Luoyang, Daming Palace.

"What, haven't you found Huang Gongheng yet?" Sitting on the chair, Wu Zetian looked at Huang Shengyan, the leader of the internal guard who was kneeling under the hall and wearing a Wenshan armor, and asked, On the table in front of her, there was a portrait, this is the portrait of Huang Gongheng given to Wu Zetian by the Jili Khan more than a month ago.

"Your Majesty, the minister has mobilized all his strength, but he still hasn't found any trace of Huang Gongheng, so it's as if he disappeared out of thin air." Huang Shengyan said truthfully in fear, as the chief cabinet leader of the Neiwei Mansion, he knew the emperor's character very well, and the emperor hated this kind of thing the most.

But he could only say this, he thought it was a simple errand, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome, and Huang Shengyan had a huge resentment towards Huang Gongheng in his heart.

"Hmph, disappear into thin air? A big living person will disappear out of thin air, it shouldn't be because you are negligent in your duties and something went wrong. Wu Zetian snorted coldly and said.

When Huang Shengyan heard this, he was shocked, "bang", his head hit the floor, and said: "Look at Your Majesty's Mingjian, the minister will not dare to deceive His Majesty even if he dies, this time the minister not only mobilized all the internal guards of Youzhou and its nearby states and counties, but also launched a search for the forces of the rivers and lakes half a month ago, Huang Gongheng has indeed not appeared in the rivers and lakes for more than two months, and he has never appeared again since he left Youzhou. ”

Wu Zetian stared at Huang Shengyan who was kneeling on the ground, expressionless, and didn't know what she was thinking, although Huang Shengyan didn't look at Wu Zetian directly, he could feel Wu Zetian's gaze fall on him, and beads of sweat dripped down Huang Shengyan's cheeks on the ground.

Who would have thought that Huang Shengyan, the majestic leader of the internal security cabinet, would have such a moment, sometimes he has to feel the power of power, and it is no wonder that so many people do whatever it takes to chase power, this is the charm of power.

"Get up." After a long time, Wu Zetian said that when he heard this, Huang Shengyan's hanging heart was half relieved, and at present, it seems that he should be safe for the time being.

After kneeling for a long time, Huang Shengyan's feet were actually numb, but the fear in his heart made him overcome his body's instinct, and he actually stood up and stood up straight like no one.

"Go down, you have to continue to investigate this matter, I will give you another half a month, even if Huang Gongheng is dead, I will find out his body."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Shengyan hurriedly clenched his fists and said, retreated to the door of the main hall, only then turned around, and quickly left this terrible place, he now has to grasp every second of time, with his understanding of the emperor, if he can't find news of Huang Gongheng within half a month, he is afraid that his life will be lost.

"Appeared out of thin air, but disappeared out of thin air, what a mysterious Huang Gongheng." Facing the empty hall, Wu Zetian muttered to himself.

Before letting Huang Shengyan go to check Huang Gongheng's whereabouts, in fact, Wu Zetian had already sent internal guards to investigate Huang Gongheng's affairs, and the reason was very simple, first, Wu Zetian was so interested in Huang Gongheng, and secondly, the will to reward him had been made, and he wanted to find someone to receive the order.

However, the situation found out by the internal guard was beyond Wu Zetian's expectations, Huang Gongheng appeared as if out of thin air, there was no previous news at all, and the only thing that was certain was that Huang Gongheng's identity document was bought, that is, it was fake.

But then again, this is not too surprising, even in an era of highly developed technology in the 21st century, there are still "black households", not to mention in the Tang Dynasty, Huang Gongheng is obviously one of them.

Every emperor has suspicions, Wu Zetian is no exception, even more serious than any emperor, and in connection with the fact that Huang Gongheng left a book and was unwilling to go to Luoyang to see him, this deepened the doubts in Wu Zetian's heart.

And the solution to the doubt is to find Huang Gongheng and meet him, which is why Wu Zetian asked Huang Shengyan to find Huang Gongheng.

Unwilling to see himself, appearing out of thin air, disappearing out of thin air, and doubtful identity, all of which made Wu Zetian very interested in Huang Gongheng.

……

"Okay, it seems that Huang Shengyan is in a catastrophe this time." Compared with Huang Shengyan's worries, Xiao Qingfang was very happy.

As I said before, in order to limit the rights of the cabinet leaders of the Internal Guard Mansion, the emperor set up one and two deputy and three cabinet leaders, Huang Shengyan is the deputy, he likes to find fault with Xiao Qingfang the most, and secretly spies on Xiao Qingfang several times, if it is not for the snake spirit's subordinates who are elite enough, I am afraid that Xiao Qingfang's identity has been exposed, Xiao Qingfang is eager to find an opportunity to get rid of Huang Shengyan, this opportunity has finally come.

"General Ben really has to thank this fast swordsman for his good death, hahaha." Xiao Qingfang laughed loudly, once Huang Shengyan is dismissed, then her Xiao Qingfang's voice in the internal guard will be greatly enhanced.

Although she still can't act arbitrarily, at least she doesn't have so many constraints on her actions, and the emperor can only rely on her more, which is a good thing, especially when the fifteen-year appointment with his teacher Yuan Tiangang is getting closer and closer.

"Pavilion leader, will this General Huang jump over the wall in a hurry, in order to give the emperor an account and forge a corpse of Huang Gongheng, we have to guard against it." One of Xiao Qingfang's subordinates reminded that this subordinate was not a subordinate of the snake spirit, but a subordinate of Xiao Qingfang in the internal guard.

Hearing this, Xiao Qingfang's laughter stopped abruptly, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "It's not impossible, you immediately send someone to keep an eye on Huang Shengyan, if he dares to deceive His Majesty, he must be crushed to pieces." ”

"It's the Great Pavilion Leader."

Then Xiao Qingfang ordered the snake spirit to secretly monitor Huang Shengyan, and sent two of the six snake heads - moving spirit and changing spirit, she must let Huang Shengyan die this time.

……

Just when some forces in the imperial court were surging for Huang Chong, Di Renjie was appointed by Wu Zetian as the envoy of Jiangnan Province, and went to Jiangnan as a minister to visit the officials in various places to govern the people's livelihood, and Li Yuanfang accompanied him.

黜陟envoy, this is the name of an official in the Tang Dynasty, "黜" has the meaning of derogatory and abolished; "陟" refers to promotion, and "黜陟" as the name suggests refers to the advancement and retreat of officials.

The deposed envoys inspect local officials and report their performance to the department at a higher level, and make recommendations for recommendation or deposition, or they can directly deal with some officials who have violated the law and violated the law, and have the right to dismiss them, send them to prison, or even directly execute them.

Di Renjie still likes private interviews with microservices, and when he came to Huzhou County, Jiangnan Province, even when something strange happened, Di Renjie was naturally involved.

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