On the fifth day of the first month of the second year of Ruyi, the Empress Wu was resurrected with a falling tooth, changing the yuan to longevity, because the day of the falling tooth was in May last year, so it was not the first year of longevity, but the second year of longevity, and 693 A.D. was the second year of longevity.

The courtiers have no objection to this, since the arrival of the Empress Wu, the change of customs is not a two-time encounter, after ascending the throne, it has intensified, the Li Tang system has been revolutionized by her a lot, and she always has a pile of allusions to the old paper as a basis, the Western Zhou Dynasty system, or the Buddhist classics, it is difficult to refute, and it is gradually used to it, and the Empress Wu can bring her woman's fickle side to the extreme.

On this day, Quan Ce invited Li Quanzhong, the chief of the Khitan Dahe Tribal Alliance, the leader of the Turkic Ruling Division, and Wu Zhile, the chief of the Turkic Cavalry Division, to Xin'an County to observe the troops, and the former Taichang Shaoqing Lu Zhaoyin, who was promoted to the Xia official squire, Deng Huaiyu, the secretary of the Honglu Temple, Hou Sizhi, the general of the Right Jade Guard, Tuoba Siyu, the general of the Ten Thousand Cavalry, and Xue Chongyin, the deputy captain of the Fireworks Army, were ordered to accompany them.

Empress Wu once ordered Quan Ce to take charge of the affairs of the foreign domain, and asked him to meet with the imperial heir in the Beijing domain, Quan Ce to make such an arrangement is a matter of duty, but it is one thing to have a will in the body, it can be easily done, and it is another thing, leading the foreign domain to review the officers and soldiers, both things are very sensitive, he dares to do, and the thing that can be done easily is that Li Dan, the heir of the emperor, may not dare to think about it, and may not be able to do it if he thinks about it.

Early in the morning, not long after the group left the city, everyone with a heart got the news and had different thoughts.

Taichu Palace, Xianju Palace, Empress Wu got a reward, and smiled slightly, she has a grand pattern, she will not be the same as ordinary people, she can easily dispatch high-ranking officials and heavy generals, and Quan Ce's sudden high-profile intention is what she pays attention to.

The Khitan has a feud with the Later Turks, if the ambition of the Mo Si annexation of the Song Desert region does not change, the day when the soldiers will meet is not far away, the Zhi Lost Department and the Tu Cai Shi Department are the thorns in the back of the Hou Turks, they can't swallow or pull out, and they will be uncomfortable for a day, Quan Ce only invited these three families to participate in watching the troops, the intention couldn't be more obvious, for the Hou Turks, to show his attitude, he didn't want to marry Princess Yunxi of the Mo Si family.

"Little things, it will also make a little temperament" Empress Wu waved her hand and ordered Shangguan Wan'er to come forward, "Wan'er, go to Princess Yiyang's mansion, and say that I haven't seen Quan Zhu and Quan Zhu's little brother and sister for a long time, and I miss them very much, so Princess Yiyang brought her children into the palace, and I talked to her about family life."

"Yes, Your Majesty" Shangguan Wan'er bowed down to receive the order, secretly anxious in her heart, Empress Wu ordered Princess Yiyang to enter the palace, the family is often fake, and it is true to put the family affairs of Quan Ce on the table, of course, the emperor is scheming, and he does not mean to take them hostage.

Empress Wu's reaction was so fierce and dangerous, the more Shangguan Wan'er thought about it, the more frightened she became, and walked quickly to the outside of the palace with the wind under her feet, her heart was messy, and she was thinking about how to appease Princess Yiyang for a while, this is her de facto mother-in-law, who is usually the most afraid of the palace, and never takes half a step into the palace when she hears the summons of the Empress Wu, she is afraid that she will be frightened, and secretly prays for a while that Wu Chongxing can quickly pass the information to Quan Ce, and try to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the Empress Wu as soon as possible.

Xin'an County, the first stop arranged by Quan Ce is the right jade guard, this guilty army under the command of Hou Sizhi, experienced a fierce battle in Xisai, and changed from the government soldiers to recruits, reborn, each soldier has almost masochistic rigorous self-control and sharp iron blood in his bones, and the simple marching in line has made it difficult for people to sit down, and when it comes to the confrontation exercise, it is even more enthusiastic.

This is not the point, Hou Sizhi arranged a big show, asking the guards of the vassal states of all parties to select 200 people, and then asking Quan Ce to choose 200 people at will under the right Yuchuan Wei Zhao and Huan, the two sides fought against each other, the result was tragic, the tragedy was only for the vassal state guards, and the daring regiment that trained the actual combat in a special way was all wounded and killed dozens of people, and all the 200 guards were annihilated on the spot.

Li Quanzhong's face was very gloomy, "Quan Langjun, is this a demonstration?" ”

"No, what good will it do me to demonstrate against my vassals?" Quan Ce shook his head, took the lead and left, without any intention of appeasement, and picked up a broken scimitar from the ground, "The so-called workers want to do their jobs well, they must first sharpen their weapons, the defeat of the escort is not a lack of bravery, but also the difference in blades, if you need it, when the conditions are right, Da Zhou may be able to help."

The corners of Li Qianzhong's mouth twitched, and he snorted coldly, but his eyes lit up, "I have heard for a long time that the smelting and forging process of the Great Zhou is extraordinary, if you can buy a little for defense, it would be great."

Quan Ce nodded with a smile, "I am willing to help Zhou deal with this matter, the vassal is strong, that is, the Great Zhou is strong, and the whole Great Zhou is happy to hear it."

When I arrived at the fireworks army, the high platform for viewing was more than three feet from the ground, and it was far away from the school field, hundreds of meters, and the soldiers on the school field could only see the figures, and they were not clear.

"Quan Langjun, if there is a secret, we don't need to look at it, if it's okay, what's the harm in letting us get close?" Li Qianzhong was displeased again, "If you can't go up or down like this, you won't be happy, and it's not the way of hospitality in a big country."

Quan Ce smiled and said nothing, such a crude agitation method had almost no effect on him, Li Qianzhong was reckless and rude, if he wanted to leave, he was afraid that he would have left a long time ago, where would he rap here.

Xue Chongyin waved his hand, and the figure in the distance began to move, prostrate for a mile, and threw some black dots towards the small hill in the distance, and the earth-shattering sound sounded, the high platform vibrated for it, and the dust flew several feet high.

Soon after, another group of men marched forward with a square gray package in the face of the occasional feathered arrows, and placed the package in a small stone fortress, two feet high and one foot wide.

"Boom"

The loud noise sounded again, for example, it was several times louder, and among Li Qianzhong's entourage, there was a young man with oily hair and a powdery face who sat on the ground in fright, and the smoke in the distance was filled, the stones were shattered, and the sparks were splashed everywhere, which was extremely spectacular.

"Withdraw" Xue Chongyin shouted, and hundreds of soldiers rushed forward, packed up the bomb powder bag fragments in the school yard one by one, put them in the sack, and worked for more than half an hour before he stepped forward to ask Quan Ce and others to test the effect.

Li Qianzhong disappeared at this time, and he didn't look at it, he moved like a rabbit, jumped directly from the high platform, and he was a step slower than he was, and he didn't have his good skills, but his movements were not slow, and he rushed down from the steps next to the high platform.

Faced with the hills that had turned into a pile of hot earth and the stone fortress covered with rubble, he was speechless.

After a long time, they returned together, and Li Quanzhong asked anxiously, "Quan Langjun, may you buy some of this thing for defense?" ”

Hearing that he was even talking like a gourd, obviously in a state of confusion, Quan Ce smiled, and was about to answer, but he heard Xue Chongyin next to him scream, and ran up with his cloak, looking anxious, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

"Cousin, Chongxing asks to see, something big happened in the house"

(End of chapter)