"It's really lucky," Li Rong took the piece of paper he snatched into his arms and sighed lightly.

The strength of the Eighth Rank Grandmaster is too strong. In front of him, Li Rong felt that he was completely at a disadvantage in terms of both his true qi and his moves.

Grandmasters in the subtle realm can perfectly control their own **, true qi, which means that they can perfectly exert the power of martial arts, and there will be no waste in the slightest, and it is definitely not comparable to ordinary masters.

After passing through several markets, Li Rong climbed over the wall and sneaked back to the house.

"You're hurt?" Li Hui stood quietly in the courtyard, not yet asleep, and when he saw Li Rong coming back, he felt a trace of confusion in his breath and said.

Li Hui is also an eight-rank grandmaster, and his ranking is still above Li Ruoxue, although he was seriously injured, his spirit was not damaged, but his internal organs were too seriously injured, and he hurt his origin.

"Father," Li Rong stretched out his hand to take off his hood, "I met the snake spirit Li Ruoxue and took her palm." ”

Li Hui was taken aback, "You can actually take her palm and get out of the way?" ”

"Snake Spirit" Li Ruoxue has always been ruthless and ruthless, and it is rare for someone to escape her life in front of her.

"I restrained one of her men, and tried so hard that she couldn't do her best to get a slap from her, but she was still a little injured." Li Rong shook his head and said.

"It's okay, your injury will be fine for a few days, it doesn't matter." Li Han said with a smile.

Li Rong's martial arts entry and ability to do things were deeply recognized by Li Hui, and he was very happy to regret that there were successors.

"It was the snake spirit who forced Zheng Lianshan to commit suicide?" Li Hui then asked.

"Well, it's the snake spirit, I already captured him, and then I was rescued by Li Ruoxue." Li Rong said.

"As long as it is found out that it is the snake spirit who did it, it can be reported to the Queen Mother," Li Hui said, "It is not beautiful to really get people back, and it will be a big problem." ”

"What does Father mean?" Li Rong asked.

"Being valued by Li Ruoxue and personally rescuing him, the status of the snake spirit can be imagined, people like this don't know how much the inside story of the snake spirit is, and once it leaks out, I don't know how many people will be implicated?" Li Hui sighed.

The snake spirit has a close connection with the Li Tang clan, and once the secrets are leaked, the imperial court will definitely carry out a major purge of the relevant people. Li Hui is also from the Li Tang clan, although he does not agree with the snake spirit's approach, but it is against his original intention to kill for this reason.

"If I had known that I wouldn't have bothered so much?" Li Rong said.

"You are still young, so sharp, you will definitely become the target of public criticism, and I will not be able to shelter you for long." Li Hui said, with a hint of sadness, and walked towards the study.

Li Rong didn't say anything, and quietly followed Li Hui into the study.

Li Hui waved his hand to light the candle, and the study suddenly lit up, "You tell me the whole thing." ”

"Okay," Li Rong replied, from receiving the news from Xin Yuan to seeing Qiu Shenji fighting with Li Ruoxue and the successful sneak attack on Ma Jiayun, and finally Li Ruoxue rushed to rescue Ma Jiayun, and spoke in detail, "Oh, this is a piece of paper I fished from the snake spirit man, and I haven't seen what is written on it." ”

Li Hui sat behind the bookcase, reached out and took the piece of paper handed over by Li Rong, put it under the candle and unfolded it, not only frowned, but sighed in a low voice, "This is the structure of the sluice gate in the upper reaches of Luoshui." ”

"Luoshui Sluice?" Li Rong asked, "How do you know?" Could it be that the snake spirit wants to break through Luoshui and flood Luoyang City? ”

"Do you think my General Jin Wuwei was in vain? Like Qiu Shenji, he only knows how to fight for power and profit, and the party is the same and different? Li Hui said, "Jin Wuwei is in charge of the patrol of the capital and has a curfew. Some dangerous places should be paid attention to, and places like the Luoshui Sluice that can endanger the safety of Luoyang City, I naturally have to personally inspect it before I can rest assured. ”

Luoshui runs through Luoyang City, dividing the city into two, which can be described as the water vein of Luoyang. Even the name of Luoyang comes from Luoshui, the ancients said that the north of the water is yang, and the south of the water is yin. The old Luoyang city is located on the north bank of Luoshui, so it is called Luoyang.

Luoshui is abundant, and every summer and autumn, when heavy rains come, the water will swell, and sometimes it will break through the embankment, causing flooding. In view of this, the imperial court sent people to build dikes and sluices in the upper reaches of Luoshui, and regulate the amount of water to prevent the river from overflowing.

"Not that simple?" Li Hui continued, "The importance of Luoshui, how could the imperial court not know it. Jin Wuwei stationed a battalion of men and horses at the embankment, and sent people to patrol Luoshui regularly. The snake spirit may be able to place one or two inner chambers, but it is difficult to get the soldiers to destroy the sluice gates, and break the Luoshui. ”

"Since the snake spirit has obtained the structure diagram of the sluice, it must have some thoughts about it," Li Rong shook his head and said, "A while ago, I heard that the Queen Mother got the Luoshui Divine Stone presented by Wu Chenghe, and decided to follow Wu Chengsi's suggestion to sacrifice Luoshui, does the snake spirit want to take the opportunity to destroy the sacrifice, which is not good for the Queen Mother?" ”

"It's very likely," Li Hui nodded, "It's just that it's a little simple to stop the sacrifice by destroying the Luoshui sluice." Wu Chengsi is not a stupid person, not to mention that even if he doesn't take care of things, Wu Sansi and the others next to him are not stupid, then they can't think of the impact of the Luoshui sluice on the downstream, if the imperial court sends people to be on strict guard, no matter how great the snake spirit's ability is, it will be difficult to do this within a certain time. ”

Li Rong thought about it, and it was the same.

Wu Zetian is such a smart person, he will take into account all aspects of the sacrifice, and will not let go of this obvious flaw to let the snake spirit succeed.

The next day, Wu Zetian personally summoned Qiu Shenji, the general of Zuojin Wuwei.

"Qiu Aiqing swept away the snake spirit lair this time, removed a tumor in my imperial court, and made a great contribution." Wu Zetian sat on the imperial couch and said with a smile to His Highness's Qiu Shenji.

"Thank Her Majesty the Holy Mother and Emperor Hongfu, after getting the news of the Snake Spirit Secret Party, I was afraid of startling the snake, so I immediately mobilized Jin Wuwei to attack, but unfortunately I didn't catch the snake spirit Li Ruoxue, please punish Your Majesty." Qiu Shenji bowed down and said.

"The snake spirit Li Ruohai is a generation of grandmasters, if it can be caught easily, it will become a big disaster for the imperial court, Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it." Wu Zetian said, "Give Aiqing, a thousand fine brocade silks, ten horses, five hundred taels of gold, and seven official positions of Qingzi." ”

Qiu Shenji hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, and turned around and walked out of the hall.

"If it is not good, I will reward him," Wu Zetian said softly, "The hypocrisy of the emperor is nothing more than that!" ”

Wu Zetian returned to the dormitory and waved away the waiting eunuch, leaving Yang Jingchen alone.

"As Your Majesty said, the snake spirit Li Ruoxue is an eighth-grade grandmaster, even if Your Majesty and the old slave make a move together, it will be difficult to keep her. Although Qiu Shenji was a little careless, he always showed his attitude, which affected some people's loyalty to His Majesty. Yang Jingchen said.

"It's very difficult to leave Li Ruoxue behind, but it's not difficult to hit her hard, at this critical moment, I don't want her to make trouble on the sidelines, without the snake spirit up and down, the kings of the Li Tang clan are just a plate of scattered sand, I can easily wipe them out." Wu Zetian shook his head and said.

"The old slave still didn't think about it, and it made His Majesty laugh." Yang Jingchen said.

"How can everything be as it should be?" Wu Zetian waved his hand and said, "If there is a challenge, I will feel full of fighting spirit, and everything will be too boring." ”

"Your Majesty will definitely be able to enjoy things in your heart, come to the court with the heroine, and achieve the great deeds of the ancients." Yang Jingchen said.

"Haha," Wu Zetian said with a smile, revealing a sky-high arrogance, "I will definitely achieve my wish and become an unprecedented generation of empresses." ”

Li Rong took Dong Xuanjing and others back to the Xiyuan camp early in the morning, and before leaving, he told the ** party what he knew, saying that the snake spirit instructed Zheng Lianshan to steal the confidential documents of the military department, causing Zheng Lianshan to commit suicide. **Fang didn't say much, thanked him and left the Li Mansion, and returned to the Zheng family to report to the main mother Lu Ziluan.

"A man named Ma Wenxiang in the snake spirit, this person is also the head of the Heshan Xiang Society, he didn't know how to control Zheng Lianshan and forced him to leak military secrets, Zheng Lianshan hanged himself in desperation," Li Rong reported to Yuan Xingchong.

"Then where is Ma Wenxiang now?" Yuan Xingchong couldn't hide the joy in his heart and asked.

When Yuan Xingchong received this order, he knew that the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian was just careful, so he sent someone to investigate, and without thinking too much, Yuan Xingchong also arranged it to Li Rong casually, but he didn't expect Li Rong to find out such a confidential matter.

"I heard that General Jin Wuwei Qiu Shenji swept away the Heshan Xiangshe last night, and I don't know where Ma Wenxiang is." Li Rong said.

Qiu Shenji's dispatch of Jin Wuwei last night soon spread in Luoyang City, how could those big people in the city not pay attention to this kind of movement. What's more, last night's shouting and killing in Beishi shook the sky, and it had already fallen into the eyes of people with hearts.

"Yuan Ming's news is very well-informed!" Yuan Xingchong said with a smile.

"I only heard about it this morning." Li Rong said.

Yuan Xingchong didn't ask why Li Rong didn't arrest Ma Wenxiang, since Qiu Shenji intervened in this matter, Li Rong and one or twenty people could compete with Qiu Shenji, not to mention pulling out his teeth and catching Ma Wenxiang.

"Yuan Ming has made another meritorious service, I will ask the Queen Mother to commend you." Yuan Xingchong said.

Zheng Lianshan committed such a serious crime, he could escape responsibility by not committing suicide, according to Tang Law, this is a major crime of rebellion, and the family members have to sit together, so the position of Zheng Gao, who is currently the official servant of the Zheng family, will be difficult to protect, and it will not be an important position for the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian, and he can take the opportunity to force the Zheng family to comply.

The Zheng clan of Xingyang has lived in Henan Province for a long time, very close to Luoyang, and their influence covers all the states of Henan Province, and being able to get their support will be of great help to Wu Zetian's grasp of power.

"Serving the Queen Mother is the duty of the next." Li Rong said, "Then I'll go back to the camp first." ”

"Okay, you go back first." Yuan Xingchong said, "The reward will be given to you in a few days." ”