On the ninth day of the first month, Ziwei Palace.

The female emperor Wu Zetian leaned on the dragon couch, the empress at this time was already over eighty years old, her eyes were cloudy, and her breath was weak, but the state of the emperor still existed, and she still had the momentum of holding the world. The dragon couch was full of eunuchs and maids, all with their heads bowed, trembling, waiting for the queen's summons at any time.

A person kneeling in front of the couch, with gray hair, dressed in a purple round-necked robe, with a goldfish bag hanging around his waist, decorated with jade pendants, and his eyes were like torches, he was bowing his head and whispering to the empress at this time: "Auntie, the minister still thinks that the fact of Long Ansi is inappropriate, whether to allow any more discussion." The personnel of all the government offices in the divine capital can be requisitioned, is the power too great, in case it has the intention of rebellion, how can this be good? Although the voice of the speaker was small, the words of what he said were like knives, firstly, in order to withdraw the power of the Long'an Division as soon as possible, and secondly, to put a big hat of rebellion on the person in charge of the Long'an Division.

A holy decree of the early dynasty today, did make the Manchu Dynasty civil and military uproar, the empress suddenly announced the temporary establishment of a government office - Long'an Division, by the crown prince Li Xian is fully responsible, give a gold order, in addition to the forbidden army, can be requisitioned and transferred all the government personnel in the capital, in order to protect the security of the Shendu during the Yuan Festival, this matter is not as good as in the past, but at this time, the empress is old, this will is undoubtedly to hand over the safety of the entire capital, but this person is the crown prince again, does this mean that there is a definite number in the battle for the throne?

Many years ago, Di Renjie once said to the empress that the emperor can only enjoy the worship in the ancestral hall if he passes on the throne to his own flesh and blood, and he has never heard of it since ancient times, and the heart of the world is still attributed to Li Tang, and the empress felt that it was very reasonable after hearing it, so he set up Li Xian as the crown prince.

Is today's events a symptom of this succession? The person kneeling on the ground was Liang Wang Wu Sansi, and he was caught off guard by this matter, to be precise, for the Manchu officials, because there was no news about this matter before, and the decree was suddenly issued like this. Moreover, in previous years, there had never been a practice of setting up a special government office to take charge of Shangyuan's security, and the power was so great that it had never been seen before.

Wu Sansi knew that he couldn't retreat from this matter at this time, and if he retreated, it would mean that he was completely out of power. Although Li Xian has been appointed as the crown prince for a while, as long as he has not ascended the throne, everything is still variable.

The empress on the dragon couch didn't speak for a long time, Wu Sansi didn't dare to raise her head, time seemed to freeze, Wu Sansi was beating a drum in his heart, he seemed to be waiting to be sentenced, and finally, the empress spoke: "King Liang, you are too worried, I... My time is short, I just want to have a good time this Shangyuan Festival, I don't want to make any more trouble, so... That's why it was purposed. ”

Hearing the empress say this, Wu Sansi raised his head, knelt down and climbed a few steps forward, closer to the dragon couch, and said loudly with old tears: "My emperor is ten thousand years!" Years! The ministers must do their best to keep the gods safe! Defend the Tang Dynasty for ten thousand years! But this Long Anji... ”

Before King Liang finished speaking, the eunuch outside the palace gate shouted: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! The voice was interrupted, and King Liang wanted to speak again, but the empress motioned for him to wait a moment, and said slowly: "King Liang is not an outsider, so if you have a hurry, just read it." ”

"Whoa!" The eunuch who knelt on the ground replied, opened the document and read it aloud: "Dali Temple report, this morning, when it was ugly, it was found that twenty-three Hu businessmen were killed and their goods were robbed, and the case has now been handed over to Long Ansi to take over the investigation." ”

When the empress heard this, she took a deep breath and said angrily, "What a bold man! Dare to do evil at this time, and pass the order to Long Ansi, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find out this group of thieves before the Shangyuan Festival, and correct the law on the spot! Hurry up! ”

The empress slowed down for a moment, turned her head to Wu Sansi and said: "King Liang, look at it, how bold this group of thieves is, they dare to commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and this Shangyuan Festival will not give me peace of mind!" ”

Wu Sansi secretly thought in his heart, how could this happen so coincidentally, could it be that the prince's party deliberately designed and implemented it, and finally caused the situation that Long Ansi had to be established. In any case, it is indeed a bit inappropriate to propose to the empress to cancel the Long Ansi at this time, so he replied: "The thief here is indeed hateful, disturbing the peace of my aunt, please give my aunt an order, think twice and find out the thief within three days, and return the peace to God!" ”

The empress pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "It's rare that King Liang has a heart, so the will will not be issued, so as not to set a time limit, you are not good at handling the case, you can investigate it well, if you catch the thief within three days, I will be rewarded!" ”

"But..." Wu Sansi was about to speak, but the empress motioned for him not to speak. Standing next to the couch was a young man dressed in white, his appearance was very feminine and beautiful, and it was a bit inappropriate to describe a man with beauty, but this man in white should really be described in this language, he took a step forward and blocked between Wu Sansi and the empress, bent down his luggage, and said in a soft tone: "King Liang, the empress is tired, it is time to rest for a while, I think you can go back first, quickly organize manpower to solve the case, I think the empress will also be very pleased." ”

Wu Sansi glanced at the empress, at this time she had turned her back and leaned on the couch, obviously not wanting to talk any further, Wu Sansi had no choice but to give up his hand, and said: "Then please ask my aunt to rest, Sansi immediately went back to the house to organize manpower, crack the case, and reply to my aunt." ”

The empress lay on the couch without turning around, and whispered, "Gorou, send off the guests on my behalf." ”

Wulang, refers to the man in white just now, this person's name is Zhang Yizhi, Emperor Wu is in the dynasty, Princess Taiping recommended Yi's brother Changzong to enter the ban, Changzong recommended Yi Zhi again, won the favor of Wu Zetian, sealed Hengguo Gong, gave countless jade silks to the field house, and Changzong was autocratic, and the court officials were all afraid of it, and even Wu Zetian's nephew and nephew also disputed the whip, and even Liang Wang Wu Sansi also respected it.

Wu Sansi can be regarded as a closed door, although he can investigate the case if he gets the will, but after all, it is not a clear will, and he can't transfer people everywhere with great fanfare like Long Ansi, and he is considered to have lost to the prince in this battle.

As he returned to the mansion, he wondered who he was going to vent his fire on. By the way, Dali Temple Qing Wujiang, if this matter is handled well, it can be handled in Dali Temple, how can this be only a moment of effort by Long Ansi to take the right to handle the case, but also stabbed to the empress, this is really enough! Thinking of this, Wu Sansi lifted the curtain and said loudly to the entourage outside the chariot: "Go quickly, call Wujiang of Dali Temple to my house." After saying that, he shook the curtain and stopped making a sound.

A moment later, Wu Jiang arrived at the Liang Palace, Wu Sansi sat in the hall drinking tea, Wu Jiang saw Wu Sansi and said loudly: "Uncle, Wu Jiang has come to congratulate you!" Wu Sansi said angrily: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

"I handed over the murder case of Hu Shang to Long Ansi, and reported the matter to the emperor as soon as possible, the emperor now has a deadline for them to solve the case, if the case cannot be solved by then, the prince's party will be punished!" Wu Jiang said excitedly.

Wu Sansi splashed the tea in his hand on Wu Jiang's face, the incident happened too fast, Wu Jiang didn't have time to dodge, he was stunned for a moment, Wu Sansi scolded: "You idiot!" I was making a proposal to the Empress to take back the power of Long Ansi, and it just so happened that the report of your idiot had arrived, making the Empress determined to let Long Ansi investigate the case thoroughly. Just now I was wondering why the report got to the Empress so quickly, it turned out to be you idiot! ”

Wu Jiang was scolded like this, so frightened that he knelt down, his whole body trembled, and he didn't dare to reply.

Wu Sansi continued: "Let me ask you, what if Long Ansi catches the murderer during this period? Isn't that a great achievement, if you can't get the Long'an Division, this government office will still exist after the Yuan Festival, and then the power will fall into the hands of the prince, you and I will wash my neck and wait for death! ”

"Impossible! There's no way they're going to solve the case! Wu Jiang said tremblingly.

"Oh?" Wu Sansi was puzzled for a while by Wu Jiang's words, his voice softened a little, and asked: "Tell me, why can't they solve the case!" ”

Wu Jiang wiped the tea on his face, got up and said: "Uncle, this morning, the lower officials went to the scene to inspect, those Hu merchants were all killed by a knife, the perpetrators are strong in martial arts, and they are by no means like ordinary thieves, even if Long Ansi finds clues, it must be very difficult to catch these people." ”

Wu Sansi was listening carefully, and when he saw that Wu Jiang was no longer talking, he asked, "Then what?" Finished? ”

Wu Jiang nodded and said, "Well, it's over." ”

Wu Sansi threw the tea bowl in his hand to the ground with a "snap", and shouted: "You idiot, I thought you had some high opinions, isn't this nonsense you are talking about?" If you weren't my nephew, I'd be here today... Wu Sansi was so angry that he didn't know what to say, and Wu Jiang was also so frightened that he knelt on the ground again.

Wu Sansi sat back on the table, fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he finally spoke: "The existing law of this matter can only prove that we are stronger than the prince before Long Ansi can solve the case and catch the murderer as soon as possible, so that the power will return to our hands." ”

Wu Jiang knelt and nodded yes.

Wu Sansi's tone softened a little, and said to Wu Jiang: "You are the secretary of Dali Siqing, and you are familiar with the affairs of Xing Prison, let me ask you, do you have a master of arrest to handle this case." ”

Wu Jiang thought for a while and replied: "There is one person, this person's name is Chen Wuji, who handled cases with Di Ge in his early years, and later worked as an errand under Xu Yougong and solved many strange cases. ”

When Wu Sansi heard this, he was overjoyed, there is such a talent, not to mention anything else, just say that he has handled cases under the old Di Ge, and this ability will not be bad, so he hurriedly asked: "Where is this person now?" ”

Wu Jiang replied: "This person has been seconded by Long Ansi to investigate this case. ”

If Wu Jiang was not Wu Sansi's nephew, it is estimated that when he heard this, Wu Sansi even had the heart to kill him, Wu Sansi kicked at Wu Jiang and scolded: "How can my martial arts family have such a fool as you!" Are you still doing this Dali Temple? ”

Wu Jiang knelt on the ground and let Wu Sansi beat and scold, he himself knew that he could sit on the Dali Temple Qing by relying on Wu Sansi, if it wasn't for himself being nothing, naturally he wouldn't dare to contradict Wu Sansi.

After all, Wu Sansi was old, and he was out of breath after kicking down a few feet, and he stopped talking for a while while sitting on the seat. There is a strategist next to Wu Sansi, named Xue Liang, who has nothing to do on weekdays, but in fact, he has installed eyeliner and killers in the court, in order to give advice to Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi is impulsive and irritable by nature, if it is not for Xue Liang's assistance, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve today's achievements.

At this time, Xue Liang on the side finally spoke: "King Liang, don't worry, I recommend someone, maybe I can share the worries of the king." ”

Hearing Xue Liang speak, Wu Sansi calmed down a lot, turned to Xue Liang and asked, "May I ask who Mr. recommends?" ”

"Lee!" Xue Liang replied.

Wu Sansi thought for a while, this Li Ke seemed to have heard of it, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he then asked: "May I ask sir, who is Li Ke?" ”

Xue Liang stroked his beard and said: "This person's ancestral home is Longxi Chengji, the ancestor is the descendant of Li Guang, the general of the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Taizong, his father and Li Jiancheng had a close relationship, in order not to be implicated, the family fled to the Western Regions, and fled to a place called "Broken Leaf City", and since then lived a reclusive life, Li Ke has been full of poetry and books since he was a child, practicing martial arts, can be called both civil and military, and then married the flower of the broken leaf city, gave birth to a son, and then moved back to Longxi, its martial arts are high, the people of the rivers and lakes say, ten steps to kill a person, thousands of miles do not stay. ”

Wu Sansi was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Where is this person now?" ”

Xue Liang continued: "Li Ke is a person with an upright and strong temperament, and he is also strong in martial arts and chivalrous, and he offended the people of the government in Longxi, and killed two corrupt officials in a fit of anger. The Li family was originally a person who was implicated with the former prince Li Jiancheng, and was a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and it was too late to take refuge, so it was a big disaster, so Li Ke didn't dare to stay in his hometown, and I had an old friend with him, so I asked someone to send me a book for help, and I could reach the Shendu tomorrow. ”

"Well, this is a great thing!" Wu San was overjoyed, but suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked Xue Liang: "This person is just smart and strong in martial arts, but what about investigating the case?" ”

Xue Liang laughed out loud and replied: "King Liang rest assured, this person is a well-known master of solving cases, he has solved countless strange cases in Broken Leaf City, he often travels to Chang'an and Shendu, so he is chivalrous and heroic, so he has a wide range of friends, and he knows all the three religions and nine streams." ”

Wu Sansi was overjoyed after hearing this, and said to Xue Liang: "You bring this person to see me tomorrow, if he can help me solve this case, I will protect him from all crimes, live in peace, be prosperous and rich, and enjoy endless enjoyment!" ”

"Whoa!" Xue Liang replied.

Wu Sansi turned to Wu Jiang who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You idiot, don't get out of here!" Quickly get the case file, send it here, and use it tomorrow! ”

"Whoa!" Wu Jiang hurriedly got up and staggered towards the outside of the mansion one by one.