Li Sanlang asked Li Ke in a low voice, "I wonder if Captain Li knows what the smell of this thing is?" ”

Li Ke took a deep breath again, thought for a moment, shook his head slightly, and whispered: "This smell is strange, I haven't smelled it, but... After taking a deep breath, it seems to make you feel a lethargic desire. ”

Li Sanlang and Pei Min also took a deep breath again after hearing this, and seemed to really feel a little tired, so they nodded yes, and the three of them were about to continue the discussion, but the guarding soldier saw that the three of them stopped, so they hurriedly stepped forward to urge, and the three of them glanced at each other, and had no choice but to leave.

Before leaving, Li Sanlang asked Jinghui about the matter again, but Jinghui shook his head, saying that he did not know, it was originally from the day the lampstand was built, the Buddha statue was far away from the surrounding area, and no one was allowed to approach nearby, so Jinghui had never smelled this strange smell, let alone knew what it was, although Li Sanlang was a little disappointed, but he was helpless, so he had to take Li Ke and the two to the palace.

Luoshuihe Buddha worship place is not far from the palace, a moment later, Li Sanlang and the other three went to the outside of the Jixian Hall to wait for the order to meet, the female emperor heard that it was the three of him, when even if they entered the hall, after the three of them saluted, the female emperor asked with a smile: "I don't know what happened to San Lang here?" ”

Li Sanlang replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, we have come to report to Your Majesty about the birth of a stone statue in the ground. ”

The female emperor's face was slightly shocked when she heard this, and then asked: "Could it be that San Lang found out the person behind this case?" ”

Li Sanlang shook his head lightly and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, this matter has not yet been clarified, but the matter of why a stone statue was born in the ground has indeed been clarified!" ”

"Oh?" The female emperor replied with some confusion on her face.

Li Sanlang looked left and right, and said: "This matter is very important, and I hope that Your Majesty will retreat left and right, and San Lang will be so careful." "In fact, this matter is not a big deal, but the female emperor has characterized this matter as a miracle manifestation, if Li Sanlang uncovers the human factor, once this matter spreads, the majesty of the female emperor will inevitably be damaged.

The female emperor understood, waved her hand, and let the eunuchs and maidservants in the palace retreat, Li Sanlang saw that everyone was gone, so he took out a small package from his arms and presented it to the female emperor, the package had a rotten smell, the female emperor couldn't help frowning when she took it, and her face was suspicious, but after glancing at Li Sanlang, she slowly opened the package; The female emperor looked at the contents of the package, and her face became even more puzzled, so she asked, "Bean sprouts?" What does Saburo mean by this? ”

Li Sanlang bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this thing is indeed a bean sprout, which Saburo obtained from under the stone base of the stone statue. Li Sanlang glanced up at the female emperor, who was thinking about it, but did not respond, so he continued: "For the sake of prudence, San Lang dug out three or four stone bases one after another, and there are all these things underneath. ”

The female emperor narrowed her eyes into a slit and asked slowly: "Do you mean that someone buried the bean sprouts under the stone seat in advance, and then put in water, and when the bean sprouts sprouted, the stone statue was pushed out, creating an illusion that the stone statue grew out of the ground?" ”

Li Sanlang secretly sighed in his heart, the female emperor was really wise, and after a glance at the bean sprouts, he immediately understood the mystery, so he replied: "Your Majesty is wise, according to Saburo's opinion, the truth of the matter is like this." ”

The female emperor fell into deep thought again, and muttered to herself in her mouth: "I didn't expect that bean sprouts would have such power, and they could actually push the stone statue out of the soil... ”

The three of them didn't dare to say much, and quietly waited for the female emperor's re-inquiry, and after a long time, the female emperor finally raised her head, looked at the three of them, and said, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

Li Sanlang only knew the means by which the stone statue was born from the ground, but about the matter itself, he didn't think much about it when time was tight, and when the female emperor asked like this, he had to turn his eyes to Li Ke, and Li Ke opened his mouth when he saw it: "Back to Your Majesty, according to my opinion, this matter must have been carefully premeditated, and I expected that it must be to be unfavorable to Your Majesty." ”

After hearing this, the female emperor began to have some anger on her face, of course, this anger was definitely not aimed at Li Ke, but at the person who planned this matter, she said sharply: "What does Li Duwei mean? Please also elaborate. ”

Li Keyi arched his hand and continued to answer: "Returning to Your Majesty, no one can accurately predict the real groundbreaking time of this bean sprout fermentation, so I think that the person who did this must have made a full attempt on the weight of the stone statue and the fermentation time of the bean sprouts, which is why there are more than 20 stone statues, if there is only one stone statue, the planner is afraid that it will not be able to break the ground at the preset time point, so he has made preparations for a number of stone statues, and only one of them needs to break through the ground, so it can be inferred that this matter is definitely not an accidental event, but a well-planned bureau. ”

After hearing this, the female emperor nodded slightly, expressed her agreement, and said, "Li Duwei is reasonable, please continue." ”

Li Ke turned around and glanced at Li Sanlang, and continued: "The second is the content on the stone statue, which is nakedly aimed at Your Majesty, and it is nothing more than trying to convey some bad information to Your Majesty and the people of the world, confuse the public, and achieve your own goals. ”

The female emperor nodded again and asked, "According to Li Duwei, who is the person behind the operation?" ”

The female emperor's question really stumped Li Ke, at this moment he did not have real evidence, so he did not dare to draw conclusions, thought for a long time, and could only slowly answer: "Back to Your Majesty, the specific person who acts, I am not sure for the time being, but I think that in the place where Your Majesty worships the Buddha, burying more than 20 stone statues without being known, this is indeed an easy thing to do, and it is necessary to have absolutely privileged people to be able to do this without knowing it." ”

When Li Ke said this, with the wisdom of the female emperor, he already knew who he was referring to, but if it was him, what was his motive? The female emperor was not in a hurry to guess, so the two began to play dumb riddles, and Li Ke was the same, no one wanted to pierce this layer of window paper when he was not absolutely sure.

Suddenly, the female emperor changed her words and said: "You and the other three have made a meritorious contribution to the investigation of the case, which makes me very pleased, since Li Duwei is not absolutely sure, then I will wait with peace of mind for the time being, and hope that Li Duwei will thoroughly investigate this matter as soon as possible." ”

Li Ke immediately bowed his hand and replied, "Oh! When you make up your mind, you will not fail in your mission. ”

Li Sanlang continued to take a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is something that Saburo doesn't know whether to talk about or not. ”

The female emperor waved her hand and said, "There is nothing that should be said or not, if San Lang has something to say, please speak up." ”

Li Saburo looked at the two people beside him, and finally made up his mind and said: "Your Majesty, when we visited the pit of the stone statue before, we accidentally found a special smell near the stone statue where the lamp was lit and worshiped the Buddha, and the smell seemed to make people sleepy. ”

After hearing this, the female emperor immediately beckoned to Li Sanlang and asked him to go to the dragon chair, and then the female emperor took out a sachet from under the cushion of the dragon chair and handed it to Li Sanlang, and then asked: "San Lang and smell it, is this the smell?" ”

Li Sanlang took the sachet and took a deep breath, sure enough, the smell emanating from the sachet was no different from what he smelled just now, Li Sanlang looked puzzled and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, this... ”

The female emperor replied: "You three people are thinking about me, I am very pleased, this thing is the secret medicine of the Western Regions, Zhang Yizhi saw that I often have insomnia, so I presented it to me, if you smell it, it will help to calm the nerves, this thing is specially arranged by Zhang Yizhi to be placed near the lampstand." ”

Li Ke replied in a low voice: "I see, we have lost our words." ”

The female emperor waved her hand and said, "It's okay! The three of you are also for me, and I know it in my heart. ”

The method of the stone growing from the ground Li Sanlang has finished speaking, and all that remains is to find evidence to confirm the person who planned behind the scenes, so Li Sanlang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing else to do, we will retire, if further information is found, San Lang will definitely report to Your Majesty in time." ”

The female emperor was just about to speak, but outside the Jixian Palace, there was a sudden shout from the eunuch: "Your Majesty, it's not good, there is an urgent military situation... ”

When the female emperor heard this, she immediately frowned, and let the eunuchs outside the palace enter the palace, so she said sharply: "What are you talking about in such a panic? ”

After the eunuch entered the palace, he immediately knelt on the ground, listened to the female emperor's inquiry, and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, it's not good!" Urgent military situation, because our army withdrew from the 80,000 defenders outside last night, at this moment the Turkic army has taken advantage of the situation to attack the territory of our army, and drove straight in, and the front of the army is directed at the divine capital. ”

When the female emperor heard this, her face immediately showed surprise, and she said in a trembling voice: "What? The Turks are such a shameless person who actually declares war at this moment! I... Don't spare him! "After that, I want to take the tiger talisman.

Li Sanlang on the side listened to this, and his brows were immediately tightened, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, why the matter of withdrawing 80,000 defenders had already reached the ears of the Turks in just one day, besides, how could the Turkic army launch a war against us at such a fast speed, this was not like a surprise attack, but more like a long-planned military invasion. Thinking of this, Li Sanlang hurriedly arched his hands and informed the female emperor of his thoughts.

The female emperor suddenly heard of the Turkic invasion, and her mind was inevitably a little confused, although Li Sanlang had this remark, but the female emperor was unmoved, but said: "San Lang, this is definitely not the time to discuss this matter, what we need to do now is to let the reinforcements return to the garrison as soon as possible, so as to block the Turkic army that continues to invade, and protect the peace of the people of Shendu!" After that, without waiting for Li Sanlang's reply, he said loudly to the eunuch: "Quickly pass Chen Xuanli into the palace to see the driver!" ”

The eunuch arched his hand and replied, "Oh! Then he withdrew from the Immortal Palace.

Li Sanlang looked at the back of the eunuch and couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.