Half an hour later, on the mountain road of Qinglong Temple.

Jing Wan'er and Pei Guards rode back to Chang'an, "I don't know how your lord is now." ”

Saying that she was not worried or worried, Jing Wan'er's eyebrows were a little frowned.

Pei Guards just rode forward without saying a word, and the soldiers who had decided before acted in two ways, Jing Wan'er was now beginning to regret it.

Pei Tan is dangerous and uncertain when he returns to Chang'an alone, but in the situation of being watched this morning, they have no time to make more plans. The "Holy Decree" is fake, this trick is simply to injure the enemy by 1,000 and damage 800, and they are now burdened with the crime of falsely preaching the Holy Decree.

Jing Wan'er now just wants to rush back to Chang'an immediately.

——

In the Zichen Palace, Zhongzong's face became more and more ugly, and he interrupted Pei Tan: "I don't want to listen to you anymore. ”

Who wants to hear such a thing.

"Xuanlian is crazy? He's going to kill you? "Obviously, Zhongzong can't be

I believe that the abbot who raised it with one hand will betray him.

Pei Tan suddenly stretched out his hand, slowly untied his clothes, and took off his coat.

Zhongzong's eyes widened.

Pei Tan's chest wound was not properly treated at all, his clothes were covered in blood before, in order not to lose his honor in front of the palace, he just temporarily changed his clothes and entered the palace, and he didn't have time to do other things at all.

"The minister risked his life to meet him, and he was willing to be disposed of by His Majesty."

Zhongzong took a step back, "Are you trying to say that if I want to kill you now, I will be in the hands of those people?" Pei Tan, you are so bold. ”

No emperor dared to admit that he was being treated as a puppet and acting in a manipulative manner. Now Zhongzong's heart can be described as how much anger is burning.

Pei Tan silently put on his clothes, and he didn't say a word.

Zhongzong began to pace in the hall, "You honestly tell me clearly, who dares to do these ghosts behind my back?" ”

Pei Tan said: "Who wants to destroy the Dali Temple trusted by His Majesty and kill the minister of the Dali Temple, this is the government of the court, and the minister does not dare to discuss it." ”

Zhongzong's face alternated red and white: "You! I couldn't help but hold my forehead.

But there are some things, Zhongzong is too powerless, even if he has the heart to rectify the dynasty, but this time the matter of Qinglong Temple still gave him a blow to the head.

Zhongzong pointed to the box, "What about this, what explanation do you want to give me?" ”

Pei Tan looked at the box and said for a while: "Even if Your Majesty sees that the prince is not going well and blames the prince for the death of Concubine De, it will be too cruel to the prince." ”

Zhongzong sank his face: "He is the same as his own father, he is so bold that he dares to touch the concubine, even if it is the former concubine, it is not something he can touch." ”

One is the former imperial concubine, the other is the lonely prince, Zhongzong's sentence also mentions King Teng.

Pei Tan said slowly: "The minister knows that Prince Teng was arrogant and extravagant back then, and he once hurt one of His Majesty's confidants. ”

Zhongzong stared at Pei Tan: "Pei Tan, you never know when to stop." ”

Pei Tan paused: "In Your Majesty's heart, the prince, as the son of King Teng, is naturally the debt of the father and the son, and he will definitely not let the prince go." ”

Zhongzong's face sank even more: "Since you know, do you dare to intercede for him and Concubine De?" ”

Although Pei Tan did not say it explicitly, his attitude made Zhongzong unhappy.

Pei Tan said slowly: "Your Majesty thinks that since Concubine De has escaped from Huigen, why did she choose to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well?" ”

Zhongzong had a cold face, in his opinion, he didn't care at all how Concubine De died, an imperial concubine who betrayed the king, died innocently.

Pei Tan paused, "And Concubine De finally committed suicide by jumping into a well,... It's just to protect the prince. ”

Even if Huigen didn't kill Princess Wang De and let her escape, as long as Concubine De is smart enough, she knows that her death is doomed, and she will not change the ending just because she escaped this time.

Since he knew that he was already going to die, why bother with Li Xiu

Jade. If it is dealt with according to the previous Zhongzong, Concubine Dehui's bones will be gone, and there will not even be a place to be buried.

In this case, Pei Tan understood Li Xiuqi's mood. I would rather do the thing of decorating Concubine De and bringing her back to Chang'an for burial.

Zhongzong sneered: "Even if you bring Concubine De back to Chang'an privately, as Concubine De, she is not worthy of being buried in the imperial mausoleum." ”

Pei Tan knew that Li Xiuqi's real thoughts should not be to bury Concubine De in some imperial mausoleum, but to let Concubine De have a piece of land to live in.

"When the Queen of Heaven asked His Majesty's family to move to Junzhou, His Majesty recalled that more than ten years of walking on thin ice, and the prince's mood now is not the same as that of His Majesty at that time?" Pei Tan slowly raised his head and watched Zhongzong say this.

Now that he has ascended the throne as the emperor, who dares to mention the downfall of Zhongzong now, but when the Queen of Heaven came to the court, everyone who can live to this day knows how terrifying everyone was at that time.

Zhongzong himself will not forget.

Zhongzong was silent and did not speak, without anger or expression.

Pei Tan finally said: "Your Majesty, can you let the prince go for the sake of Concubine De preferring to take the initiative to die to save the face of the royal family?" ”

Between being killed and actively seeking death, it is a person's decision to decide how much to die when all thoughts are lost, ants are still greedy for life.

"You get up." Zhongzong said with a cold face.

Pei Tan has been kneeling on this cold ground for more than an hour, ordinary people have long been unable to hold on, and he is still a person with serious injuries.

Zhongzong's face was not much better, he looked at Pei Tancai and said: "You left Chang'an for six days without authorization, leaving me with a lot of messes, and making the Tang Huguo Temple infamous, Pei Tan, even if I don't kill you, should there be a reason?" ”

Regardless of whether Xuanlian, the abbot, has already done something that betrays the monarch and forgets his righteousness, based on what Pei Tan has done, Zhongzong will not be able to explain to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty if he does not punish him.

Pei Tan slowly stood up: "The minister has asked Wan'er and Pei County to stay in Qinglong Temple, if Wan'er and Pei County fail to bring Xuanlian back, it means that something must have happened in Qinglong Temple, if so, Your Majesty will directly issue an order to announce the real culprit of this case." ”

Zhongzong looked at him: "Are you trying to force me to completely abandon Qinglong Temple?" ”

Tell the world that even the abbot of the Tang Temple is a murderer, is this the subject of the Tang Dynasty, losing confidence in the king?

Pei Tan said: "No, Your Majesty should take advantage of this decree to set up a new abbot to take charge of Qinglong Temple, and in doing so, Qinglong Temple will truly become a sword in the hands of Your Majesty." ”

Zhongzong's eyes moved, and he suddenly looked at Pei Tan with some depth.

The people of the Pei family are all such elegant temperaments, otherwise if Pei Tan said these power tricks, if he gets power, I don't know who is more clever between him and Wei Xuanzhen?

Now, Xuanlian has definitely betrayed Zhongzong, and now the Qinglong Temple has no leader, and Zhongzong wants to subdue Qinglong Temple, this is the best opportunity.

Let's see how Zhongzong weighs it, whether to save face or keep power?

Zhongzong said: "Pei Tan, I sometimes think, was it right or wrong to use you at the beginning?" ”

Pei Tan had no words. After a while, he just bowed his head lightly to the ground and said, "The minister only knows that if he is a minister for a day, he will do his best to share the worries of His Majesty." ”

A good one day as a minister, a lifetime as a king. Zhongzong lost his mind for a moment, and every day in the main hall, there were countless courtiers, who didn't recite this sentence in their mouths, but a few of them could do what they said like Pei Tan.

"I'm tired." Zhongzong turned around.

Pei said: "The minister retired. ”

Zhongzong stared at the box for a long time before he said: "Take this away, since it was brought in by your Dali Temple, it will be handled by your Dali Temple, I don't want to see it again." ”

Pei Tan said in a low voice: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Just when Pei Tan turned around and walked to the door of the hall, he heard Zhongzong say: "I will ask Imperial Doctor Wang to go to Dali Temple to treat you later." ”

Pei Tan paused, and wanted to turn around to look at Zhongzong, but only saw Zhongzong waving his hand and stepping behind the curtain in the hall.

Pei Tan remembered that Zhongzong, he was Taizong's own grandson, and he had witnessed the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Spent under the weight of the queen again

The darkest decades in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

——

Jing Wan'er and Pei Guards hurried back to Dali Temple, but as soon as they entered the city gate, they were already startled by the guards at the city gate.

Especially after they revealed their identities in Dali Temple, the expressions on the faces of the city guards almost shouted to take them down on the spot.

Pei Guard subconsciously held the hilt of the knife. Just returned to the city with great difficulty, is there going to be an accident as soon as you enter the city?

"Take them down." The general's face sank, he really stepped on the iron shoes and had nowhere to go, so he sent himself to the door. In his opinion, the body was found in Pei Tan's carriage, and Dali Temple was in a catastrophe this time, and the two Dali Temple people who had just returned from outside the city would be arrested for anything.

Jing Wan'er felt cold in her heart.

At this moment, suddenly a horse galloped over from the city, and the people on the horse quickly turned over: "The two are Miss Jing and Pei Guard, the prince ordered me to pick you up." ”

Rajah?

These words made the guard's face change as well.

The man smiled slightly, and his bearing was neither humble nor arrogant: "The prince said, everything is taken care of by the palace, and these two of them have something to take to the palace for the time being." ”

The guards at the gates looked at each other.

But one is that the other party is the prince, and Li Xiuqi has already said that the Changle Mansion will bear everything, those guards hesitated for a long time, and finally let Jing Wan'er and Pei guards go with a calm face.

As soon as she entered the city gate, that tension followed Jing Wan'er even more.

And the person who led the way in the palace also turned his head and took them away, and at this moment, it would not work if he didn't follow.

Li Xiuqi is the widow of King Teng, but unfortunately King Teng's fief is in Tengzhou, which is far away from Chang'an. He has always lived in a purchased yard in the eastern suburbs.

The person who led the way dismounted at the door, and there were no groups of servants and maids in this courtyard, and Li Xiuqi was actually standing at the gate waiting for them.

"Come in." Li Xiuqi looked at them.

Jing Wan'er stepped forward, "Lord Wang, what about my lord?" Pei Tan is escorting Li Xiuqi back to Chang'an together, and Li Xiuqi naturally knows what Pei Tan is about.

Li Xiuqi turned around, "Don't worry, I have already sent my cronies to Dali Temple, as long as Pei Siqing goes back, I will inform him that you are here." ”

Pei talks about going back? Jing Wan'er caught the information and her heart was beating, so Pei Tan was not in Dali Temple at all now?

So what does Li Xiuqi mean by bringing them in?