At three o'clock, it was a new day, and Li Sanlang hurried to Long'an Division.

There are almost two streets away from Longansi, and from a distance, Longansi is on fire, and although there are not many people in the vicinity of a few streets, they see that the fire is also a mess on the street. The cries of children and the shouts of adults, one after another, today's Li Sanlang seems to have become accustomed to this kind of wailing, in just one day, everywhere happened, how could God fall into such a situation all at once.

Li Sanlang passed through the chaotic crowd and quickly arrived outside the gate of Long'an Division, at this time the fire in Long'an Division was booming, the smoke was billowing out, everyone did not dare to approach, Li Sanlang looked left and right, and suddenly saw a familiar figure directing the people to fight the fire, that person was Chen Wuji, Li Sanlang hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Chen Sizhi, what is the situation of Long'an Division now?" ”

Seeing that it was Li Sanlang, Chen Wuji dragged his injured leg and fell to his knees, with tears in his eyes, and said in a mournful voice: "Long Ansi is all over, the injured and uninjured Tiger Xiaowei brothers, there is not a single living mouth left... ”

Li Sanlang couldn't help but feel great sadness in his heart after hearing this, the whole person sat on the ground, hid his face and wanted to cry, and said in a slow voice: "Zhang Jiuling, are you still there?" Chen Xuanli saw him, and the closest people to him in this Long'an Division were none other than the two of them, so he asked. Chen Wuji wiped the tears that were about to be shed and said, "He's here... At! When the thieves attacked, I covered him to escape from the backyard, and I must have been looking for Li Sicheng at this time. Hearing that Zhang Jiuling was fine, Li Sanlang felt a little relieved, and then asked, "Who is here?" How many people are there? ”

Chen Wuji replied: "There is only one person who came, and his face was covered with a black cloth, and his appearance was never seen. Holding a knife, the martial arts are quite high, and we are invincible. ”

After hearing what Chen Wuji said, Li Sanlang came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "The one who came is holding a knife?" Have you seen it clearly? ”

Chen Wuji didn't understand for a while, what was the importance of this knife, which could make Li Sanlang so inexplicably excited, so he said: "The person who came did hold the knife, and when I made a move with him, I could see it clearly!" I don't know what's wrong with this? ”

Li Sanlang replied: "Li Ke holds a sword, and the one who comes holds a sword, so the one who comes should not be Li Ke, right?" ”

It turned out that Li Sanlang was worried about this, so Chen Wuji said: "The person who came is definitely not Li Ke, I can see this matter clearly, although his martial arts are high, but it is completely different from Li Ke's body shape and exercises... Before Chen Wuji's words fell, he was suddenly hit by an arrow behind him, the arrow pierced through his chest from the back, and the blood on Chen Wuji's chest splashed Li Sanlang's face, this sudden arrow made Li Sanlang in shock, he hurriedly raised his head to look for the murderer, only to see a man in black not far away, holding a curved bow, Li Sanlang shouted loudly: "Catch the murderer!" ”

But at this time, who else can follow his orders, and today's murderers can succeed, largely because of the heavy casualties of Tiger Roaring in the afternoon, Long Ansi has actually become an empty city, and the survivors are all killed at this moment, and the people on the street are too busy to take care of themselves, who will accept Li Sanlang's dispatch. Li Sanlang felt helpless, and when he shouted left and right, the man in black had disappeared without a trace.

Li Sanlang touched Chen Wuji's breath, which was still there, so he hurriedly put Chen Wuji on the horse and ran all the way to the Imperial Doctor's Office to seek treatment. When Li Sanlang left, Chen Xuanli also happened to arrive at the scene with Yulin Army and began to rescue.

At the beginning of the hour, the sky was already bright. Li Sanlang, who was in the Imperial Medical Department, stayed awake all night, not because he was tireless, but because he didn't dare to close his eyes, he was afraid that as soon as he slept, the gods would have a new disaster, his nerves were already extremely tense, and he felt unprecedented fear, not afraid of the strength of the enemy, but afraid that he didn't even know who the enemy was, and this inexplicable uneasiness made him really panic.

The imperial physician on duty at the Imperial Physician's Department was busy all night in order to treat Chen Wuji, and finally stopped, and said to Li Sanlang: "Li Sicheng, please rest assured, his arrow has been taken out, fortunately his heart has not been injured, and his life has been saved." ”

Li Sanlang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Chen Wuji was no longer worried about his life, and said, "I'll go see him." ”

The imperial doctor hurriedly said: "Li Sicheng can't, although his life is fine, his body is still weak and he has not woken up. He will stay in the Imperial Doctor's Department for the time being, and if he wakes up, I will send someone to inform Li Sicheng. ”

"And how soon will he wake up?" Li Sanlang asked with concern.

The doctor thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say, maybe half a day, maybe three or five days, it depends on his physical condition, but I think this person should not take too long to recover." ”

Li Sanlang heard the Imperial Doctor say this, and he couldn't do it for a while, so he arched his hand and said: "Then there is Imperial Doctor Lao, if you wake up, please send someone to sue and say goodbye!" ”

After speaking, Li Sanlang left the Imperial Medical Department and prepared to go back to Long Ansi to see the situation there.

When Li Saburo arrived at Long'an Division, the sky was already bright and the sun was already high! Looking at the Ryoan Division that was burned into ruins, Li Saburo couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, the Ryu Ansi, which was just established two days ago, had turned into a scorched earth at this moment. Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiuling took Yulin Jun to be busy all night, and when they saw Li Sanlang returning, they couldn't help crying together, Zhang Jiuling said: "Li Sicheng, the fire is extinguished, but Long Ansi is destroyed, except for the two of me, the rest of the people have been tested, and they have been... Gone. The word "death" Zhang Jiuling really couldn't bear to say it. Chen Xuanli looked at Li Sanlang and returned alone, and hurriedly asked, "What about Chen Sizhi?" Li Sanlang shook his head and said: "The arrow of the villain last night injured the internal organs, and now the Imperial Medical Department is treating, and his life is safe for the time being." After hearing this, Chen Xuanli sighed and asked, "Li Sicheng, how do we act now?" Li Sanlang thought for a while and said: "Chen Xuanli will go to the East Palace with me to wait for the news of the dynasty this morning, Zhang Jiuling is responsible for the aftermath here, and he will meet us when the matter is over." The two of them replied, "Oh! ”

At three o'clock, the empress who has not been in the court for a long time is finally coming to the court today, perhaps the gods have two days of successive things so that the empress can not hold back, all the courtiers did not know in advance that the empress was in the court, so they all waited from the time of the court to this time.

At this time, in the Hall of Immortals, hundreds of officials gathered, and everyone's eyes were focused on one person, and that person was the empress. She slowly walked to the dragon chair under the support of Zhang Yizhi's brother, only to see the empress dragon robe, graceful and luxurious, gold and silver accessories are readily available, although she is old and sick, but she has not lost the majesty of the empress, as soon as she sat down, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty immediately knelt down, and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"The Qing's family is free of courtesy, flat!" The female emperor said, her voice full of majesty.

The empress has not been in the court for a long time, and the civil and military officials of this Manchu dynasty have not seen the empress for a long time, and some of them actually have to cry excitedly, hiding their faces and crying. Seeing this, the empress said: "I haven't been in court for many days, and I haven't seen the ministers for a long time, can the secretaries be okay?" ”

The crowd spoke: "Long live the Empress, long live, long live, long live, we are well!" ”

The Empress nodded and continued, "All the ministers are fine!" But my gods are uneasy! ”

Although the tone was not heavy, the ministers also changed their complexion when they heard it, and they knelt on the ground together in fright, and said in unison: "The ministers are guilty!" ”

The Empress continued, "You may have heard of what has happened in the past few days, Ryuanji! The crown prince has a government office, and there have been so many disasters in two days! Prince Li Xian! You tell everyone in front of the Qing family, what crime you should be guilty of! The Empress's tone suddenly became heavier and stern, making people feel frightened.

The crown prince Li Xian, who was already kneeling, hurriedly knocked his head to the ground again at this time, and said loudly: "The son is guilty!" ”

The Empress continued, "I have seen you play! You have the face to blame the fault on a lieutenant who has only been in office for two days! Is this your responsibility? If I hand over the country to you, one day when the country is in trouble, will you also blame a captain! ”

The weight of the empress's words, the crown prince Li Xian is clear in his heart! So he was so frightened that he curled up on the ground, not daring to say a word, and waited for the queen's ruling.

The empress took a deep breath and said, "Liang Wang Wu thinks twice, where is it? ”

Hearing the empress call himself, Wu Sansi was overjoyed, and secretly guessed that the crown prince was so reproached just now, and perhaps the empress was planning to transfer power to herself, so she showed joy and knelt down and replied: "Back to my emperor, the minister is here!" ”

The Empress continued: "O King Liang! You recommended this Li Ke, right? ”

Wu Sansi heard the empress ask this, and his heart was so dark that it was not good, the empress must be held responsible, and the joy just now instantly came to naught, and he replied: "It's Wei Chen, Wei Chen is untruthful and guilty!" ”

"You're quick to admit it! Let me ask you, is Li Ke really as you say now, and he is overwhelmed? The Empress asked.

Wu Sansi didn't think about it, and replied repeatedly: "Yes!" ”

The empress snapped, slapped her hand on the desk, and rebuked loudly: "If you know it for a day, you will strongly recommend it to me, saying how good it is; Only one day later, it was reduced to nothing! So repeatedly, how is it different from a villain? ”

The empress's words were no lighter than those of reprimanding the prince, and Wu Sansi couldn't help but be so frightened that she knelt down and curled up, not daring to say anything more.

The empress continued: "I received the report, just last night, a man in black broke into the Long'an Division, killing the chickens and dogs in the Long'an Division, and now only Li Longji, Chen Xuanli, Zhang Jiuling, Chen Wuji and other four people remain, this Chen Wuji is still seriously injured and in a coma in the Imperial Medical Department. Ryu Anji was also burned to the ground by a fire! I ask the Qing family, who can I entrust to God now? Who will protect my God's people? ”

When the ministers heard this, none of them dared to say anything, and the empress seemed to be asking the gods to be safe, but there were words in the words, and even related to the issue of the great throne. Although Li Xian has now been appointed as the crown prince, as long as the crown prince does not ascend the throne for a day, there will be variables, and no one dares to express his position easily at this juncture. As a result, no one in the room dared to answer.

Seeing that no one replied, after a long time, the empress said slowly: "Hundreds of civil and military officials, eating the imperial court, no one came forward when the court was in danger, what use should I ask you?" You are really not as good as a swordsman! In the end, the empress couldn't help but get emotional, and slapped it on the desk again.

This can frighten His Royal Highness's ministers, this time everyone can be regarded as speaking, but they replied in unison: "The ministers are guilty!" ”

The Empress shook her hand helplessly and said, "What's the use of saying this? ”

At this time, one of the ministers stood up, and said in a trembling voice: "The ministers are willing to share the worries of my emperor!" Take on the case! ”

The empress looked up, and the body of the person who stood up trembled slightly, his head and beard were white, and his body was thin, but his heroic spirit was undiminished, and this person was the prime minister Zhang Khan Zhi, who was eighty years old that year.

Speaking of this Zhang Cambodia is not simple, during the Chang'an period, Wu Zetian asked Di Renjie: "Where can I get a wizard to use him?" Di Renjie said: If Your Majesty asks for articles and qualifications, the current prime ministers Li Qiao and Su Wei are enough. Could it be that the scribes are obsessed with small things, which is not enough to achieve the great cause of the world? Wu Zetian said: "Yes." Di Renjie said: "Although Jingzhou Governor Shi Zhang Khan Zhi is old, he is a prime minister. With him, he will do his best for the country. Wu Zetian immediately summoned Zhang Khan to serve as Sima of Luozhou.

After a while, Wu Zetian asked for talent again, and Di Renjie said: "The minister once recommended Zhang Khan Zhi, but you didn't use him." Wu Zetian said: "He has been promoted." Di Renjie said: "The minister recommended the prime minister but appointed Sima, which is not a talent. So Zhang Cambodia was awarded the title of Commander Shaoqing, and was promoted to the autumn official.

Subsequently, Yao Chong served as the military envoy of Lingwu, about to set off, Wu Zetian Zhao recommended another person who could be appointed as the prime minister among the hundred officials outside the palace, Yao Chong said: "Zhang Cambodia is deep and steady, strategic, can decide major matters, he is old, to be appointed quickly." "Empress Wu summoned him on the same day, awarded the official to the same Fengge Luantai Pingzhang, and promoted the Fengge squire.

Zhang Cambodia was recommended by Di Renjie and Yao Chong, two important ministers, and his natural ability was outstanding, and the empress finally felt a little relieved to see that the person who was willing to take on this responsibility was the elderly Zhang Cambodia, so she said: "The national disaster thinks of the good ministers, since the Qing family is willing to take on this important responsibility, I will give it full authority, and I hope to get good news as soon as possible!" Do you have any other requirements? ”

Zhang Cambodia pondered for a moment and said: "Thanks to our emperor for not giving up, Weichen is willing to take on this important responsibility, but this case is not easy, please ask my emperor to agree to Weichen's two conditions." ”

"Speak!" The Empress said.

"First, Li Ke's crime will not be punished for the time being, the perpetrator of this case is highly skilled in martial arts, and Weichen may still need his help."

"I haven't been convicted today, quasi!"

"Second, in order to facilitate the arrest of the thief, please hand over all the rights of the Long Ansi to Weichen except for the forbidden army."

The Empress thought for a moment and replied, "Yes! ”

Zhang Cambodia replied: "Thank you for your kindness, and the minister should do his best to crack this case as soon as possible!" ”

When Wu Sansi heard this, he couldn't hold it back, the power that had just been withdrawn from the prince not only did not fall on his head, but also fell into the hands of Zhang Cambodia, the world knows that Zhang Cambodia has always supported Li Tang Tianxia, and to put it bluntly, he supports the prince, so doesn't it mean that the power is still in the hands of the prince? So he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter is afraid... ”

Before the word "inappropriate" could be spoken, the empress shouted: "Inappropriate, isn't it?" Why didn't you make a noise just now? The country is in trouble, and you dare not accept it, and you are unwilling to see that others are willing to do this errand! What is the intention? Let me ask you, if this matter is handed over to you, do you have the confidence to solve this case before the Yuan Festival? ”

Wu Sansi was scolded so much that he didn't dare to say anything more, and when the empress saw this, she continued: "This matter is so decided, don't dispute it anymore!" ”

"Whoa! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The ministers said in unison.

The empress looked at the ministers and continued: "Today's court meeting, I have another matter. Previously, I hadn't been in court for a long time, so it was rumored that I was too old to govern the country! This year, I will summon all the people at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, so that all the people can see that I am still healthy! Zhongqing's family has a good plan! ”

As soon as they heard this, the ministers of civil and military affairs had no scruples, so they began to talk about it, and various plans emerged one after another, and there was no accuracy for a while. Finally, the empress spoke: "There is no unanimous opinion on this matter for a while, according to my opinion, I will hand over this matter to Zhang Yizhi to supervise, he knows my mind best, and the various government offices will cooperate with each other, and the secretaries can second?" ”

"Whoa! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The ministers replied.

"Retreat!" After the empress finished speaking, with the support of Zhang Yizhi's brother, she left slowly.

Retreat!