At this time, in the valley of the back mountain, the pines and cypresses are towering, and the cool breeze is blowing.

There are dozens of bamboo mats in the forest, and there are several cases on the table, on which are various foods such as buttermilk, rice wine, fruits, and snacks.

The people of the Wu clan in Beijing all gathered here, one by one brocade robes and jade belts, and the extravagance was compelling.

A large number of people gathered here, as if they were on a spring trip, but the scene was unusually quiet, and there was no noise at all.

Sitting in the middle seat, of course, were Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, these two people seemed to be the core figures of the entire Wu family.

Wu Chengsi said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have made it very clear to Sansi and I. My Wu clan is rich and glorious all in the queen of heaven. Now, it is imminent for the queen of heaven to replace Li Tang. At this time, we Wu clan members must work together and go all out to help the queen ascend the throne as soon as possible. ”

Wu Sansi said loudly.

"Once the Queen of Heaven ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, my Wu clan will be the royal family! Noble and worry-free! Therefore, all the people of my Wu clan must go all out, if anyone is half-hearted, they are the common enemy of my whole clan, and they should rise up and annihilate them! The queen of heaven was reluctant to ascend the throne for a long time, all because there were still people loyal to the Li Tang clan in the government and the opposition, either soldiers or powers, so that the queen of heaven had to have some scruples. What we have to do now is to kill all the Li Tang clan, kill all the ministers loyal to Li Tang, and remove all obstacles for the queen of heaven! ”

Wu Chengsi bowed his head and said: "What you said is very true! Now, Li Shangjin, King of Ze, Li Sujie, King of Xun, Li Ying, King of Nan'an, and other children of the Li Tang Sect are still there, we have to get rid of these people as soon as possible, and then kill the ministers in the court who refuse to be attached to my Wu clan one by one! ”

Wu Sansi saw that he was holding on to his superiors, and he always put on a posture of the head of the Wu clan in front of his clan and himself, he was very unhappy in his heart, snorted coldly, and said, "Don't forget!" And Li Xian's two sons! They won't survive! ”

Li Xian is Prince Zhang Huai, the sixth son of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, and the second son of Wu Zetian.

Li Xian was made the crown prince after the death of his brother Li Hong, and was later deposed as a concubine on the charge of rebellion and exiled to Bazhou. Later, because Li Xian was known as a virtuous person, he was extremely popular among the government and the opposition, and became a major obstacle for Wu Zetian to become the emperor, so she sent Junchen to Bazhou and ordered Li Xian to commit suicide.

After Li Xian's death, Wu Zetian misunderstood the holy will of Junchen, killed Li Xian in vain and degraded him to the local assassination history, and at the same time restored Li Xian's title of prince, and Li Xian's two sons were able to return to Luoyang and become princes again, these two people, of course, are also qualified to inherit the throne.

Wu Chengsi said: "Not bad! These two boys can't be spared either! Time is running out, everyone! The queen of heaven is old, does she have to wait another ten or eight years to become the emperor? We must remove all obstacles for the Queen of Heaven as soon as possible and ensure the smooth accession of the Queen of Heaven to the throne. Takeshi! ”

Wu Chengsi said, and suddenly saw his cousin Wu Qianji looking around absentmindedly, and couldn't help frowning, and called out in disgust.

Wu Qiji is the third son of Wu Weiliang, after Wu Zetian took power, he put Wu Weiliang's cousin to death, and changed his family to the surname of the pit to belittle the border wilderness, so there was a period of time when Wu Weiliang was called Wu Weiliang.

Later, Wu Zetian's power became heavier and heavier, and he had the idea of changing the dynasty and becoming the emperor himself, and he urgently needed a force that was absolutely loyal to him, so he recalled the Wu clan people to the capital one by one and reused them. He also regained his surname Wu and returned to the dynasty as an official.

The suffering of exile will have different effects on people with different personalities, and as soon as Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi are in power, they are even more enthusiastic about power. In the past, he was a man with his tail between his legs, but now he is flying and domineering, and he can't wait to earn back the frustration of the year tenfold and hundredfold.

Wu Qian and Wu Chenghe, Wu Sansi, the two cousins, are completely different, he has been relatively silent since he was a child, has a cowardly personality, does not like to be competitive, and is not strong about fame and fortune.

His father was executed by order of his aunt Wu Zetian. He didn't have the ability or courage to take revenge on his aunt, and he didn't even have the courage to refuse Wu Zetian's reward, but in his heart he was unwilling to accept the reward of killing his father's enemy, and the feeling of humiliation, hatred, and incompetence was intertwined, making him even more reticent.

For the Wu clan people are ambitious. He has always disagreed, he always felt that the world was won by a woman, and the world was definitely not stable. If the queen of heaven is not called the emperor, if she tries to be the emperor. Sooner or later, it will cause a catastrophe for the people of the Wu clan. is just like Lu Pheasant, the queen of Han Liu Bang.

So when these Wu clan people were intoxicated with the fantasy of becoming a royal family here, Wu Qiji felt not that kind of excitement and excitement, but a kind of uneasiness and boredom, but because he had always been cowardly, he didn't dare to reveal his true thoughts, so he could only treat them negatively.

Wu Chenghei called. Wu Qi came back to his senses and quickly straightened his waist. Said respectfully: "Cousin! ”

Wu Chengsi suppressed the anger in his heart, knocked on the table and said, "Eradicate the hostile forces that hinder the queen of heaven's accession to the throne." This matter is up to me and Sansi, and after that, we will make a big noise and organize people from all walks of life in the three religions and nine streams to gather to petition and persuade the queen of heaven. You are responsible for this. ”

When Wu Qianji heard this, he twisted his body uneasily, and said: "Cousin, the younger brother is only a shallow learner, and I am afraid that he will not be able to catch it, and he will miss the major events of the family......"

Wu Sansi glared at him fiercely and said, "If you really want to be fully responsible, I can't rest assured!" You only need to be responsible for finding a few clever and bold people from the imperial history who can speak well, so as to prepare for waving the flag and shouting to strengthen my momentum, and how to arrange it next, I will take over! ”

Wu Qiji breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That is the case, that little brother is reluctant to give it a try." ”

Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi told the people of the Wu family again, and then they dispersed. In front of people, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were quite harmonious, but no one obeyed anyone after the people, and as soon as everyone dispersed, the two left separately, and they didn't even say a cold word to each other.

The four cool officials in the court, Qiu Zhoulaisuo.

Qiu Shenji and Zhou Xing were officials who climbed up on the road of serious eunuchs, so they naturally formed a faction.

Lai Junchen was originally a prisoner, and he developed by speculating in camps and biting informants.

Suo Yuanli is a down-and-out Persian Hu man, and he is not on the right path, so the two of them are in the same faction.

Lai Junchen sat down, took a sip of cheese, and asked.

"Come to a certain presumptuous visit, there has never been an appointment in advance, I don't know if the old Wuge is here?"

Wu Chengsi was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at this time, and he was one of the prime ministers, and he was so commensurate with Junchen.

The Wu family replied.

"Unfortunately, my Ah Lang and Lord Xia Guan Shangshu Sansi will go to the Wu clan together."

Lai Junchen said "oh", slightly disappointed, and asked again.

"I wonder how long Elder Wu Ge has been gone?"

The Wu family said.

"It's been about an hour and a half."

Lai Junchen thought for a moment and said.

"That being the case, presumably Wu Ge Lao should also come back, so just sit down for a while and wait for the master."

The Wu family said.

"Yes, the general, please take a seat, my family Ah Lang will come back, and the small one will report immediately."

......

As soon as Wu Chengsi returned to Fengxian Temple, the family members waiting at the door stepped forward to report: "Ah Lang, General Jin Wuwei came to Junchen to ask for a meeting, and he has been waiting for you in the guest hall for a long time. ”

"Oh! Come to Junchen? ”

Wu Chengsi's eyes flashed, and he said: "Go, tell the lord, just say that so-and-so has come back, change your clothes and go to see him!" ”

Wu Chengsi walked into the bedroom, did not rush to change clothes, first sat there and thought carefully for a while. He has a good relationship with Lai Junchen, but that's because one of them is a relative of the queen of heaven and the other is a confidant of the queen of heaven, but they can't talk about how close their personal relationship is.

After thinking for a while, Wu Chengsi had no choice but to get up and say, "Come on, change clothes!" ”

When the two maidservants heard the sound, they came in and helped him take off his crown, clean his face, put his hair in a bun, and took out a set of light robes with incense for him to change.

Wu Chengsi packed up, Shi Shiran rushed to the guest hall, and when Lai Junchen saw him appear, he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said: "Lai Junchen has seen Wu Ge Lao." ”

"Hahaha, come to my lord, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Wu Mou has a party with his clansmen today, and he just came back, please sit, please sit, sit down and talk."

Wu Chengsi invited Junchen to sit down, and he also sat down on the main seat, and said with a smile: "I heard that the general led his troops to enter Longmen for the queen of heaven to guard this time, the army has just arrived, presumably the military affairs are very busy, I don't know if the general is coming, but is there anything important to discuss with someone?" ”

Lai Junchen smiled and said: "Come to a certain place today, there is an extremely important matter that I want to discuss with Wu Ge Lao. ”

"Oh?"

Wu Chengsi glanced at him deeply, waved his hand slightly, and several family members standing in the hall immediately bowed down and retreated.

Wu Chengsi said: "General, please speak!" ”

Lai Junchen put his hands on his knees, and said solemnly: "Lai is a martial artist, and he likes to speak straight, so he won't go around the bend with the old martial arts." ”

Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "It's the best, everyone is going around, guessing and guessing, it's not interesting." Wu likes people with a straightforward temperament, come to adults and have something to say, but please speak up, out of your mouth, into my ears, and will never let others know. ”

Lai Junchen said: "In this way, Lai Mou will speak bluntly." Wu Ge Lao, now in this world. Although he is still under the banner of Li Tang, anyone can see that it is inevitable for the Queen of Heaven to change Li Tang's order and change the dynasty! ”

Wu Chengsi was startled and was about to speak. Lai Junchen raised his hand and pressed it, and continued: "Lai Mou has always been loyal to the Queen of Heaven, presumably Wu Ge Lao also knows very well that Lai Mou is a person, if there is a cover-up, it is really unnecessary. ”

Wu Chengsi stroked his beard. He smiled and said, "Well, then, what do you want to say?" ”

Lai Junchen said: "Since ancient times, when a new monarch ascended the throne, one thing was inevitable. That's the right reserve. I don't know about Wu Ge Lao. What do you think? ”

Wu Chenghe's eyes flashed, leaned forward slightly, and said intently: "I don't know what Lord Lai thinks about this?" ”

Lai Junchen said in a deep voice: "The crown prince is related to the society of the country and the society, and the peace of the world cannot be ignored. Once the Queen of Heaven ascends the throne, Wu Ge Lao is not just the prime minister of the DPRK and China. He is the first person in the royal family, whether it is from the responsibility of the prime minister. Or from the identity of the royal family, for the crown prince. Wu Ge Lao should have something to consider, could it be that Wu Ge Lao didn't have a suitable candidate in his heart? ”

Wu Chengsi waved his hand and said, "Hey! This, of course, is dictated by the queen of heaven and her old man. If you want to ask me, hehe, in my opinion, the Queen of Heaven has two sons, His Majesty the current Emperor and King Luling of Fangzhou, presumably the new crown prince of the new dynasty will be one of these two. ”