As a result, smart people will fall into another shackle: they think that Yan Fang, the governor of Hongzhou at that time, and even Wang Bo himself were the henchmen of King Teng, and they already knew his ambitions, so they made this "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" to praise King Teng's merits.

Only Xilingyue and Bai Juyi knew that this was by no means the handiwork of King Teng. Both of them have seen the Tibetan poems in the Tongtian cane, and know that this is the version that has been deleted by the Empress Wu, combined with the tragedy of Wang Bo's family, and the inside story of his cousin Wang Li's lineage being a slave for generations...... It is not difficult to speculate that these four sentences and this organ must be written by Empress Wu.

The purpose is to confirm Wang Li's false accusation against King Teng and lead the disaster to the east. At that time, "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" had already moved the world, and even after the deletion and modification of the Empress Wu, it was still seen by Wang Bo's clansmen. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, she quietly made this mechanism, so that the words in it pointed to King Teng's rebellion, and naturally removed her own suspicions.

After all, the Chinese characters are broad and profound, and there are countless ways to disassemble them, once someone suspects her, she can use the organs in King Teng's pavilion as evidence, implying that when Wang Bo wrote this article, he had already taken refuge in Li Yuanying, the king of Teng, and was secretly pulling forces for him.

I have to say that in order to make everyone doubt King Teng, Empress Wu really took great pains. This mechanism is both stealthy and leaves hints, and the people who can crack it are about one in a thousand, and the chances are not small. For example, Qi Changtian, Li Chengxuan, and Yuan Zhen have successively deduced the code words of "Southern Seven Residences", which shows that it is not extremely difficult to crack the mechanism.

And in addition to the three of them, there must have been others who have discovered this mechanism in the past hundred years. Once someone cracks it, they will think that they have inadvertently discovered the secret of King Teng's rebellion.

As everyone knows, all this is under the control of Empress Wu, and she even slaughtered the Li Tang clan after becoming emperor, taking the opportunity to kill the six sons of King Teng, cutting off the only way to clear King Teng's grievances.

Thinking of Empress Wu's scheming methods, everyone felt a burst of embarrassment.

"Let's go, go find the prince." Xilingyue immediately decided, "The clue that Mr. Yuan brought back is more important than I imagined. ”

Bai Juyi was puzzled when he heard this: "The matter of Empress Wu's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty is already known to the world, and this matter at most proves that she has done tricks and feet to the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" and slandered King Teng, is there any other use?" ”

"Yes!" Xiling Yue nodded heavily.

"Qi Changtian must have discovered the organs in King Teng's Pavilion, so he would decide that King Teng had rebelled, and he was drunk and discussed this matter in vain, and was denounced by Li Qi." came to King Fu's Mansion and told Li Chengxuan the clues found by Yuan Zhen, and Xiling Yue made a conclusion.

Li Chengxuan nodded in agreement.

Xiling Yue winked at him: "Lord Wang, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Understood. But there are so many words in this article that we still can't be sure which ones they are. Li Chengxuan pointed to the "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion" in front of him and said the problem.

"At least that's another clue." Xiling Yue is quite optimistic.

Guo Zhongting and Bai Juyi listened in ignorance, not knowing what they meant.

Xiling Yue asked them rhetorically: "Do you think, since Empress Wu did this organ to slander King Teng, and Qi Changtian also found out, why did Li Qi report him?" What is Li Qi afraid of? ”

"Naturally, I'm afraid that Qi Changtian will tell this matter and attract more people to study that organ." Guo Zhongting replied.

"Why is he afraid of people studying that institution?" Xiling Yue asked again.

"Uh, I should be afraid that someone will find out the secret in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" and find the orphan of the Wu family?" Guo Zhongting was not sure.

"Isn't that a contradiction? Empress Wu has already deleted the four-rhyme poem, and made a mechanism to slander King Teng in King Teng's Pavilion, she shouldn't worry about her secret being discovered, and Wu's orphan shouldn't be worried. Xiling Yue retorted.

Guo Zhongting seemed to react and scratched his head: "That's ...... Did we guess wrong? Li Qi didn't report Qi Changtian for this matter? ”

"Not for this, but for what? After Li Qi is a clan, his father is still an important minister in the court, does he need to betray his friends to take the throne? Xiling Yue retorted again.

Bai Juyi also realized the contradiction: "But Li Qi is ...... to Mrs. Gao No, no, the attitude towards the descendants of the Qi family does seem to be very guilty. ”

"Yes!" Xi Lingyue recalled the previous situation, "When I revealed that Mrs. Gao was the descendant of the Qi family, Li Qi clearly said that he was forced to denounce Qi Changtian back then, not his original intention. It can be seen that he was instructed by others, except for the orphans of the Wu family, I really can't think of a second candidate. ”

"Wait, you'll let me do it." Guo Zhongting was finally dizzy, and analyzed to himself, "Empress Wu deleted the four-rhyme poem and made an organ, so I don't worry about others discovering the secrets in the Preface to King Teng's Pavilion. A few years later, Qi Changtian also fell for the Empress of Martial Arts, and decided that King Teng had objections, and he mentioned it in front of Li Qi. When the orphan of the Wu family learned about it, he was scared, and instructed Li Qi to strike first, and denounced Qi Changtian on the charge of arrogating the clan, causing him to be raided and destroyed? So what are the Wu orphans afraid of? Hasn't Empress Wu already blamed King Teng? Didn't that keep the secret? Guo Zhongting finally figured out the strangeness, but fell into another layer of doubt.

"There's only one possibility." Xiling Yue solved his doubts, "The agency that the Empress Wu did back then can only be blinded for a while, and once you track it down, you will find the truth behind it." ”

Bai Juyi suddenly realized: "Therefore, the orphans of the Wu family are afraid that Qi Changtian will pursue them, so they will signal Li Qi to report them first?" ”

"That's right."

But Guo Zhongting still couldn't figure it out: "If you follow it, you can find the truth?" How to track it down? Could it be that the clue is still in King Teng's Pavilion? After speaking, he first denied this speculation, "It's not right, Empress Wu won't be so stupid, first make a mechanism to slander King Teng, and then leave a clue to herself." ”

"Maybe the answer lies not in King Teng's Pavilion, but in the method of tracking." Li Chengxuan also opened his mouth to analyze, "Ordinary people's thinking is a stereotype, and the empress is no exception. If she picks out the words and sentences in the "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion" and pieces them together as evidence and points to King Teng, then it is very likely that her real secret is also hidden in this way. ”

"It's also possible that it's hidden in a mechanism somewhere." Xiling month to supplement.

That is to say, the real secret hidden by Empress Wu is very likely to have used the method of selecting words and making up sentences, and extracted some words and sentences from the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" to hint at them. Even the mechanism for hiding secrets and the method of opening it may be the same.

Therefore, the orphans of the Wu family felt worried. He was not worried that Qi Changtian would find any clues from the content of the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", but he was worried that this method of searching would leak out and be mastered by people who knew the inside story, or even by those who had Tongtian canes, so as to find the secret truth. This is the real reason why he asked Li Qi to betray his friends and denounce Qi Changtian.

(End of chapter)