In the early morning of the second day, the sky had just brightened, in front of the gate of Di Mansion, Di Renjie, who was dressed in court clothes, was about to board the sedan chair and go to the palace to go to the court with the support of Di Chun.

"Guo Lao, as you expected, when it was ugly last night, at the back door of the imperial garden, several little eunuchs carried a body bag, came and buried it in the woods not far from the palace."

The subordinates followed, quietly digging it out after they had finished burying it and left. The person found in the body bag was really the little eunuch who came to the house last night to deliver tea. ”

"Well, that's good. The old man got it. Di Renjie frowned slightly, responded in a deep voice, and then lowered his head and got into the sedan chair.

Di Renjie, who had just sat in the official sedan chair, once again popped his head out, looked at Yang Kuo, and asked softly, "Yang Kuo, give you a task to find out the identity of this little eunuch as soon as possible." ”

Yang Kuo bowed and responded, "Yes!" ”

Di Renjie nodded, pondered for a few minutes, and then said, "Relax your vigilance in the study today, if someone enters or leaves the study, don't come forward to interfere, follow quietly, see where he goes, come back and tell Old Man Yu, remember?" ”

"Yes." Yang Kuo responded in a deep voice.

After Di Renjie finished speaking, he put his head back, and with Di Chun's "sedan chair", Di Renjie's official sedan chair quickly headed towards the palace surrounded by everyone.

Yang Kuo bowed, looked at the direction Di Renjie left, and couldn't help muttering, "How could Master Di know that someone would break into Di's mansion and enter the study today?" Forget it, if you don't understand it, I don't want to, I have to arrange it quickly and let the other guards do what the adults tell me. ”

Yang Kuo said, turned around and walked into the gate of the Di Mansion.

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In front of the Zichen Palace, with the sound of several long whips that resounded through the sky, the early dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty began again. Many courtiers lined up in front of the palace and slowly walked into the main hall.

In the center of the main hall, on the dragon chair, Wu Zetian, who was dressed as an empress, sat quietly on it with a majestic face. Zhu Yan, the chief eunuch beside him, smiled gently and looked down at everyone.

After the courtiers on both sides finished lining up, headed by Di Renjie and Wu Sansi, the king of Liang, they all bowed to Wu Zetian and said in a deep voice, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Wu Zetian raised his hand and said softly, "Zhongqing is flat"!

Hearing this, many courtiers said in unison, "Thank you, Emperor! Then they got up one after another, and stood on both sides.

Seeing this, Zhu Yan, the chief eunuch, stepped forward slowly, looked at the courtiers, waved the dust casually, pulled his throat, and said, "If there is something to report, there is nothing to retreat from!" ”

Hearing this, the old man of Luan Feng Pavilion, Zhang Khan Zhi, slowly walked out of the line, bowed to Wu Zetian, and said softly, "Minister Zhang Khan Zhi reported that yesterday Luan Feng Pavilion had drafted a holy decree document to announce the candidates for the crown prince to the prefectures and counties under his rule, as well as foreign neighbors. Today, the ministers will ask for the will, please show your majesty! ”

As Zhang Cambodia spoke, his hands raised the will of preparation.

Wu Zetian turned his face sideways and nodded at Zhu Yan next to him.

Zhu Yan bowed in response, and then walked quickly to Zhang Cambodia, taking his exalted will with both hands. Zhu Yan turned back and presented his will to Wu Zetian.

After Wu Zetian checked it, he looked at the deacon and eunuch next to him and said in a deep voice, "Invite the jade seal out!" ”

When the deacon and eunuch heard this, they hurriedly withdrew. A few minutes later, the deacon and eunuch returned with a jade seal wrapped in golden silk in both hands.

Wu Zetian took the jade seal with both hands and stamped the jade seal on top of the will. Then he nodded at Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan hurriedly put away his will and returned it to Zhang Cambodia.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the establishment of the crown prince in the Great Zhou has been completed so far. Ladies and gentlemen, from today onwards, Li Xian, the king of Luling, is the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In a few days, the crown prince Li Xian will be stationed in the East Palace, ladies and gentlemen, please go to the East Palace to meet you! Wu Zetian looked down at everyone and said in a deep voice.

"Obey the order!" The courtiers responded in unison.

Wu Zetian nodded. "Do you have any more reports?"

At this time, Liang Wang Wu Sansi slowly walked out of the line, bowed to Wu Zetian, and said, "Your Majesty, yesterday Luanfeng Pavilion received a letter from the county order of Huangze County. It is said that in Xiaonan Village under his rule, dozens of innocent people have disappeared, and the local county order has been investigating for more than several months, but the case has still not made the slightest progress, and has been reported to Dali Temple. ”

Wu Zetian frowned when he heard this, and said loudly, "The Great Zhou Dynasty rules all directions, if such small matters of the county government are discussed in the court, then what is the difference between the court and the county hall?" ”

Liang Wang Wu Sansi heard Wu Zetian's reproachful words at this moment, hurriedly bowed down, and then said, "Your Majesty, there is an old saying: the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light!" There are no big or small things about the people. If the case of the missing population in Xiaonan Village is not handled well, it will certainly have a very bad impact among the people. Therefore, the minister thought that, first of all, the imperial court should exclude the competent people and go to Huangze County to investigate this matter, and second, after this matter is over, the imperial court must strictly order the officials to emphasize that they can improve their ability to solve cases. There is also a strict order to let them govern diligently, strive to prevent the occurrence of such incidents, and rule the people to live a peaceful and peaceful life. ”

Wu Zetian listened to the words and nodded. Then he looked sideways at the courtiers and said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections to King Liang's proposal?" ”

Behind Liang Wang Wu Sansi, all the courtiers bowed in unison and responded, "The ministers have no objections!" ”

Seeing this, the courtiers behind Di Renjie also bowed down one after another and said, "The ministers have no objections. ”

Wu Zetian nodded with satisfaction and looked at Di Renjie. "Huaiying, look at how this matter is handled."

Hearing this, Di Renjie stepped forward slowly, bowed to Wu Zetian, and said, "King Liang's proposal, the minister agreed, and the Great Zhou Dynasty's matters related to the detection of cases were all handled by Dali Temple. Therefore, regarding the case of missing people in Xiaonan Village, Dali Temple can send competent people to investigate. ”

Liang Wang Wu Sansi listened to Di Renjie's reply, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Wu Zetian, and then looked at Di Renjie and said, "Guo Lao, Dali Temple, a month after the incident, has sent personnel to investigate. But so far, there has been no progress in the whole case. In the eyes of this king, the people of Dali Temple are a little unpointable. ”

Di Renjie got up slowly, smiled, and said, "Dali Temple Qing Wen Kai is a student of this pavilion, and his ability, this pavilion is still confident." This cabinet suggested that Wen Kai go to Huangze County to investigate the matter. ”

Wu Zetian nodded. After pondering for a few minutes, his eyes looked straight at Di Renjie, and then he said slowly, "The matter in Huang Ze County has exposed the carelessness of the officials in the state and county where he is located, the bad habits of lax governance, and the corruption of officialdom, which cannot be discovered and dealt with in time. Therefore, I decided to send my powerful people to Jiangnan Province to take me to hunt the world. ”

Di Renjie "poofed" in his heart!

"It seems that the emperor is going to send me out of the capital. Was this the Emperor's ploy? Di Renjie said silently in his heart.