Under the escort of Cheng Boxian, Wu Zetian and Li Dan retreated to Hanyuan Hall safely.

However, she was furious.

It can be said that it is unprecedented anger!

There were many reasons to make her angry, but no one dared to ask. Emperor Li Dan was already frightened and trembling, but it was not because of this sudden outbreak of "assassination".

So, Li Dan found an excuse to take her concubines' families and all the royal families and ministers who came with her, and all of them retreated. No one dared to touch Wu Zetian's mold at this time.

But there was a person who stupidly crashed into Hanyuan Hall, and before he had time to pay homage, he was frightened by Wu Zetian's words.

"Wu Yougui, do you still have the face to see me?" Wu Zetian, who was furious, changed his voice a little.

Wu Yougui fell to his knees, "The minister should die!" ”

"Then go die!"

"Minister, minister......"

"So, what are you waiting for?" Wu Zetian, who was furious, swept down the inkstone and brush on the imperial case with a wave of his arm. The heavy inkstone just smashed on the top of Wu Yougui's head, and his body was soaked in ink, but he didn't dare to move while lying on his stomach.

No one dared to squeak or approach, even Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Zetian's most trusted servants hid outside at least two layers of thick walls. The old eunuch who had served Wu Zetian for many years said that he had not seen the Queen Mother so angry for at least seven or eight years. Today, in addition to this martial arts, I don't know how many people deserve to die!

Wu Yougui has always listened to Wu Zetian's words, but now he doesn't listen, because he is more afraid of death than obedient. was smashed by the inkstone, his brain seemed to be a little brighter, and he hurriedly said: "Aunt is angry, the nephew's life is not worth anything, and it is important for my aunt to take care of the dragon's body!" ”

The sentence "take care of the dragon body" really calmed down Wu Zetian a lot. It's not that Wu Yougui's sycophant is so exciting, but it reminds her of Wu Yougui's Wu family, whose blood is thicker than water, no matter how bad it is. In the future, there may always be a place for him, but now killing him with a knife seems to have no benefit except to vent his anger for a while.

"Stand up!" Wu Zetian scolded sharply, but after all, he didn't really ask him to die.

Wu Yougui obediently stood up straight, not daring to raise his head.

"What are you doing?" Wu Zetian asked.

"Ministers, ministers come to escort ......," Wu Yougui replied cautiously.

"Counting on you to escort you, this palace and His Majesty don't know how many times they have died." Wu Zetian's anger was aroused by his words again.

Poked Wu Yougui's forehead with his pointed nails, Wu Zetian gritted his teeth and reprimanded: "It is a capital crime for you to let the assassins in front of the Heavenly Gate for your poor guards." After that, you caused a huge chaos in front of the gate of heaven in the important place of society, and made the people and soldiers trample on each other, and countless casualties were killed. Don't you know how many foreign envoys from other countries are admiring the lanterns together on the top of the Zetianmen Tower today? Today's calamity humiliates the country and humiliates the king, and you are a capital crime! …… At this moment, you should do your best, even risking your life, to quell the riots and arrest the assassins in front of the gate of heaven, in order to turn the tide and make meritorious contributions. It's good for you, look at the way you look now, it's like a pastoral dog whose backbone has been broken, lying in front of the palace and begging for mercy! ”

"Plop" Wu Yougui knelt down again, and cried whining, "Aunt Rongyu, the nephew originally wanted to stop the riot and arrest the assassin, but Xue Shao asked a wicked slave with strong martial arts to hold the nephew and prevent the nephew from acting rashly. Later, Cen Changqian ordered the thousand cavalry guards to obey Xue Shao's orders to eliminate the assassins. The nephew ...... helplessly"

"Shut up!"

"Incompetent!"

"Stupid"

"Rubbish!"

"Sake bag rice bag!!"

"You...... You're so angry with Hongu!! ”

It's good that Wu Yougui didn't make a defense, but after this defense, it really blew up Wu Zetian's lungs. A string of angry scolding blasted out of Wu Zetian's mouth like a cannon, and she didn't know what she scolded later, in short, her head was about to faint.

Wu Yougui was scolded so much that he shrunk into a ball and even closed his eyes. If possible, he really wished that his ears could be folded like pig's ears, otherwise he would really not be able to listen to this scolding.

"Auntie...... Will breathe the dragon body! ”

"Shut up!!"

It was quiet.

Wu Yougui no longer defended, and Wu Zetian no longer roared, but gasped violently for a while.

Long.

"Now, is it Xue Shao who is presiding over the military affairs in front of Zetianmen?" Wu Zetian asked, his voice calming down a lot.

"It's all the inner Shi Cen Changqian......"

Wu Zetian scolded, "You just say, don't you?" ”

"Yes!"

Wu Zetian was silent for a moment and said, "Because of someone else's words, you can hand over the military power authorized to you by the imperial court." What does a thousand riders do? You are so weak, incompetent and lack of assertiveness, how can this palace trust and reuse you? ”

"Auntie! ......" Wu Yougui was really anxious when he heard this.

"There are no fathers and sons in the temple!"

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!" Wu Yougui crawled forward on his knees and said hurriedly, "At that time, the situation was special, five assassins were killed by Xue Shao in public, and the nephew was held by Xue Shao's evil slaves......

Wu Zetian interrupted him, "Has this palace personally ordered you to hand over your military power and men?" ”

"No, no...... But......! ”

"Shut up, don't quibble!" Wu Zetian's voice was much colder, "No matter how special the situation is, if you dare to forget your most important duty and mission as a thousand cavalry envoys, you can't be forgiven!" ”

Wu Yougui was dumbfounded, his face was pale and cold sweat fell, and he looked at Wu Zetian in a daze.

Wu Zetian slowly approached, condescendingly, and said in a low voice: "If something like this happens, you, the thousand horsemen, will bear the brunt of it, and you must come forward to take responsibility." If you don't take the initiative to plead guilty and apologize publicly, you will inevitably be resented by the people of the whole of Luoju. At that time, His Majesty will blame, the Prime Minister will question, the Imperial History will impeach, and the government and the opposition will be pointed out by thousands of people, even if the palace is afraid that it will be difficult to protect your head. Now, it's up to you to decide! ”

"The nephew understands...... Wu Yougui suddenly collapsed like a deflated ball, and slowly took off the hood on his head, "The nephew is seriously derelict in his duties and has lost his holy grace, and he resigned to thank the government and the opposition." ”

"It's not enough." Wu Zetian's voice was calm as if there was no trace of emotion, and he said lightly, "There are so many stampede casualties in front of Zetianmen tonight, do you turn a blind eye?" ”

"The nephew went bankrupt, compensated the soldiers, and compensated the people." Wu Yougui turned pale and replied in a low voice.

"Go down."

"Yes......"

Watching Wu Yougui exit the palace in despair, Wu Zetian's heart became more and more ashamed. In fact, what kind of goods is Wu Yougui, how can I not know? With his ability, if everything is in order in normal times, a thousand horses will be fine. When such an emergency happened today, he decisively stabbed the big basket in its original form.

In the final analysis, it is indeed impossible for Wu Yougui to be such an important position as a "thousand cavalry envoys".

Wu Zetian knew in his heart that it would not be long before the people of Luoyang would begin to accuse or even scold Wu Yougui, and his absurdity, incompetence and stupidity were really brought into play tonight - but who picked up the virtuous and talentless Wu Yougui and made such an exception?

Wu Zetian felt that once the people of Luoyang and the ministers of the government and the opposition began to laugh at and resent Wu Yougui, it was tantamount to slapping herself.

"No courage, no responsibility, no talent, no knowledge, no strength, no ...... What a disappointment for Hongu! Wu Zetian sat down paralyzed, "My martial arts family's sons and nephews, is there really no one who can be worthy of the heavy responsibility of the army?" ”

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and the more I thought about it, the more disappointed I became, Wu Zetian held his forehead with one hand, like a clay statue of Buddha to maintain this posture, motionless.

Long.

The eunuchs and palace maids wanted to come to visit Wu Zetian but no one dared to come forward, and finally unanimously recommended Wu Zetian's "best friend" Kudi to come forward to take a look.

The Cudi had always been bold, but also cautious in approaching. As a result, when she was still more than ten steps away from Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian suddenly raised her head.

"Who?!"

"The Queen Mother, it's your majesty." Kudi suddenly felt a little frightened, the Queen Mother's low voice just now was really murderous!

"It's you......" Wu Zetian let out a long breath, the gloomy aura in his chest seemed to have dissipated a lot, and said lightly, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"It's fine." Kudi sighed secretly, and hurriedly shook a thick coat in his hand, "The night is quite cold, and your majesty wants to add some clothes to the queen mother." ”

Wu Zetian's face finally got better, "There is labor." ”

The Kudi clan hurriedly stepped forward and carefully draped the gorgeous and warm brocade fur on Wu Zetian's body.

Wu Zetian found that his legs were a little numb, and he hurriedly asked Kudi to help her up and walk around. My mood has finally calmed down a lot, and my thoughts have returned to normal.

"Cudi, what's the situation in front of the Heavenly Gate?"

"Back to the Queen Mother." Kudi replied, "Xue Shao has been ordered to eliminate the Assassins, and he is in full swing. Fang Cai Nei Shi ordered Cen Changqian to send someone to report, saying that Xue Shao had found more than 30 assassins, more than half of whom were ambushed on the spot, and the rest had been escorted to the prison. According to preliminary inquiries, these assassins were all remnants of the Mengjin Water Lords. Now, Xue Shao is making every effort to track down the bandit leader Li Xiantong. ”

"More than thirty assassins? …… There are so many! Wu Zetian was slightly stunned, "If Xue Shao hadn't arrived in time, the consequences today would be really unimaginable!" ”

Kudi nodded lightly in agreement.

After a while, Wu Zetian was curious again, "How did he find out these assassins from more than 10,000 people?" ”

"This, Cen Xiang didn't elaborate, and his subordinates don't know." "Xue has always been a strong man, and he must have his own way. If nothing else, he seemed to be the only one who was aware of the Assassins tonight. Now that I think about it, those assassins have been waiting for an opportunity to hide in front of the gate of heaven for so long, and my subordinates are really a little afraid! ”

Hearing this, Wu Zetian's heart was depressed for a while, and he couldn't wait to arrest Wu Yougui and scold him again.

"Luoyang ordered Wei Yuanzhong to clean up the Mengjin water lords, tonight's incident, he is also suspected of serious dereliction of duty!" Wu Zetian is now looking at who is not pleasing to the eye.

Kudi's heart thumped, it seems that Wei Yuanzhong is going to be miserable!

"Right Guard, Yulin Guard, Fengchen Guard, these high-ranking generals are all blind waste, and they are useless one by one!" The more Wu Zetian spoke, the more angry he became, and he almost stomped his feet, "This is full of people, except for Xue Shao, there is no one who is powerful?" ”

"The Queen Mother is angry...... "Kudi can only persuade like this."

Wu Zetian took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down his emotions again, and said: "You take the purple gold fish talisman of the palace to go to Zetianmen in person, and pass on my order, just say that at this extraordinary time, the right to transfer troops and fish talisman to Xia Guanshang Shu Xue Shao ordered him to command the right guard army of the whole camp in Luoshui, and the governor and god are all guarding and guarding. and ordered him to temporarily concurrently serve as the inspector of the thousand cavalry envoys, serving as the guard of the imperial guard. It is necessary to restore the normalcy of Luoyang and the palace as soon as possible; Be sure to wipe out the Mengjin water owls and never suffer in the future!! ”