The female emperor looked at Shangguan Wan'er and asked, "Wan'er, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Wu Sansi and replied to the female emperor: "Back to Your Majesty, the specific Wan'er can't say well, but there are indeed too many unreasonable things in this matter from beginning to end, Wan'er thinks... King Liang and Princess Taiping were indeed framed. ”

When the female emperor heard this, she immediately said sharply: "Framed? She raised her hand to Wu Sansi, her hand trembling with excitement, and said, "What he did with Taiping can also be called framing?" How can such a rebellious person be framed? ”

Shangguan Wan'er knew that she had said the wrong thing, and she didn't dare to say more for a while, and the female emperor continued: "The two of them have ill intentions, and everyone is angry, I just want to know who is more ambitious than the two of them at this time!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er replied in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, since this is the case, Wan'er has a suggestion, since King Liang has doubts about King Xiang, it is better to order King Liang to investigate this matter thoroughly, and if evidence is found, it is better to punish him together; If this is not the case, it is better to return the king's innocence, which is more appropriate than directly imprisoning King Liang in prison. ”

The female emperor paused and said, "It seems that Wan'er still wants to intercede for King Liang!" Anyway, Wu Sansi! The female emperor turned to look at Wu Sansi again, and said: "I will give you three days to find out about this matter, if it is really the prime minister, and you have evidence, I can dispose of you separately; But if you make something out of nothing and deliberately frame the king, don't blame me for being polite! ”

After hearing this, Wu Sansi thanked him repeatedly, and the female emperor continued: "This matter can only be investigated secretly, and must not be made public, so as not to insult the reputation of the imperial family!" You and Taiping have lost all the faces of the royal family! ”

Wu Sansi replied: "Wow! After that, the female emperor waved her hand, Wu Sansi and Wu Jiang withdrew from the Jixian Palace, and their lives were temporarily saved, but how to investigate the king of Xiang, the two were at a loss.

Next to the Luoshui River, Li Sanlang, Li Ke and Pei Min rode here.

The road beside the Luoshui River has been forcibly isolated by the forbidden army and the Yulin army, more than 20 Buddha statues the size of human beings are tightly wrapped in black cloth, placed on the carriage, and are about to be sent to the palace, both sides of the road are crowded with dense crowds, they have to look at the Buddha statues, the convoy is moving forward slowly, and dozens of people in the army are beating gongs and drums along the street and shouting loudly: "The Buddha statue is manifested, the empress is in the sky, and the world is peaceful!" "After Your Majesty personally worships the Buddha, the Buddha statue will be enshrined next to the Luoshui River for everyone to see!"

After Li Sanlang and the other three heard the content of the sergeant's shout, they immediately understood the meaning, it turned out that someone had an idea, and was ready to change the word "funeral" on the stone statue to the word "Qi", so as to announce it to the world. Maybe the news has long been revealed, and I don't know if it can cover up the past. Li Sanlang was thinking like this, but he had heard someone whispering on the side: "It's obviously a funeral... "This must be transported into the palace to be dropped..." "Your Majesty really dares to go against the sky... In the same way, Li Sanlang looked around left and right, most of the people who talked about it in private should be ordinary people, not like people who deliberately plotted, Li Sanlang had no choice but not to provoke, it seems that this matter is indeed difficult to hide.

Li Sanlang led the two to the front of the convoy, and it was Huan Yanfan who led the team, he saw Li Sanlang and hurriedly dismounted and saluted, Li Sanlang got closer, and whispered in his ear: "I heard in the crowd just now, the news on the stone statue has leaked, for today's plan, General Huan can only hurry up, deal with it as soon as possible, and then show it to everyone, dispel rumors, and the only way is to go ahead." ”

Huan Yanfan nodded after hearing this, and replied: "Xie Li Sicheng mentioned it, and the last general will hurry up and do it." With that, he waved his hand to the rear of the convoy and shouted: "Hurry up and enter the palace!" ”

Li Sanlang and the other three looked at the van that was gradually moving away, and couldn't help but shake their heads, and suddenly felt melancholy in their hearts, who did this? What is going on? Seeing this, Li Ke whispered to Li Sanlang: "Li Sicheng, let's go to the scene to take a look." ”

Li Sanlang nodded, and the three of them set off to worship the Buddha lampstand.

Before, Li Ke was watching the lampstand from a distance, but this time he got closer to really appreciate the majesty of the lampstand. After the stone statue was transported away, for the safety of His Majesty when he came here tonight, the Yulin Army expanded the scope of military control, and the places around the lampstand were blocked from thirty zhang away, and no one was allowed to enter, and the Luoshui River had also stopped navigation, and many Yulin troops were patrolling on the water to prevent anyone from breaking in.

At this moment, the general in charge of guarding this place is Jing Hui, seeing Li Sanlang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, Li Sanlang returned the salute and said: "General Jing, we came here to investigate the matter of the stone statue, I don't know if it is convenient to enter?" ”

General Jinghui looked at Li Sanlang, and then at Li Ke and Pei Min behind him, and said with a sad face: "Don't hide it from Li Sicheng, it stands to reason that this matter is related to the world's major affairs, and I have received a secret order that no one is allowed to enter, but since it is Li Sicheng who wants to investigate this case, how can Jinghui not obey?" However, I can only let Li Sicheng enter the place to inspect the stone statues, as for the lampstand, it is not a place guarded by the last general, which is really inconvenient. ”

Li Sanlang asked with some doubts: "Could it be that the place where the lampstand worships the Buddha is not the place under the jurisdiction of General Jinghui?" ”

Jinghui shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has an order, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong when lighting the lamp to worship the Buddha, this worship of the Buddha has been all in charge of Zhang Yizhi since the day of construction, and no one else is allowed to approach, even if we can't enter today, all craftsmen and guards are selected and appointed by Zhang Yizhi himself, day and night, no one can approach." ”

Li Sanlang listened to it and muttered in a low voice: "Zhang Yizhi? Seeing that Li Sanlang was deep in thought, Jinghui deliberately raised his voice and asked, "May I ask Li Sicheng, are you entering at this moment?" ”

When Jinghui asked this, Li Sanlang came back to his senses and replied: "Then General Lao Jing will lead the way." ”

Jinghui then led the three of them to the place where the Buddha statue was born, after the Buddha statue was transported away, there were holes left here, Li Sanlang walked over, looked at the pits one by one, only to see that there was a stone base left in each pit, Li Sanlang frowned, and couldn't see the reason for a while, how did this stone grow out of the ground? Could it be a miracle?

While thinking about it, Li Ke, who was squatting on the side, pointed to the stone seat in the pit and asked Jinghui: "May I ask General Jing, what is under this stone seat?" ”

When Jing Hui heard this, he also squatted down, looked at the stone seat in the pit, and replied in a low voice: "Every stone statue is separated from these stone seats, and there is an emergency, we just moved out of the stone statue, and we have not yet carefully investigated what is under this stone seat." ”

Li Ke looked at Li Sanlang again and whispered: "Li Sicheng, I thought that the mystery born from this stone statue should be under this stone seat. ”

Li Sanlang walked over, looked at the stone seat carefully, and replied in a low voice: "Dig!" ”

Pei Min on the side hurriedly said: "Wait! The three of them looked at Pei Min together, full of doubts, Pei Min bowed his body and whispered to the three of them: "This matter must be carried out in secret, just now Yulin Jun has said with great fanfare that this matter is a miracle of heaven, if we expose this matter at this moment, Your Majesty will be furious, I think we will be a few people will be to blame!" Especially General Jinghui, he will be affected! ”

Li Sanlang listened, and quickly nodded yes, so he asked Jinghui to find a black cloth and surrounded one of the pits, and the four of them dug it up by themselves in the black cloth, but they didn't expect that the stone seat was not deep, and after digging a few feet down, it was already bottomed, and Li Ke and Pei Min worked together to lift the stone seat out. A rotten smell came out, and the four of them hurriedly looked into the pit, only to see a few large burlap bags below, Li Ke looked at it carefully, confirmed that there was no danger, and lifted one of the cloth bags out, Li Saburo couldn't wait to open the burlap bag...

The four of them looked at each other, and the secret of the stone statue turned out to be like this...

Li Saburo took some of the contents of the sackcloth bag, put it back in its place, and put the stone seat back into the pit as before. For the sake of prudence, the four men dug three or four pits next to them one after another, and the results were all the same. Li Sanlang finally removed the black cloth and said to Jinghui: "The mystery of the birth of the stone statue has been solved, and General Jing is requested to guard this place carefully, don't leak the news, we will immediately enter the palace to see the driver, and report the matter!" ”

Jing Hui arched his hand and replied: "There is Lao Li Sicheng, Jing Hui stays here, you can rest assured." ”

Li Sanlang and the three of them got up and wanted to leave, but suddenly saw the big Buddha not far away, this is where His Majesty came to worship the Buddha tonight, the Buddha statue is about five or six zhang high, and it is covered by a huge cloth at the moment, although the Buddha statue is covered, but it can still be perceived as spectacular, the three of them unconsciously walked towards the Buddha statue, the closer they get, the more they can feel the huge Buddha statue, in a short period of time, Zhang Yizhi can arrange this matter, it is not simple.

More than ten zhang away from the Buddha statue, the three people were stopped by the guards, the soldiers were wearing light-colored robes, which were very different from the clothing of the Yulin Army, and at first glance they were full-time guards of the Buddha statues, and the soldiers said: "Please Li Sicheng stop, by His Majesty's order, no one is allowed to enter." ”

The soldier actually knew Li Sanlang, he was surprised, so he replied: "Since Your Majesty ordered, then we will leave first, and there is still you here." When the guards saw that Li Sanlang wanted to leave, they didn't say anything more.

Li Ke suddenly took a deep breath and muttered, "Curious taste." ”

Seeing that the three of them were still staying, the guards urged: "Please leave as soon as possible, don't embarrass us." ”

Seeing this, Li Sanlang didn't say much, so he pulled Li Ke and the two to turn around and leave; Li Ke frowned, and continued to whisper: "I don't know if Li Sicheng and Brother Pei smell a very peculiar smell?" ”

After Li Ke said this, Li Sanlang and Pei Min nodded in unison.