"Who? Who are you? What are you doing? Suddenly seeing a strange young man dressed in black in front of him, Wu Yanji couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"It doesn't matter who I am!" The young man in black said slowly, "But what I have to do, I can tell you!" ”

As he spoke, the young man shook the rope in his hand, "I want your life!" ”

Wu Yanji was horrified in his heart, and was about to shout loudly, but when he saw the young man stretch out his hand and pinch his neck, he suddenly couldn't make a sound.

Then, the rope that had already been knotted was like a spirit snake, and it was neatly put around Wu Yanji's neck. As soon as the young man turned his elbow, the cable fell on his shoulder, and he bent down and pulled hard, and Wu Yanji was upside down on the young man's back.

Wu Yanji kept kicking his legs, struggling desperately, and tried to tear off the rope with both hands, but to no avail. After a while, he stopped moving.

The young man put down Wu Yanji on his back and tried the way, but there was indeed no breathlessness, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

……

The next morning, before Li Xian had time to go to the Wei Palace, an astonishing news came: Wu Yanji, the king of Wei, committed suicide by hanging the beam last night.

Li Xian seemed to be stupid, muttering to himself: "It's over, it's over, everything is over!" ”

As soon as Wu Yanji died, this matter came to the fore, and there was no room for redemption.

The news of Wu Yanji's self-spilled death was not only known to Li Yan in the East Palace, but also to Wu Zetian in the palace.

What the hell is going on?

Wu Zetian ordered Wei Tuan'er to send people from Tianji Pavilion to inquire about the news as soon as possible.

Tianji Pavilion really lived up to its reputation, and it only took less than an hour to make things clear.

Wu Zetian listened to Wei Tuan'er, and asked sharply: "King Wei can leave a suicide note!" ”

"There is no suicide note, only this!" Wei Tuan'er handed over a piece of paper.

The paper is densely filled with the words "hate", large and small, obviously Wu Yanji's death was because of Li Chongrun, otherwise he would not have written so many "hate" words before he died.

There was an open contradiction between Li Chongrun and Wu Yanji, which obviously violated the oath of the Ming Hall, which Wu Zetian did not tolerate. What's more, Li Chongrun also forced Wu Yanji to death.

At this moment, due to anger, Wu Zetian's hands trembled slightly.

Shangguan Wan'er saw that Wu Zetian's cheeks were flushed, this was a killing opportunity.

In the past few years, Wu Zetian has turned benevolent and peaceful, and rarely shows murderous intentions anymore, but the cruelty that has disappeared for a long time has now floated again.

Shangguan Wan'er shuddered.

"Summoning the prince!" Wu Zetian said in a roundabout way.

Shangguan Wan'er answered and went out.

At this moment, Princess Taiping was still staying in the palace, and when Shangguan Wan'er summoned Li Xian inside, she asked in a low voice: "Wan'er, is there something in the palace?" ”

"Something happened, you'd better go back!" Wan'er smiled bitterly, "We were quiet for a while, and there were many things again." ”

Princess Taiping has always been cautious with her mother, she understands her mother's character, and any transgression will make her unlucky, so she didn't dare to ask Wan'er the truth of the question, and hurriedly went back.

Wu Zetian looked at Li Xian who was kneeling in front of him viciously, and said angrily: "I haven't killed anyone for three years, and someone dares to turn the sky upside down, do you really want to force me to kill someone?" ”

After saying that, Wu Zetian shouted outside the door: "Someone! ”

Two guards ran in at the call.

"Bring me Chongrun!" Wu Zetian commanded.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly persuaded on the side: "Holy Lord, King Shao is still a child. ”

"Go!" Wu Zetian didn't listen to Shangguan Wan'er's explanation, and waved his hand and ordered.

Li Xian trembled all over his body and did not say a word from beginning to end.

He repeatedly warned himself that he had to endure it, and he must save Run'er's life no matter what. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, endure the calm wind and waves, and take a step back to open the sky.

He knew very well that in front of Wu Zetian, any explanation and resistance would be useless, not only could he not save him, but he might even have to catch himself.

The two guards rushed directly to the East Palace, and without waiting for the report, they drove in and looked for Shao Wang Chongrun everywhere in the East Palace.

Who knows, I didn't find Li Chongrun, but I suddenly heard a woman's cry faintly coming from the back hall, which was miserable and violent, but it suddenly stopped, as if it had been forcibly broken in two.

The two guards saw a terrifying scene: Li Chongrun was lying on his back on the ground, still holding a sword in his hand, blood was sprayed everywhere around him, blood was gushing out of his throat, and the air was filled with heavy blood.

Li Chongrun killed himself.

After hearing the news, Wu Zetian was stunned.

Wu Zetian knows better than anyone about the imminent war between the Li and Wu clans, and because of the survival of the country and the relationship between her family, she first adopted the method of letting them marry each other to alleviate the contradictions, which led to the emergence of the "political marriage" of Princess Yongtai marrying Wu Yanji.

Regardless of whether the combination of the two was a twisted melon or not, it eventually evolved into a bitter fruit full of blood and tears. ”

Li Xian finally couldn't help it, sat on the ground dejectedly, and cried bitterly.

The next day, even more unfortunate news came again: Yongtai County took the initiative to give birth ahead of schedule, and died of dystocia in the process of production, and adults and children could not be saved.

It is true that the empress has not killed anyone for several years, but this time four of them died at once, and although she did not personally order the execution, it had a lot to do with her. Especially Li Chongrun, his death was not his crime, which greatly shocked the government and the opposition, and the children of the clan were even more silent.

Although Wu Zetian restored Li Xian as the crown prince, he still insisted on safeguarding the interests of the Wu family as much as possible.

Soon after Li Xian's family returned to Chang'an, she made a series of marriages for Li Wu's family. Li Xian's daughter, Li Xianhui, the lord of Yongtai, married Wu Yanji, the son of Wu Chenghei, the king of Wei, and Li Xian, the princess of Anle, the princess of Anle, married Wu Sansi's son, Wu Chongxun.

For these two marriages, the husband and wife of Wu and Lee Hsien Wei carried out without objection. For them, this is the best solution imaginable. It seems that the rift between the two families is indeed being repaired, and the marriage in particular has made the relationship between the young people very good.

However, no one expected that such a thing would happen.

Needless to say, the shock of Wu Yanji's death to the Wu family was even more profound for Li Xian and Wei.

A pair of children were killed alive but they were powerless, and the impact of the children's death on Li Xian and his wife was drastic.

Especially Empress Wei, the whole person has changed.

A pair of children raised by her own hands died when they were in their prime, although Li Xian had four sons, but only Li Chongrun was Webster's biological son, he was only nineteen years old, he was not married and had no children, his death was a catastrophe for Webster.

The cruel reality tells Webster that even if Li Xian has been reinstated as the crown prince, if he can't grasp the real power, he will still be slaughtered.

She shouted in her heart: you must have power, absolute power, only in this way can you take your destiny into your own hands.

……

When the news of Li Chongrun, Wu Yanji and Li Xianhui's deaths came to Lu Xiaoxian's ears, he couldn't help frowning. He didn't feel completely sorry for the three of them, but felt that this matter was very strange.

After thinking about it again, his brow tightened. Lu Xiaoxian could feel that there was a pair of black hands secretly manipulating this matter, and even smelled a smell of conspiracy in it.

As this feeling became stronger and stronger, Lu Xiaoxian finally couldn't help it and directly found Yao Chong.

"What? Do you want to inspect the body of King Jiwei? How can this work? Yao Chong didn't think about it and said, "The body of King Jiwei is stored in Zongzheng Temple, and it is about to be buried in the past two days!" Without His Majesty's will, how can you investigate casually? ”

"That's why I'm looking for you!" Lu Xiaoxian said unhurriedly, "Anyway, you are still the prime minister of the first assistant, and you still have this bit of power, even Zongzheng Temple has to listen to you!" ”

"What the hell are you going to do?" Yao Chong felt that he was about to be driven crazy by Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian still had that lazy expression, and said slowly: "If I say that I suspect that Wu Yanji did not commit suicide, but was killed by others, what would you think?" ”

"What?" Yao Chong's jaw dropped almost without being shocked, "How is this possible, you can't talk nonsense without evidence!" ”

"Because there is no evidence, I have to look for evidence!" Lu Xiaoxian was too lazy to talk to Yao Chong again, and said bluntly, "You just give me a happy word, don't you want to help me?" ”

"If you don't kill me, I won't stop!" Although Yao Chong was very reluctant, he still compromised, and he asked with a bitter face, "When do you want to go?" ”

"The sooner the better, it's better to go now!"

……

In the mortuary of Zongzheng Temple, Lu Xiaoxian saw Wu Yanji's body.

Looking at Wu Yanji's remains, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but sigh: Two days ago, he was a lively prince, but now he has become a corpse, what a creation!

It was important to do business, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't sigh anymore, and accompanied by Yao Chonghe Zongzheng Temple Siqing, he began to check Wu Yanji's body.

He looked very closely, especially around his neck, and was even lying on top of the corpse.

Zongzheng Temple Siqing asked Yao Chong in a low voice: "Elder Yao Ge, is this person a grievance of the Criminal Department?" ”

Yao Chong was already angry, and when he saw that Zongzheng Temple Siqing was so uninteresting, he couldn't help choking him: "Ask what you should ask, don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" ”

Zongzheng Temple Siqing was stunned: Yao Ge has always had a good temper, what's wrong today?

Yao Chong has a good temper, it depends on what the situation.

For example, now, he brought Lu Xiaoxian to the autopsy, and he was in a very bad mood. If this news gets out, it will not end well. He wished that Lu Xiaoxian would finish reading it quickly and then leave here.

After about a pillar of incense, Lu Xiaoxian finally straightened up, and he glanced at Yao Chong.

Yao Chong understood and found a reason to send the temple of Zongzheng Temple out of the mortuary.

"Now you can say it, what is the situation?" Yao Chong couldn't wait to ask.

"What do you hope to do?" Lu Xiaoxian asked with a hippie smile.

Yao Chong was a little crazy in his heart, in this case, on such an occasion, Lu Xiaoxian actually had the heart to joke.