It was already September, the three autumns were coming to an end, in just two months, the situation changed drastically, Wu Zetian removed the last obstacle to ascending the throne, and the Li royal family was famous for their virtue and ability, King Lu, King Yue, etc., died one after another, and other clan forces close to the Li family were swept away, and no one could resist the future empress head-on.

The complacent Wu Zetian stood on the palace tower, looking at the increasingly tall Ming Hall, and a rare smile appeared.

Her life reached its peak when she was close to the age of antiquity, and she achieved great things that even teachers could not expect, and she did not dare to say that there was no one who came after, and it was definitely an unprecedented wish, which was dreamed of by the sages of the Demon Gate in the past but could not be achieved for thousands of years.

"Si Miao, what is the life and death of the Yue Wang couple, can you be sure?" Wu Zetian asked Yang Siqiao, who was standing aside.

"The slave maid doesn't know, when Master Huaiyi and I rushed to the Yue Wang's mansion, we only found two charred male and female corpses, whether they were the Yue Wang couple or not, I really can't be sure. However, Master Huaiyi said that it should not be the true body of King Yue, after all, the grandmaster-level master is different. Yang Siqiao lowered his head and said.

Wu Zetian sent Yang Siqiao to monitor with the army, although he had the intention of supervising Zhang Guangfu and other generals, but the main purpose was to find out the life and death of King Yue. Of course, by the way, it is also one of the goals to familiarize Yang Siqiao with military affairs.

"Hmm," Wu Zetian said noncommittally.

Wu Zetian himself is an eight-grade grandmaster and knows the ability of a grandmaster. If a grandmaster-level master wants to escape with all his might, even her teacher will not dare to catch up with her, not to mention that there are too many opportunities to escape in the chaotic army. Therefore, Wu Zetian did not exhaustively pursue the negligence of Zhang Guangfu and other generals who did not capture Li Zhen, the king of Yue.

Losing the foundation of the state and county, even if he is a martial arts master, he will not form a substantial threat to the rule of the imperial court. Of course, with Li Zhen's prestige, if he focuses on opposing Wu Zetian, the trouble will not be small.

"The next secret decree is to Di Renjie and Li Rong, ordering them to secretly find out the whereabouts of King Yue after they arrive in Yuzhou." Wu Zetian said casually.

"Yes," Yang replied respectfully.

Di Renjie, under the escort of Wei Chi Xiu, took a battalion of thousands of knights, took a boat north to the canal, and then turned into Huaishui, swam up along Huaishui, and headed towards Yuzhou.

Yuzhou and Huainan Province Zhuzhou have a waterway to communicate, flowing through the city of Yuzhou under the Rushui is injected into the Huaishui East into the sea, although the amount of water is not abundant, can not transport a large number of goods, for the ship is enough.

Jiang Cheng stayed in Shouzhou for more than two months, and after his injuries healed, he said goodbye to Li Rong, Fan Li, went south alone, and returned to Jiangnan.

"Brother Jiang has gone all the way, don't hang up on the road!" Fan Li said with a smile.

The corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched, "Don't worry, I still have to come to Brother Li to learn, within three years, I will be promoted to the seventh grade of congenital rank, and I will go north to Luoyang to see Brother Li." ”

"Waiting for you at any time!" Li Rong arched his hand and said.

Ten days later, Li Rong waited for Di Renjie and his entourage, and boarded Di Renjie's boat in a small boat driven by Gu Qin, the new commander of the Shouzhou Navy.

Shi Duyu, the former governor of Shouzhou, also got what he wanted and was promoted to the position of Shouzhou Assassin.

"Yuan Ming, I haven't seen you for a few months, I really miss you." The tall man and the black as charcoal Wei Chi Xiu came over with a warm hug, and said with a smile on his face.

Yu Chi Xiu's arms were tightened, like a bear hug, and the thick arms were exposed. But he felt that Li Rong's body was not moving at all, and Li Rong didn't bother to shake himself away with force, he just had no choice but to get it.

At this time, Wei Chi Xiu Lin received the Poria Pill and careful guidance from Li Yuanfang, and felt that his skills had improved greatly, and his muscles and bones were almost as good as steel and iron bones, and he quickly refined the family heirloom "Overlord Battle Body" to Dacheng, not far from the six-grade realm, and wanted to compete with Li Rong.

"It turns out that his skills have improved," Li Rong said with a smile, as soon as his muscles contracted, a huge force was sent out in an instant, and he quickly bounced away from Yu Chi Xiu, and his arm didn't even move.

Originating from the Ice Jade Jue, the "Eighteen Falls of Clothes" can resist the enemy outside the body purely by relying on muscle force, and you don't even need true qi.

"I've seen Di Gong!" Li Rong walked up to Di Renjie and bowed.

"Yuanming has worked hard," Di Renjie said, "If you don't stabilize the situation in Shouzhou, it will cause the situation in a state to ****, and the people will suffer." This time, I have to work hard for Yuan Ming to go to Yuzhou with me to stabilize the situation there and do a good job in dealing with the aftermath. ”

"Di Gong said that it was a blessing for Yuan Ming to be able to serve Di Gong." Li Rong said.

Di Renjie's trip to the south of the Yangtze River, after making a decision, quietly contacted all forces, and quickly and effectively eliminated the hidden dangers invisibly, which shows the depth of his plan and the breadth of his face, which is not something that can be measured by a simple court official, at least Li Rong can't do it, and he gathered four or five grandmaster-level masters to obey his orders in ten days.

"You and I don't have to be polite, sit down!" Di Renjie said.

The two thousand knights quietly guarded the hatch and watched the movement outside the cabin vigilantly.

"Zhang Guangfu's army has quelled the rebellion of King Yue, and King Yue **** died," Di Renjie said to Li Rong.

"Is King Yue really dead?" Li Rong asked.

Li Rong understood the point of Di Renjie's words. The rebellion has been quelled, and the so-called aftermath work is nothing more than to calm the people's minds and maintain the operation of the government.

Shouzhou is not far from Yuzhou, and it was almost the first to get the news of King Yue. Anyway, Li Rong's first feeling was that he didn't believe in the so-called Yue Wang couple **** and died, it may be possible for a grandmaster to commit suicide without a fight, and two grandmasters to commit suicide together, this kind of thing is simply an insult to the dignity of the grandmaster. At least Li Rong didn't think Zhou Xuan'er would commit suicide.

"This is exactly the task that the Holy Mother and Emperor have given us," Di Renjie said, "to find out whether Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is alive or dead. ”

"That means King Yue is not dead?" Li Rong asked.

In the document that Zhang Guangfu reported to the imperial court, it was written that the king of Yue and his wife **** died, so as not to be used by people with intentions to rebel in the name of the king of Yue. The Holy Mother Divine Emperor also recognized this, but King Yue still wanted to find out what was going on and what happened to King Yue. Di Renjie said.

"How could one Grandmaster, no, two Grandmasters, cowardly commit suicide?" Li Rong said.

"King Yue is forbearant and will not be **** because of a momentary wreck. However, as a grandmaster, why did he use fake death to escape? "Di Renjie can't figure it out here.

"I must have been seriously injured and had to do this." Li Rong guessed.

Wu Zetian knew the identity of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, how could he not send his masters to besiege Li Zhen and eliminate this great hidden danger.

"Perhaps." Di Renjie said.

"But at this time, it has been nearly a month since the fall of King Yue, and when we arrived in Yuzhou, Li Zhen would have long since fled to somewhere." Li Rong frowned.

The speed of the master running is faster than that of the galloping horse, and a grandmaster like Li Zhen is doing his best, and it is a bit exaggerated to travel thousands of miles a day, and it is definitely not a problem to run hundreds of miles. A month was enough time for Li Zhen and his wife to flee to any part of the empire and go into hiding.

"Finding King Yue is just an incidental task, and I'll see you when you get to Yuzhou." Di Renjie said, "A Yue King is actually insignificant, but if Zhang Guangfu and Qiu Shenji are killing people in Yuzhou and killing innocents indiscriminately, things will be in trouble." ”

When Qiu Shenji pacified Bozhou, he slaughtered the officials of Bozhou, which caused many officials in the imperial court to look sideways, although he didn't dare to say anything, he privately scolded Qiu Shenji for ignoring human life and being a bloody executioner.

Di Renjie didn't want the incident in Bozhou to repeat itself in Yuzhou.

Li Rong nodded.

In this era, with clan relations as a link, it is not uncommon for thousands of heads to fall to the ground if such a rebellious crime is committed and the three clans are to be punished.

It would be better if he could see King Yue's Mountain-Destroying Fist, and understanding the principle of the Mountain-Destroying Fist's rigidity and softness would be of great help to his martial arts.

Ninety miles southwest of Yuzhou city is Langshan County, one of the twelve counties under the rule of Yuzhou, there is Langling Mountain in the northwest of the county, the scenery is beautiful.

A deserted valley in the Langling Mountains, where the grass is green and wildflowers are abundant, and it seems that it is not affected by the late autumn season, and still maintains a rare greenery.

There are more than a dozen walnut trees of one thickness and one thickness growing in the valley, and in late autumn, the trees are full of walnuts that are about to ripen.

Two of the largest walnut trees stand on top of two huts made of logs, where the long-disappeared Yue King Li Zhen, the saint Zhou Xuan'er and the young son of the Yue King, Li Gui, are hiding. The charred corpses left in Yuzhou City that day were pre-arranged stand-ins.

"The Heavenly Demon Qi of the Heavenly Demon Sect is really difficult, with Xuan'er's help, it took more than a month to get rid of it, and it will take half a year to recuperate if you want to recover from your injuries." Li Zhen stood up from the couch and said.

"Lai Junchen is one of the elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and he has the true inheritance of the Heavenly Demon Secret, and the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Gong is only under Wu Zetian and the Demon Monk Huaiyi, and it is a fluke that you can escape with a punch from him." Zhou Xuan'er said.

On that day, Li Zhen attacked Zhang Guangfu's Chinese army with 3,000 elite cavalry, causing chaos in the army for a while. Li Zhen and Zhou Xuan'er took the opportunity to rush to the big tent of the Chinese army and tried to kill Zhang Guangfu, but who knew that the demon monk Huaiyi and Lai Junchen were ambushed by the side, and Li Zhen and the two were forced to retreat. In order to cover Zhou Xuan'er's retreat, Li Zhen was also punched by Lai Junchen in a hurry.

Li Zhen was already injured, and was injured again, and after returning to Yuzhou, he had no choice but to take Zhou Xuan'er and Li Gui to fake his death and escape.