need to report when he came to the palace, and now this woman is about to regard Xiangwang's Mansion as her home.

Wei Tuan'er gently tugged Li Dan's sleeve and said, "His Royal Highness King Xiang, you haven't had dinner yet, right?" ”

As he spoke, Wei Tuan'er clapped his hands, as if he were playing a trick, and three or four maids held plates of steaming imperial food, walked into the room, and put the fragrant food on the table.

Li Danxin said that it wasn't long after eating, what is this for?

Seeing Li Dan looking at him in surprise, Wei Tuan'er smiled charmingly and waved his hand to let the maids out.

personally poured two cups of wine, and then pressed Li Dan on the stool at the table, and said, "Your Majesty ordered, let me ask King Xiang a few words, and we will talk while eating." ”

Hearing Wei Tuan'er say that it was ordered by His Majesty, Li Dan dared to question it again, so he had to honestly obey Wei Tuan'er's arrangement.