Chapter 143: Dancing on Four Eggs (Part I)
Although the expressions of everyone in the hall did not change much, their physiological reactions were completely different—although the prince's face remained unchanged, his breathing was obviously much slower, and he was obviously secretly relieved; Li Xian's face was also flat, but the unconcealed essence in his eyes exposed his excited heart, needless to say, compared to the prince, Li Xian's acting skills are a grade lower, as for the Empress Wu, there is also nothing special to say, An sat upright steadily, without the slightest intention of dissuading Gaozong, but inadvertently swept Li Xian's eyes with a slight chill, extremely light, so faint that people could not notice, but for people like Li Xian who are keen, they can be known at a touch, My heart couldn't help but sink a little.
It's not good, the old thief has made a move! As soon as he sensed the eyes of the Empress Wu, Li Xian's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his mind instantly flew like lightning - killing intent, this is an out-and-out killing intent, although it is very light, but Li Xian knows that the Empress Wu has really moved the killing machine, Li Xian does not think that he has the experience of the third life and can fight against the black-hearted Empress Wu alone, how to deal with this crisis has become the primary problem to be solved by Li Xian.
Reconciliation? There is no such possibility, even if Li Xian wants to reconcile, the Empress Wu will never have the slightest mercy, not to mention that Li Xian has never had the idea of reconciliation at all, not for anything else, just in order not to repeat the mistakes of the previous life, Li Xian must do his best to destroy the Empress Wu, but it is a pity that the strength he has now is too cold, it is really difficult to support this heavy responsibility, relying on the help of his brothers? Obviously, it won't work, not to mention that the prince is unreliable, even Li Xian is the same, in Li Xian's opinion, if he really falls into trouble, the two of them will at most howl a few words without pain, as for reaching out to help, it is impossible, and Li Xian can only rely on his own experience and strategy.
It's not that there is no way, but there are a few obstacles that make Li Xian extremely headache - first of all, how to clean up this mess at the moment in order to achieve the result of being able to cut off the arm of the Empress Wu and get the benefits into his own hands, not only to prevent the counterattack of the Empress Wu's dog jumping off the wall, but also to mention the stumbling block on the prince's end, and to take into account Li Xian's thoughts, of course, it must also be able to satisfy Gaozong, it can be said that it is dancing on four eggs, and if you are not careful, you will lose all the games, so Li Xian must not be careful again; Secondly, that is how to arch the Empress Wu and Gaozong to Luoyang as soon as possible, it is best to make these two not return to Beijing for a long time, so as to win a relatively relaxed time and environment for themselves, this Li Xian has already had a way to deal with it in his heart, but there are a lot of involved, whether it can be successfully realized is still between the two, and furthermore, the grasp of this opportunity is also to be discussed, it is not good to be early, after all, the case of Dali Temple must have an explanation to the people of the world, and it is not appropriate to be late, in case the Empress Wu makes a move in advance, Li Xian was only afraid that he would have to take off a layer of skin if he didn't die, and how to grasp this degree would make Li Xian very troubled, and under this thought, his heart couldn't help but get annoyed, and he didn't want to listen to Li Xian's exaggerated description of the danger when he was assassinated, and fell into contemplation alone.
"Your Majesty, something has happened, Chen Renhao, the young Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, is afraid of sin!"
Gao Hesheng, who was ordered to summon Chen Renhao, went quickly, and he didn't come back slowly, and before Li Xian finished blowing about his distress experience, he saw Gao Hesheng rushing in from outside the hall with a panicked face, and his voice trembled.
"What? How so? I, I ......"
As soon as Gaozong heard that Chen Renhao was dead, he was dumbfounded, stammering at a loss, and the whole person was stunned.
"How's it going? Say! ”
Not only Gaozong was dumbfounded, but the three princes were all stunned, even Li Xian was no exception, no one expected that things would appear in such a shocking scene, and the only one who could still maintain his composure was Empress Wu.
"Yu Niangniang, the slave maid was ordered to go to Chen Shaoyin's house to announce the summoning, just arrived at the ground, the door has not yet entered, I heard the sound of crying and shouting from inside, the slave and maid waited to go in to see, only then did I know that Chen Shaoyin had drunk wine in the study, and had already died of death, after his family was informed, the slave and maid knew that he was afraid of crime and died, leaving a suicide note, the slave and maid have taken it, please take a look." As soon as Empress Wu said this, Gao Hesheng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took out a letter from his wide sleeve, held it high above his head, and stated it in a rambling manner.
"Bring it on!"
Empress Wu's brows furrowed slightly, and her face instantly became a little gloomy, but her voice was still as stable as before, and she raised her hand indifferently, Gao Hesheng hurriedly ran to the front and handed over the letter in his hand to Empress Wu.
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
Empress Wu dragged the letter in his hand, but he was not in a hurry to see what was inside, but got up one by one, handed the letter to Gaozong, and said softly.
"Oh, good, good."
Gaozong came back to his senses from the sleepwalking state, answered twice randomly, copied the letter casually, pulled out a piece of paper full of small letters from the inside, spread it out, and browsed it quickly by the light in the hall, and the look on his face was instantly difficult to see the extreme, and at the end, he snorted heavily, pinched his hand, as if he wanted to tear the letter to pieces, but when he got to the ground, he still endured it, just angrily stuffed the letter to the back of the martial arts, and paced rapidly on the front pier by himself. The heavy wheezing sound made the three princes standing below feel a little cold in their hearts, and they didn't know what all this was about.
"Your Majesty, since the matter has happened, it must be handled properly, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the court." Empress Wu smoothed out the letter that had been crumpled by Gaozong, swept it with a frown, and at the end, he sighed, looked at Gaozong with anger on his face, and said softly.
"This bastard dares to do this evil thing in order to get lucky, the real sin is unforgivable, I can't spare it, do you really think that you can die as soon as you die, hum, I want to destroy its three clans!" It's okay if Empress Wu didn't persuade him, but under this persuasion, Gao Zongden broke out, gritted his teeth, and roared gloomily, his face was terrifying.
"Father's anger, what happened is still to be discussed, please forgive the son's unknowing, I hope my father will tell you in detail."
Seeing that Gaozong had a big outburst of coldness, the three princes couldn't help but look at each other, glanced at each other, and were all suspicious of Chen Renhao's death, the difference was that the Li Xian brothers invariably resisted the urge to ask, but Li Hong, as the crown prince, couldn't be deaf and dumb here, so he could only ask a question.
"Take a look, take a good look, hum, I'm so angry!"
Gaozong was obviously angry, and did not have a very good look because the person asking the question was the prince, he waved his hand impatiently, and shouted angrily, Gao Hesheng saw this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly looked sideways at Empress Wu, and cautiously asked for instructions with his eyes.
"Well, just pass it on." Empress Wu said absently, raised her hand, raised the letter, and indifferently commanded.
"Yes, slave and maid obey." Gao Hesheng replied, cautiously took the letter in the hand of Empress Wu with both hands, trotted down the front wall, and handed the letter to the prince.
"This ......"
The prince almost grabbed the letter from Gao Hesheng's hand, and quickly swept it, his face instantly became wonderful, red and white for a while and speechless, Li Xian, who was standing on the side, saw that the prince had not handed over the letter for a long time, and couldn't help but be annoyed, and he leaned over regardless of it, stretched out his head to look, and his face instantly became the color of pig liver, and the strange expressions of the two brothers can be said to be intertwined, extremely wonderful, but Li Xian had no intention of appreciating it, and his heart sank for a while - no need to look, Li Xian had already guessed the content of the letter, and even more guessed the strangeness behind this matter!
"There are such wicked people in the world, and such evil deeds are intolerable to heaven, and heaven is intolerable!"
The prince was silent for a long time, shook his head suddenly, and said with emotion, and then, regardless of the expression of Li Xian standing beside him, he handed the letter to Li Xian, who had always been silent, with a gloomy face, and his movements were very natural, but at the moment of handover, he not only gave Li Xian a hintive look quickly, but his hand moved quickly in Li Xian's palm a few times.
After? Hey, it seems that the prince has also seen the crux of the problem, and he is obviously a step above the stupid boy of the sixth child! As soon as Li Xian felt that the prince had drawn a "back" cursive script on his palm, he immediately knew that Li Hong had seen through the situation, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but his face was still very indifferent, and he didn't even have any expression, so he silently took the letter and studied it carefully.
And so it was! Hey, what a trick gecko tail breaking, this hand is really beautiful! Li Xian only glanced at the letter, and saw that Chen Renhao's last letter not only admitted to the charge of sending someone to burn the archives of the Dali Temple case, but also showed that this move was caused by meritorious service, trying to rely on me to solve the case to invite the Holy Grace, saying that Yan He and his people were instructed by him in order to deceive the public, and that the person who really set fire to the Dali Temple had been wiped out by him, all of this was basically expected by Li Xian, and there was nothing strange about it, what really made Li Xian feel uncertain was what the true intention of the Empress Wu was- Whether it is a strong man with a broken wrist or a broken tail from a gecko, it is a sacrifice for the Empress Wu, or a compromise is not an exaggeration, if it is just to settle the assassination case, it will inevitably be too much sacrificed, after all, this move is very easy to chill the people under him, but whoever is in power, until the last moment, will never use it lightly, in this way, what is the mind of the Empress Wu is very debatable, Rao is Li Xianzhi calculated, and he couldn't feel the pulse of the Empress Wu for a while, so he had to pretend to read the letter as a cover, and quickly turned his brain......