On the third day of the first month of the third year of Lin De, after a few days of rest, Gaozong, who had recovered slightly, led the queen, the princes and the ministers to begin to climb Mount Tai.

Early the next morning, Gaozong led the ministers to seal Zen at the first altar of the society, and then sacrificed to the emperor and the earth, that is, the god of the land, with the Taimu Empress Dowager Dou and the Empress Dowager Wende.

After some rectification and intensive preparations, Gaozong finally held a great ceremony to seal Mount Tai on the ninth day of the first lunar month, and then the emperor issued an edict to change the yuan to the first year of Qianfeng.

And in the process of sealing Zen this time, the most prominent person was not Gaozong, but the Empress Wu. Because according to the original rules, when the Zen is sealed, the emperor first offers, and the secretary of the palace is offered. However, the Empress Wu said to Gaozong that the Zen was the great ceremony of sacrificing the land, and the Queen Mother shared it, so as to highlight the virtue of the land, just because men and women are different, it is very inappropriate to take the minister as the sub-sacrifice, so the foreign ministers should not be allowed to sacrifice, but should be served by the queen as the sub-sacrifice, in order to honor her mother-in-law. This was a ridiculous proposal, but I didn't expect Gaozong to agree absurdly, although it caused Dou Dexuan to be very dissatisfied and depressed, but due to the support of Xu Jingzong in the Chinese book, and the acquiescence of the British Duke and Sikong Li Ji, this decision was not changed in the end.

In fact, there was nothing to do with Li Xian this time, the reason why Li Xian came here was that he had to come because he was ordered by the emperor, and the second purpose was naturally to lead the Wu family case and do his best to kill all the Wu family's children.

"I don't know if Fairychild's action was successful this time, hehe, I want to use her skills to deal with the two wastes of the Wu family, it's just effortless." When all the ministers worshiped heaven and earth according to etiquette, Li Xian's heart was thinking about such things, and it was estimated that if those rigid old guys knew, they would definitely chatter for a day or two.

But Li Xian didn't expect that this time Dou Xiantong not only did not succeed, but instead encountered the most serious crisis in his life except for the last time he entered the palace and assassinated.

When Dou Xiantong came to Zhenzhou, where Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi were located, after careful investigation, various clues showed that these two guys were now hiding in a land temple five miles outside Ningyuan County.

After Dou Xiantong learned the news, she naturally didn't dare to slack off, and went to the Land Temple that night, because she also knew that the children of the Wu family were like lost dogs, and it was impossible for anyone to protect them, so she didn't do any further investigation at all, and broke in directly, and then began to search for the whereabouts of the Wu brothers.

But Dou Xiantong didn't expect that when she had just entered the Land Temple, she suddenly heard the sound of a blade, and then saw more than a dozen warriors dressed in black suddenly appear and surround her at the core.

"Who are you? Why did you stop me? When Dou Xiantong saw this scene, he immediately secretly screamed in his heart, it seemed that he had inadvertently exposed Xingzang, but the other party had already prepared. However, she did not panic, but calmly looked for opportunities and prepared to break through.

At this time, he heard a voice laughing and said, "I still want to ask who you are?" Why do you want to deliberately cut down the grass and eradicate the children of the Wu family? ”

When Dou Xiantong heard that voice, she was shocked, because that voice was not unfamiliar to her, and its owner was the master she met on the night of the assassination of Empress Wu, and later he heard from Li Xian that this person's name was Qiu Shenji, and he was the most powerful young general under Empress Wu.

"Hmph, the last time the matter hasn't been over, I didn't expect this guy to come out again to hurt my good deeds, it seems that the grudge between me and this guy must have an end. It's just a pity that I can't use this thief today. When Dou Xiantong saw Qiu Shenji, her eyes wanted to breathe fire, but she knew that now was not the time to be reckless, so she could only forcibly swallow the hatred in her heart.

"It seems that the evil woman of the Empress Wu has been alert to Li Xian's killing of the children of the Wu family, but fortunately, Li Xian's work is shrewd and meticulous, and he has already erased all the clues to kill the children of the Wu family, otherwise, if this evil woman is touched by the vine, maybe she will be able to find out the truth."

Dou Xiantong regretted that he couldn't complete the task, and at the same time, he secretly called for luck, thought about it quickly, and then sighed softly and said: "Okay, I'll tell you who I am and why I want to kill the sons of the Wu clan, the reason is...... Go to hell. ”

Dou Xiantong had already put away the long sword in his hand, looking like he was about to speak, but he didn't expect it to suddenly come out, and the long sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake, quickly stabbing Qiu Shenji's throat.

"Ahh Rao is Qiu Shen's martial arts are good, and he was suddenly attacked by the other party, and he couldn't help but get up in a hurry, but fortunately, he was also a quick person, while quickly bowing his head to avoid, the horizontal knife in his hand also directly met it, and at the same time, the surrounding warriors also moved almost at the same time, and they all slashed at Dou Xiantong with horizontal knives, so that Dou Xiantong threw a mouse bogey weapon and did not dare to pursue, which made him evade a catastrophe.

In fact, this time Dou Xiantong was not ready to fight hard, although after practicing martial arts for a period of time, she thought that her kung fu was no less than that Qiu Shenji, but after all, the other party was overwhelming, and it was not easy for her to win the battle single-handedly? Therefore, while she was sneaking up on Qiu Shenji, she was already ready to escape.

Therefore, after missing the blow, Dou Xiantong immediately shook his sword, forced back a stabbing warrior, and at the same time flew out with a leg to kick the other warrior down, and then took advantage of the gap to leap forward, and broke through the encirclement of the warriors.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, she only heard a shout, and then saw a knife light slashing towards her.

"Damn, it's that Qiu Shen's achievement, if I fight alone, I am naturally not afraid, but now I am outnumbered by the thieves, if I am entangled with it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out for a while, in case I miss and be captured again because of this, I Dou Xiantong will not have to mix anymore, hum, it seems that if you don't show some real skills, it will be difficult to be good today."

Thinking of this, Dou Xiantong was no longer clumsy, and the sword in his hand was not afraid to meet him, but Dou Xiantong did not block the horizontal sword, the so-called sword is light and agile, and swordsmanship is originally the way to avoid the real and attack the virtual, how can it be hard to meet the fierce and domineering horizontal knife? I saw the sword light, but in an instant, an ordinary green steel sword actually conjured up a sword net, making Qiu Shenji's whole body under the shroud of the sword net.

This trick is derived from Li Xian's master Zhang Wuchen's wonderful swordsmanship, called Dharma swordsmanship, it is said that Tanzong from the Dharma cave retreat, the realization of the Dharma mural image obtained, this is the Shaolin Tanzong lineage of the secret of the lineage, and later Zhang Wuchen taught Li Xian when she saw it, had to pester Li Xian to pass on this way of swordsmanship to her, although Li Xian's understanding of the essence of swordsmanship is far from enough, but with her years of swordsmanship immersion, and many days of enlightenment, this set of swordsmanship is also quite charming.

Although Qiu Shenji is a master, after all, he is good at battle formations, and he is not very proficient in this small and moving melee combat, coupled with Dou Xiantong's swordsmanship, which suddenly made him feel at a loss.

"Huh? Golden opportunity. Dou Xiantong stabbed Qiu Shenji's throat with a sword, forcing Qiu Shenji to block with a horizontal knife, which caused Qiu Shenji's lower abdomen to open wide, which was definitely a good opportunity to seriously injure or even kill the other party.

Dou Xiantong's eyes were sharp, and the movements of his hands were not slow at all, his wrist sank, and the long sword was like a flash of lightning, directly stabbing at Qiu Shenji's lower abdomen.

But he didn't expect Qiu Shenji to move his body sideways by a foot when he was on the line of life and death, and as a result, the sword failed to pierce into his lower abdomen, but only slashed a sword on his right flank.

"Alas, what a pity. After all, my comprehension of this Dharma swordsmanship is relatively shallow, if that Zhang Wuchen is here, this sword has already ended the life of Qiu Shenji. It's just that the opportunity is rare, and now those warriors have been surrounded, if I don't leave, even if I can kill Qiu Shenji, I'm afraid I will have to explain here. That's it, it's a big life. ”

Although he was unwilling, Dou Xiantong had no choice but to give up the opportunity to continue to chase and kill Qiu Shenji, taking advantage of his panic to dodge, he shook his sword falsely, and then rushed towards the gate of the temple.

But I didn't expect Qiu Shenji to catch up again!

It turned out that Qiu Shenji had experienced a hundred battles after all, and he still had the basic qualities in the face of danger, and he stabilized after a short period of panic, and he didn't care about the long flow of blood, and when the other party turned around and fled, the horizontal knife in her hand was split again, this time she didn't care about the long sword stabbed by Dou Xiantong, and the horizontal knife in her hand couldn't leave Dou Xiantong's vital point, and she wanted to fight for her life.

"Oops, this madman is going to fight for my life, I can't die now, and I can't stay here, otherwise, I will definitely expose Li Xian's guy in advance, hmph, this madman seems to expect that I don't dare to fight hard, this is why he is so fierce, but he also underestimates me Dou Xiantong too much, now the arrow is on the string, I have to send it, I can't say, today it is only possible to stop this madman's attack by fighting both sides."

Dou Xiantong no longer hesitated after making up her mind, and after taking advantage of the opponent's horizontal knife to slash over, she did not avoid it at all, but the long sword in her hand was preemptively pierced into the opponent's lower abdomen, and almost at the same time, her ribs were also slashed by the other party, and she saw blood gushing out, and the night clothes were dyed red in an instant.

Dou Xiantong saw that Qiu Shenji really looked panicked and retreated to the side, no longer having the courage to attack, and those warriors were trying to surround him, knowing that the opportunity could not be lost, he gritted his teeth and forcibly lifted his internal breath, and escaped from the Land Temple.

"Chase me, you must catch this crazy woman today, the queen has a will, as long as the murderer is caught, the reward will be a thousand taels." Qiu Shenji saw that Dou Xiantong had fled, and a great achievement was about to be lost, and he couldn't care about his injuries, so he gritted his teeth and ordered.