At night, the streets of Shuozhou City were pitch black, and a cold wind blew, raising the snow on the houses and scattering them in the air! The vermilion lacquer gate of Suiyuan was closed, most of the rooms in the courtyard were dark, and only a few rooms were lit up, Di Renjie was sitting in the study at this time, and suddenly, there was a knock on the door!

"Sir!" Di Chun called softly outside the door!

Di Renjie got up and opened the door of the study, Di Chun bowed and said, "Master, someone is looking for you, saying that there is something important to tell you!" ”

Di Renjie was slightly stunned, and said, "Bring him here to see me!" ”

Di Chun nodded, turned around and left, not much work, Di Chun took a person to Di Renjie's study, Di Renjie looked the person in front of him up and down, was slightly stunned, and said: "You are visiting at night, what is the important thing to find this pavilion?" ”

The man bowed down and said, "Elder Di Ge, I just came to deliver a message, I hope that Elder Ge can go down to see someone!" ”

Di Renjie suddenly looked suspicious and asked, "See someone?" Who is it? ”

The man bowed down and said, "This old Di Ge will naturally know when he sees him, and my master said, please go to Di Ge Lao, because this is about the person who the old man cares about the most!" ”

Di Renjie couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay! Please wait, this pavilion will go with you!" ”

Di Renjie asked Di Chun to call Li Yuanfang, and the two of them followed the man into a carriage parked outside the park!

The carriage walked slowly, about half an hour later, the carriage stopped, Li Yuanfang got out of the carriage with Di Renjie in his arms, Di Renjie looked up, and saw that it was a house no less than the scale of Suiyuan, the man walked to the door, gently buckled the door knocker, and after a while, the door opened a crack, poked out a head, and said a few words to the man, the door opened, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang followed the man into the courtyard!

The lights were on in the main hall of the courtyard, and the man bowed to Di Renjie and said, "Pavilion Elder, please!" ”

After speaking, the man left by himself, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang glanced at each other, and then stepped into the front hall of the main hall!

The two came to the room, but there was no one in the room, Li Yuanfang was looking around nervously, but saw Di Renjie bowing down and said: "Weichen Di Renjie greets Your Majesty, long live!" ”

Li Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, and was stunned, when suddenly there was a clapping sound behind the screen, and a woman's voice came out,

"Di Huaiying, Di Huaiying, you are really an old fox!"

Before the words fell, a woman walked out from behind the screen, Li Yuanfang was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed down: "Minister Li Yuanfang knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

The person who came was the empress Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian raised his hand and said, "Get up and speak!" ”

Li Yuanfang stood up slowly and stood aside respectfully, but what surprised Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang even more was that there was a person walking out behind Wu Zetian, but it was the crown prince Li Xian!

Di Renjie's heart instantly felt a trace of unease, and he saw Li Xian's face pale, standing behind Wu Zetian with his head bowed!

Wu Zetian opened his mouth and said, "Huaiying, how do you know that I invited you here?" ”

Di Renjie bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, in fact, Weichen is also a bold guess, just because the person who came to deliver the message is wearing tiger head golden boots on his feet, which can only be worn by Qianniuwei, then this person must be Qianniuwei, Qianniuwei is His Majesty's personal entourage, so that Qianniuwei can come to deliver the message, except for Your Majesty, Weichen can't imagine that anyone has such courage!" ”

Wu Zetian smiled slightly and said: "Di Huaiying is worthy of being Di Huaiying, I was negligent!" I've already read the report about Shuozhou, Huaiying, you've worked this matter! I never thought that this British prince Li Jingye could cause such harm after his death, fortunately, I have a loyal minister like Huaiying, it stands to reason that I should praise you, but the prince went out of the palace to meet with you privately, but you did not play truthfully, this is the crime of bullying the king, I should also punish you, so the merit will be offset! ”

Di Renjie hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Minister, Di Renjie, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

Wu Zetian waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up!" Huaiying, now the bandit leader has been ambushed, for the sake of the Zheng Dynasty, I decided to escort the bandit leader to the Shendu for trial, I have issued an order, ordered the internal guard pavilion leader Qi Huang to personally lead people to escort the bandit leader into Beijing, Huaiying was ordered to go north for a few months, I should have understood Aiqing's hard work, but at this time Shuozhou is vacant, Shuozhou is a border pass, so I hope Huaiying you stay in Shuozhou for a while, wait for me to find a suitable candidate, after the new assassin Shi arrives, Aiqing will return to Beijing to reinstate! ”

Di Renjie was slightly stunned, and then bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Wu Zetian continued: "Li Yuanfang, the general of Qianniuwei, has always been the captain of the Qincha's guard, capturing the rebels, working hard, and I will have my own reward after returning to Beijing, but Huaiying can't be without the assistance of good generals, Yuanfang will stay with Huaiying for the time being

Here's it! ”

Li Yuanfang bowed and saluted: "Weichen Li Yuanfang thanks Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

Wu Zetian nodded and continued: "I came to Shuozhou this time, it is a top-secret trip, Huaiying don't want to talk about it to outsiders, I will return to the Shendu tomorrow, and I don't have to send it as a gift to the monarch and ministers, okay, you go back!" ”

After speaking, Wu Zetian ordered the two to send the two back to Suiyuan, and when they returned to Suiyuan, Di Renjie had been sullen, thoughtful, Li Yuanfang opened his mouth and asked, "My lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

Di Renjie muttered: "It seems that you and I are probably going to stay in Shuozhou for a while!" ”

Li Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Didn't Your Majesty say that after the new assassin takes office, we can return to Beijing to resume the decree?" ”

Di Renjie smiled slightly and said, "When will this new assassin take office, it's not Your Majesty's decision?" The reason why Your Majesty said this is that I am afraid that we will not be able to go back in a short time! ”

Li Yuanfang was stunned: "My lord, didn't Your Majesty demote you to this place in disguise?" I really don't understand what Your Majesty is trying to do! ”

Di Renjie stroked his long hair lightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty naturally has her intentions in doing this, but now it seems that we all underestimate this woman!" I have to say that Your Majesty can sit firmly in the world as a woman, and Your Majesty's use of this technique of controlling people is quite exquisite! ”

Li Yuanfang nodded as if he didn't understand, and suddenly, Li Yuanfang asked nervously: "My lord, how did Your Majesty know that the prince came to Shuozhou?" ”

Di Renjie was also stunned, pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and went back to his room alone!

Two days later, Di Renjie was sitting in the study reading a book, but Di Chun ran in in a hurry, panting and said, "Master, the divine capital is six hundred miles and the report is urgent!" ”

Di Renjie hurriedly got up, took the paperwork, and quickly finished reading it, Di Renjie was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Di Chun, go and call Yuan Fang and Xiao Ying!" ”

It was not a lot of work, Li Yuanfang and Xiao Ying came to Di Renjie's study, and when they saw Di Renjie's nervous expression, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, Li Yuanfang opened his mouth and asked, "My lord, what are you looking for us for?" ”

Di Renjie handed the document to Li Yuanfang, and said slowly: "I just received an urgent report from the Shendu Six Hundred Miles, the Internal Guard Mansion was attacked on the way to escort the prisoners, the leader of the Internal Guard Pavilion Qi Huang was killed in battle, and the prisoners Tang Yinran, Liu Maoyuan, and Yao Wenyuan were missing......"