In October of the first year of Ruyi, Luoyang Sima Wang Lu cleaned the east gate of the Shendu and the south of the city, and the security of the capital of Ningjing, and inadvertently captured the missing palace Shangshe Bureau Chang Wu, after interrogation, this person had secretly transported Tongren and cinnabar and other things to the East Palace with a gong bucket, but the person behind the command was His Majesty's close maidservant, Wupin Shanggong Wei Tuan'er.

After this incident, it was again implicated that Zhang Jiafu, a member of the Fengge House, instructed the servants in the family to mingle in the rat group of the City Fox Society, which seemed to have a plot.

Wang Lu was meticulous and meticulous, with complete human and material evidence, and handled Wei Tuan'er's case into an iron case.

Empress Wu was furious, so that Wei Tuan'er entered the court to confront him, Chang Wu has a very good memory, the time and place, the person who joins, and even the color of the gong, the link should be clearly explained, Wei Tuan'er has been unable to deny it several times, and his eyes have not been swept in the second place of the prime minister's class, but unfortunately, the pearl is dark, and Wu Chenghei is like a mud tire and wood plastic, and there is no response.

Wei Tuan'er didn't know that he had been abandoned, and he was terrified, crying and begging for mercy.

Empress Wu didn't want to delve into the private affairs of the palace in the court, so she ordered the Provincial Prudent Criminal Division in the palace to drag her down and detain her, and waited for her to fall, with a lot of hatred, all of which were transferred to Chang Wu who exposed Wei Tuan'er in the court, and ordered the thousands of cows in the palace to drag Chang Wu out of Chongguang Gate and abandon the city.

"Where is Zhang Jiafu? But I don't know who you are planning to do in collusion with bandits? "Under the anger of the Empress Wu, the full court was timid, Zhang Jiafu even crawled away from the couch, prostrate in the center of the palace, kowtowed, "Your Majesty is angry, the minister has a report, that Zhang Cai stole chickens and dogs in the house, misbehaved, as early as September, the minister has sold his people to the house, buy and sell the deed, and there is a record in the government as evidence, he is pickled outside under the banner of the minister, and the minister hates to eat meat and bed."

"Wang Qing, what he said is true?" Empress Wu turned her face to look at Wang Lu, with an inquiring look in her eyes.

Wang Lu was not stage frightened, and he gave up his hand, according to the truth, "The minister has thoroughly investigated, what Zhang Sheren said is true, and what Zhang Cai did is just a tandem market, blackmailing the door, and forcing the people to be with him, and there is no act of violence to collect money, and the minister thinks that it is not pickled."

Wang Lu's plain words, and even a little pleading, made Zhang Jiafu tremble, his face turned pale, and the sound of knocking his head was even louder.

"Hehe" Empress Wu smiled softly, "It is worthy of being a servant from an official eunuch's family, and he actually knows the way to gather first and then gather, Zhang Qing has meritorious education, but I should reward you?" ”

"The minister never dares to be, never dare to be" Zhang Jiafu is like falling into an ice cave, walking a few steps on his knees, terrified and landless, "the minister is not strict in governing the family, arson is a disaster, the minister is guilty, the minister is guilty"

Empress Wu no longer paid attention to him, and turned to look at Wang Lu, "Luoyang Sima has acted well, has made many meritorious deeds, has strict governance, can be said to be a capable minister, on the same day, he will be promoted to Luoyang Mansion Yin, and take care of this land of Gyeonggi for me."

"Minister, thank Your Majesty for your grace," Wang Lu bowed and thanked.

Empress Wu waved her hand back, her eyelids twitched, "The former Luoyang Mansion Yin Ci Sanguan Taizhong Doctor, returned to the mansion to be raised, and Shuo Wang"

"Minister, thank you for your grace" The original Luoyang Mansion Yin was listed as the leader, his expression was sluggish, he governed Gyeonggi with quiet and inaction, but he was no match for the wind and waves in the middle of the court, his own position was from the third grade, and the doctor Taizhong was from the fourth grade of the Wen Sanguan, and the reward was distributed, and he had always been promoted to a level, but he was demoted by one level, which showed that the Empress Wu was extremely dissatisfied with him, and Shuowang was not an honor, but it was for those officials who were old and sick, like him who was in the prime of life, and gave the scattered officials and did not look forward to Shuo, basically, ruined the political future.

"Do you still have a notebook?" Empress Wu was upset, she tolerated the cooperation between the DPRK and China, and the party fought against differences, but she couldn't bear the damage to her authority and the betrayal of the people around her, Wei Tuan'er set a bad precedent, and the people around her also had to take care of one or two.

"Xiao Zhizhong, the official servant of the winter office, has a performance, and the ceremony attached to the Qiang people is poor, Xue Ji, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and Liu Guangyou, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, were all guilty and died, and the minister Baoju was the original Taichang Shaoqing Cui Rong as the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple" Xiao Zhizhong finished the performance, buried his head deeply, this is an extremely shameful operation, the day Cui Rong was impeached and dismissed, it was he, today to protect Cui Rong, it is still him, he has also asked for another person to come forward, Princess Taiping is not allowed, it is to return the dignity of Dalang, how can it be discounted?

The court officials felt that the undercurrent was turbulent, dazzled, and silent for a while.

The Empress Wu is like a mirror, waving her sleeves, "Quasi, scattered"

In the East Palace, the imperial heir has moved away, and the renovation of the Winter Official Yamen has not yet begun.

The persecution of Lai Junchen intensified, and the situation was opened in Shuangyao City, and the fire continued to burn, from the close people such as subordinate officials, palace maids and eunuchs, to the Taichang Legong, the craftsman, the Shangshe servant and others, who were often tortured and served, and wailed day and night, like ghosts.

In order to get out of the sea of suffering, many servants rushed to confess each other's crimes, and falsely accused their masters, and the servants of the Imperial Historical Observatory got the sweetness, and they became even more intense, fierce and brutal, all kinds of novel torture tools emerged in endlessly, and they did everything they could, there was a torture instrument called a soldering iron, and the prisoner was trapped in it with an iron cage that only allowed one person, so that he was naked and barefoot, and there was also an iron plate below, and a fire was ignited under the iron plate, and the iron plate was hot, and the railings around the iron cage were also scorching, and the prisoners danced and danced, and when they touched the skin and flesh in all directions, they were grilled so loudly, and the pain was terrible, and they screamed and cried, The officers watched and had fun.

"Your Majesty has arrived"

With a shrill transmission, the ghost condensed for a moment, and the servants knelt down to meet him.

Empress Wu came with a group of servants.

Most of the prisoners in the soldering iron were still dancing, only a fat craftsman knelt down and kowtowed, and his knees were instantly roasted by the hot iron plate, smoking, and when he kowtowed, his forehead was also blackened one by one, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the imperial heir is not opposed, the imperial heir is not reversed."

Hearing this, Empress Wu stepped forward, ignoring the tragic situation around her, and said indifferently, "The emperor's heir, my son, I still can't understand his heart, what can you do?" ”

"Your Majesty, the imperial heir is precious, and the servant is despicable, I am willing to act as a substitute, and look at the heart of the servant, can you prove the loyalty and filial piety of the imperial heir" The craftsman suddenly stretched out his hand, snatched a horizontal knife from the waist of an errand officer, cut his chest and abdomen, and the handle of the knife was ruthlessly stirred in his body.

The internal organs of the chest cavity and the heart and liver rolled out together, and the blood splashed on the hot iron plate, immediately boiling and beeping.

"Your Majesty, the imperial heir, the imperial heir is not opposed" The craftsman fell down suddenly, blood gushed out of his mouth, his whole body was quickly scorched by the hot iron plate, and the smoke was thick, only two black and white eyes were still staring straight at the Empress Wu.

On a sunny day, there were fires all around, and the martial arts queen was cold all over, "driving back to the palace"

Soon, there was a will in the palace, so that Zongzheng Temple re-composed jade, choose a concubine for the emperor's heir, and call Andong to protect Li Qiao and Yongzhou Sima Wei Yuanzhong to return to the dynasty.

There is another will, which is not known, Shangguan Wan'er went to the prison of the Shen Penal Division to meet with Wei Tuan'er, and the conversation was no more than a stick of incense.

At dawn the next day, the servants in the palace went to deliver food and sweep it, and found that Wei Tuan'er had hanged himself.

Wei Tuan'er was born in a household, but he was deeply loved by the Empress Wu, and his grace was crowned in the palace, which was a rebellious act, and he never added a knife and axe, leaving a whole corpse, which was also regarded as a master and servant, from beginning to end.

The agency was too clever and mistook Qingqing's life.

The soul of incense is broken, and the soul is broken in the deep palace.

(End of chapter)