Chapter 45: Luoyang Rises

Wu Zetian didn't let him bother with more brains, and said bluntly.

"It's not that I can be reincarnated as a king like that Pure Light Celestial Maiden."

"And I should say, I am the Pure Light Heavenly Maiden!"

"It is the Lord of the people who follow the Buddha's decree and reincarnate as a king and rule the world! Do you understand? ”

"Ahh Huaiyi understood! ”

Wu Zetian said this, Xue Huaiyi still didn't understand, and nodded again and again.

Wu Zetian Dao.

"This sutra contains too simple, a story of a hundred crosses, and the language is obscure, how can it teach the world?"

"In my opinion, Huaiyi can gather a group of virtuous monks to write a sutra for this "Great Cloud Sutra", explain the Buddhist principles in detail, and explain the meaning of me as the emperor more clearly and more clearly!"

Xue Huaiyi said continuously.

"Huaiyi understands, Huaiyi is really stupid, such an idea has to be taught in the future."

"Why do you need to find those virtuous monks for this kind of thing, I have a talented man named Li Xingzhou, this is a figure in the famous Jiaoye Workshop!"

"After I go back, I will do what the Queen of Heaven instructs, and in a few days, Huaiyi will take a copy of "The Great Cloud Sutra" and ask the Queen of Heaven to take a look."

Wu Zetian smiled, held his cheek, kissed him gently, and said in a nickname.

"Good man, you are willing to share my worries, I don't know how happy I am in my heart."

"It's not a big deal to do well, but with this intention, it's enough!"

Then he heard the humanity outside the door.

"Queen of Heaven, Qiu Guan's servant Zhou Xing asks to see you!"

Xue Huaiyi said angrily.

"Tell him to wait!"

"Call him in!"

Wu Zetian sat up, combed his messy hair on his sideburns, and glared at Xue Huaiyi slightly.

There are all kinds of people, I don't know since when, in Wu Zetian's heart, the only thing that makes her fluttering and unstoppable is the pursuit of power.

Although she was also a little emotional at this time, Wu Zetian was never a person who could be troubled by emotions.

Not even a woman who was bound, as soon as she heard about the important matter, she immediately regained her shrewdness and calmness.

Wu Zetian said softly to Xue Huaiyi, who was very angry.

"Huaiyi, you go to the apse to rest for a while, Zhou Xing is here, there is something important."

Xue Huaiyi heard her say this, and knew that there was still a chance to do what he wanted today.

Fang turned his anger into joy, so he agreed, and strode towards the apse.

Wu Zetian tidied up his appearance.

Sitting at the back of the desk, he picked up a piece of music with a pair of cold and majestic eyes.

but he glanced at the entrance of the temple.

With the sound of footsteps, a white background and black satin official boots stepped into the high threshold, and a clear voice followed.

"Minister, Qiu Guanlang Zhou Xing, I have seen the queen of heaven!"

This is an official in a scarlet official robe.

In the Tang Dynasty, among the servants, only the servants of the Ministry were on the fourth grade, and the other ministers were under the four grades, and the officials of the four grades wore scarlet robes.

Zhou Xing is a waiter in the Criminal Department. Naturally, you have to wear a scarlet official uniform.

Zhou Xing is just over forty this year, with a moderate figure, neither fat nor thin. The face is clear, a pair of thick eyebrows, and the eyebrows are raised upward.

The eyebrows are slightly curved, the eyebrows are dark and shiny, like a lying silkworm, a pair of red phoenix eyes, and three locks of fine hair under the chin.

It exudes the elegance and freedom of a reader.

It's just that a pair of cheekbones are relatively high.

After seeing Wu, Zhou Xing hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The so-called salute is just a gesture.

At this time, there was no kneeling ceremony at the court.

When the emperor was in court, all the officials had seats.

There is a futon on the golden palace, and hundreds of officials kneel and sit to discuss politics with the emperor.

Wu Zetian waved his sleeves and said.

"Zhou Shilang doesn't have to be polite, how is Xu Jingzhen's case?"

Zhou Xing took out a piece of music from his sleeve and bowed.

"After receiving the order, the minister immediately interrogated Xu Jingzhen, Gong Siye, Zhang Siming and other people involved in the case, Luozhou Sima Gong Siye committed suicide in fear of crime, Luoyang made Zhang Siming, Xu Jingye's brother Xu Jingzhen afraid of Tianwei, and confessed to many comrades, the minister did not dare to slack off, and immediately went back and forth to the queen of heaven."

Wu Zetian's eyes shone with a dignified light, and he stretched out a hand, and Zhou Xing immediately stepped forward and presented the recital, respectfully and respectfully.

"Behind, with the confessions of Xu Jingzhen and Zhang Siming!"

Wu Zetian didn't reply, just opened the chapter and looked at it seriously.

Seeing this, Zhou Xing took two steps back, bowed slightly, and stood aside, waiting for Empress Wu to ask.

Zhou Xing was a little apprehensive in his heart, he had knocked down a lot of people, but this time among the people who wanted to be knocked down, there was his top boss, Zhang Chujin, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Wu Zetian ordered him to try the case of Xu Jingzhen, Xu Jingye's brother, who was originally carrying private goods, and wanted to use this case to purge the anti-military royalists in the DPRK and China again.

And Zhou Xing sandwiched another private goods in it, and took the opportunity to pull his top boss Zhang Chujin in.

Zhang Chujin's political stance is not clear, and he supports neither Li nor Wu.

At present, the Empress Wu is pulling one faction and fighting another faction, and is more tolerant of the centrists.

Therefore, whether Empress Wu will agree to include Zhang Chujin in the anti-thief party, Zhou Xing is really uncertain.

Wu Zetian carefully read the content of the recital, and didn't read the confession at all, she knew very well what the few cool officials she had appointed, and she knew even more about how many unjust, false and wrongful cases had been concocted in their hands.

However, she needs such a lackey now, so naturally she doesn't care about herself.

But because of this, why bother to see the confession forced out of the torture?

Whether Zhang Siming and Xu Jing are really cowardly and afraid of death, whether they can't stand torture, or they want to slander others in order to avoid death, it doesn't matter what the purpose is.

The important thing is that under Zhou Xing's inducement, they are willing to bite out those who want to get rid of for themselves.

Zhou Xing pretended not to squint, only holding the Empress Wu from the corner of his eye, and when he saw this action, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Wu Zetian put down the red pen and said lightly.

"Aiqing is still very attentive to her work."

"However, these people have hidden ambitions and great schemes, and their henchmen are probably not only these, but they must be seriously investigated and dealt with, so as not to have fish that slip through the net!"

"There are already so many officials ......, the Queen Mother is suspicious of killing less!

Zhou Xing was secretly shocked when he heard this, he knew that the scale of the purge had not yet reached the level that Empress Wu wanted, so he hurriedly bowed down and replied.

"Yes, after the minister goes back, he will definitely interrogate Zhang Siming and Xu Jingzhen strictly, so that a rebel will not become a fish that slips through the net!"

Empress Wu glanced at him and said with a smile.

"Hmmm! Since Zhang Chujin has betrayed my trust and colluded with the traitorous party, the position of this Qiuguan Shangshu will be vacant. ”

"Good job, I can't think of anyone else who is suitable for this position except you!"

Zhou Xing's face was hot, knowing that his mind was known to the queen of heaven, but when he heard such an order.

I was still ecstatic in my heart, and hurriedly thanked him.

"The queen of heaven trusts and promotes, and the ministers do their best, and they die!"

Empress Wu said lightly.

"Stand down!"

"Yes, the minister is retiring!"

Zhou Xing arched out, and when he arrived at the bottom of the corridor, he felt that the sun was shining and he was relaxed.

But a question also came to mind.

The fact that the queen of heaven was so eager to purge the courtiers was obvious that the accession to the throne was imminent.

But she is so old that she is afraid that she will not have a few years to live.

After Zhou Xing left, Xue Huaiyi poked his head out from behind the screen and crept out.

Looking at Wu Zetian's eyes from the side compartment, his heart was half cold.

Wu Zetian's eyes were very clear, with a thoughtful charm, and he was clearly thinking about something.

Xue Huaiyi has been waiting for her for many years, and knows her temperament very well, and when she looks like this, she knows that she has no chance to be the guest of the curtain today, so she said goodbye to the Empress Wu in a reluctant.

Wu Zetian smiled apologetically at him and said softly.

"Huaiyi, I have state affairs to consider, you go back first, and let Li Xingzhou concoct a "Great Cloud Sutra" in two days, and then come to visit me in the palace."

Xue Huaiyi cheered up and said.

"No! The queen of heaven works day and night on state affairs, and she must also cherish her body. That...... Huaiyi took his leave first. ”

......

In the feudal era, no matter which dynasty, no matter which city, if you want to say who is the most well-known and most concerned by the people in the city, even if the Qinglou Oiran is not the first, it can definitely be counted in the top five.

After the royal birthday banquet, the results of the dispute between the old and the new Oiran quickly spread.

For such a result, the most common people say is that ginger is still old and spicy!

Look at how magnificent the Qingyin Pavilion is, to be a lady in such a building, it's okay to have no ability?

In addition to this relatively normal discussion and comment, the statements about this matter in the market, against Yu Youwei and Su Yujing, are really strange, and the angles are even more varied.

The degree to which their gossip souls burned was actually not much different from that of later generations.

Time is changing, dynasties are changing, but there are some things that are eternal, such as: love gossip!

The discussion of the people in the market on this matter is scattered and chaotic, and the target of the discussion is mainly on Yu Youwei and Su Yujing.

However, the angle of discussion on this matter in Shilin is highly concentrated, and the people who pay attention to it are completely different from those of ordinary people.

Su Yujing actually lost to Yu Youwei......

It's true! Oh, that's the one of the four friends of the article who made a move?

No?

That's not right!

Chen Ziang and Chen Boyu have never been involved in such things, so it was difficult to make an exception this time?

Nor is he!

Brother Ren, what are you...... Are you kidding?!

With Dongfang Qiu behind him, how could Su Yujing lose?

In the days after the birthday banquet in the royal palace, such a conversation was repeated and repeated in the Luoyang Shilin, in the tea shop where the scholars liked to gather the most.

So a name on the birthday party spread like the wind.

It was an arrogant young man.