As soon as he entered Luoyang, Li Rong separated from Di Renjie with a thousand knights, and returned to the camp to charge the Yuan Xing. Qianqi's trip successfully completed the task of guarding Di Renjie to calm the south of the Yangtze River, and stabilized Shouzhou and Yuzhou, which can be described as a huge merit, and he must be rewarded according to the rules.

"Yuan Ming, you are so bold that you actually let go of King Yue?" Yuan Xingchong said to Li Rong, who had arranged for the soldiers to enter the camp and came to the official hall.

The guards guarding the door stood ten zhang away, and Yuan Xing rushed to the door to guard the door, so as not to hear the conversation of the people in the hall.

"The Yue Wang couple committed suicide on the day the city of Yuzhou was broken, and I was still in Shouzhou at that time?" Li Rong said seriously.

There are some things that can't be said on the table, if you really want to admit that letting go of King Yue is a great crime of treason, Wu Zetian will definitely not spare him.

"It's okay to talk about this kind of thing in the court, will Her Majesty the Holy Mother believe it? You have angered Xue Huaiyi and Lai Junchen, the two grandmasters, and Huaiyi is ready to give you a good look. Yuan Xingchong said with a smile.

"I don't have to worry about a lot of debts, and I don't have to itch a lot of lice," Li Rong said, "Besides, I just want someone to try the Dragon Yin Knife, as long as Huaiyi doesn't pull down his face and shoot." ”

"You're a lot more domineering," Yuan Xingchong said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, your cultivation has made progress again, and you have defeated the Hidden Bat, that's the Seventh Rank Grandmaster, I haven't been a master when you're so old?" ”

"It's just a fluke, if it weren't for the fact that he fought fiercely with people for half a day and consumed too much true qi, I wouldn't be his opponent." Li Rong said modestly.

"That's also rare, after this battle, the younger generation should respect you." Yuan Xingchong said.

"By the way, what will the Holy Mother and Emperor do with me?" Li Rong asked.

"After all, this is just the words of Chen Jiayan and others, and it cannot be confirmed, even if the Holy Mother and Emperor are dissatisfied, they will not punish you for this. On the contrary, because of your previous contribution in Shouzhou, you were promoted several levels in a row and served as the general of Zuojin Wuwei. Yuan Xingchong said, handing over an appointment document from the ministry.

"What about Qiu Shenji?" Li Rong took the paperwork and asked casually.

"Qiu Shenji has made meritorious contributions to pacifying the rebellion of Li Chong, the king of Langya, and has been promoted to the Xia official Shangshu, and has been in charge of the Luantai of the Fengge Pavilion." Yuan Xingchong said with a smile.

"Rising brightly and descending secretly," Li Rong did not make a sound.

For Qiu Shenji, this is a pretty good promotion, not only in charge of the military, but also in the cabinet as a minister, although the position in the cabinet is relatively low. The disadvantage is that the loss of the right to patrol the streets of Luoyang guards, there are both pros and cons, and it is really difficult to choose.

Making great contributions and entering the cabinet is the preferential treatment of military generals by the imperial court, and it is also a customary promotion, which can approach the core of power step by step. Wu Zetian didn't want the Qiu family to control the underground forces in Luoyang, and it was reasonable to transfer Qiu Shenji, and the means she used were high-sounding, making it impossible to find the slightest omission, and once again showed her superb skill in controlling power.

"General Qiu is very high-minded, and this time he can be regarded as having what he wants. However, there is one thing you have to pay attention to, Qiu Shenji has broken through to the eight-rank subtle realm, and he thinks that it was Li Rong who killed his son, and swore to take revenge. Yuan Xingchong said.

"Really?" Li Rong said disapprerovingly, "It seems that there is no shortage of trouble there." I'll take notice. ”

After reporting to Yuan Xingchong, Li Rong returned home, saw Li Hui, told Li Hui about his trip to Jiangnan, and told him in detail about meeting King Yue.

"King Yue's defeat is reasonable, he himself knows it. However, if you let King Yue go, you will definitely anger the Heavenly Demon Sect, so you have to be careful in the future. It is worth it no matter how you say it to be able to get King Yue to teach you the Mountain Destroying Fist, and it is very helpful for you to fuse the two true qi. Li Hui listened and said in a deep voice.

The father and son stayed up all night, deducing the key points of the Mountain Destroying Fist, and integrating the method of using the true qi of the Mountain Destroying Fist into Li Rong's own exercises, so that the true qi of King Kong and the true qi of soft water could become one perfectly.

The night passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Hui felt a little tired, after all, it was not before. Li Rong saw that he was busy and ordered someone to cook ginseng tea and hand it to Li Hui himself.

Li Hui took the ginseng tea and drank it all, "I'm old, time is short, and I can't see my son raise his eyebrows and reach the peak of martial arts in the future." ”

"Father?" Li Rong frowned and said.

"The life span of a human being is destined by God, and I have lived nineteen years longer than your mother, and there is nothing to be satisfied with. It's just that there are some things that are not done, and I hope you can fulfill my wish. Come, the affairs of the family must be explained to you clearly. Li Hui said.

As he spoke, Li Hui got up and pushed open the bookshelf, and the smooth ground revealed a deep hole, and he walked down the stairs and entered the cave.

Li Rong followed closely behind and got down the tunnel.

The tunnel is not deep, and it can be called a large basement. In the basement, there are several bookshelves neatly arranged, on which are placed beautifully bound scrolls, which are held in sturdy cloth bags and labeled, with the names of the Heavenly Demon Sect, the Heavenly Corpse Sect, and the Shaolin Temple written on them.

"These are all martial arts classics that my Li clan has collected for hundreds of years, and they are available in all sects, and some are even more complete than the original sects. Of course, there are more fragments, which can only be used for human enlightenment. Li Hui said, with a flick of his fingers, the wind flashed, and the oil lamps on the four walls lit up, illuminating the room.

"A hundred years of the Li royal family's collection?" Li Rong noticed that there was something strange about what his father said.

"My Li Tang royal family originated from Li Wei, the king of Xiliang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and rose in the period of the Great Unification Li Hu ranked among the eight pillars, and now Gaozu, Taizong, and Gaozong have ruled the world for three hundred years. The Li family can continue to carry forward the prosperity because of the hard work of the clansmen in the past generations, of course, with ambition alone, without careful planning and practical action, the Li family can not stand out, surpass other families, and ascend to the throne. The establishment of secret organizations, the collection of intelligence, and the training of masters are among the very important innovations. Li Hui walked to the desk in the center of the basement and said endlessly.

"You're talking about Xuanwu," Li Rong said, "Xuanwu isn't dead, the predecessor of the current snake spirit. ”

The snake spirit organization came from Xuanwu, and Li Ruoxue was originally one of the leaders of the Xuanwu organization.

"If Xuanwu is wiped out so easily, my Li family will continue to grow in a hundred years?" Li Hui said proudly, "Xuanwu is divided into two parts, light and dark, and the part on the bright side is the predecessor of today's snake spirit, and the last generation of Xuanwu is the secret king Li Yuanxiao." The secret part is for the Father. ”

"Father, I have a question, I heard that when Xuanwu attacked and killed the Queen Mother, you were on the side of the Queen Mother and were seriously injured, why didn't you join forces with Xuanwu?" Li Rong asked.

Between the father and son, there is not much attention to when they speak, and there are some hidden taboos involved between the words.

"First, due to strength, the Demon Gate has formed an unprecedented alliance under the control of the Empress Yuanhua, the Great Master of the Nine Grades, and there are enough masters to crush Xuanwu. The second is that I think that the Queen Mother at most wants to learn from the Han Dynasty and the Empress Lu, and listen to the government, and it is acceptable to temporarily deal with the government with the ability of the Queen Mother. When she passed away, the emperor was in power, and the country was still the same. Who knew that the Queen Mother would have the idea of calling the emperor the emperor? Li Hui said with a hint of bitterness.

Wu Zetian's thoughts of being the emperor are well known in today's court, but when Gaozong died, who would have thought that there was such a scene today, and that there was a woman as the emperor in the world?

Li Rong pouted, disapproving, who said that women are inferior to men. Wu Zetian's experience is truly unprecedented, and there is no one who has come after, and she is the only one who ascended the throne in thousands of years of Chinese history.

"It's a big mistake, and it's irreparable," Li Hui sighed, "Fortunately, the Queen Mother has left two princes, and I, Li Tang, still have hope of resuming the throne, and now that my father's life is not long, you have to take on this task, so that I will not be worthy of the ancestors of the Li family." ”

"Father, please rest assured, even if the Queen Mother is called the emperor and the dynasty is built, there is no possibility for the next generation of the martial family to replace Li Tang, and I will not let him do anything." Li Rong said categorically.

"That's reassuring for my father, in fact, this is also a tempering. If you want to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, battles are inevitable. In the future, there will be opponents for you to choose from," Li said.

Li Rong nodded sympathetically. The emperor's throne means the supreme power in the world, and Wu Zetian, the eighth-rank grandmaster, cannot be exempt from its temptation, not to mention Wu Chenghei, Wu Sansi and other power prisoners, as well as Qiu Shenji, Wei Mingcheng and other ambitious people who are eyeing power, and they don't have to worry about having no opponents.

"In addition to the martial arts classics collected by Xuanwu, there are also details of many forces under our control, as well as various information, which you need to carefully select and use." Li Hui said.

Li Rong listened, picked up a volume of documents on the bookcase, and swept it with big eyes, which was actually information about Jin Wuwei, listing the family backgrounds and experiences of many generals of Jin Wucheng.

"You're about to take up the post of Jin Wuwei, this is something I asked people to sort out about the Jin Wuwei general, I hope it will help you." Li Hui saw Li Rong pick up the document and said.

"Thank you, Father." Li Rong said.

"How do you think you can regain the throne?" Li Hui asked suddenly.

"Wait for the Queen Mother to get old." Li Rong said.

Whether it is the history of the previous life or the experience in this life, it tells Li Rong that Wu Zetian's rule at this time is deep-rooted, and his power is like the sky, and it is simply delusional to challenge her authority and overthrow her rule, and he will definitely run into blood.

"Hmm!" Li Hui no longer looked at it and nodded helplessly.

In comparison, Wu Zetian's power based on the Demon Gate is indeed not small, but it is not greater than the sum of the forces of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism and the family, but Wu Zetian's vertical and horizontal efforts have made all forces reach a relative balance, and no one can easily break this balance, and no one can challenge Wu Zetian's authority.

This kind of political talent is very rare and rare in the past, especially when it appears in a woman.