The next day, the officers and soldiers saw Xiang Lu coming out of the room and immediately understood the relationship between the two.

Xiang Lu helped Liji into the carriage and ordered the team to hurry back to Luoyang, Liji lay in Xiang Lu's arms, wanting to tell him his secret, but he didn't dare to say it. Liji thought: Back in Luoyang, I can have a tryst with Xiang Lu, but I must not be his wife and concubine, otherwise, the Empress Wu will definitely attack me.

In the Luoyang court, Empress Wu said to the ministers below: "This palace heard that there is a dragon next to Luoshui, and this is a beast from the sky." The main palace decided to hold a dragon ceremony on the shore of Luoshui three days later. ”

The ministers all knelt down and congratulated. Among them, Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, lowered his head, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and held the letter sent to Empress Wu by Xiang Lu tightly in his hand.

As a result, the craftsmen rushed to make the ceremony tools overnight, and the soldiers were also stationed in advance.

Three days later, the people of Luoyang gathered beside the falling water to watch the grand ceremony of the martial queen to worship the dragon.

Empress Wu slowly walked to the Jinglong platform near Luoshui, bowed to Luoshui San in the drum music, and then prepared to offer incense.

At this time, a reflective substance on the west side of Luoshui quickly spread to the wide Luoshui, and people all looked at Wuhou, so no one noticed anything wrong.

A child was irritated by the light of the lake and said, "Mom, there's something on the lake." ”

The child's mother covered the child's mouth and whispered, "The queen of heaven respects the dragon, and she can't speak." ”

The substance gradually spread to Jinglongtai, and the Empress Wu stood in the center of the platform and beckoned to the people, and the people shouted: "Long live!" ”

Suddenly, a fireball was thrown into Luoshui, and with a "bang", the demon fire quickly jumped up in Luoshui.

Empress Wu saw that there was a fire on the water in front of her, she was stunned at first, the fire rushed towards her very quickly, Empress Wu was not afraid, she was surprised, and shouted: "The dragon is about to appear!" ”

Seeing that the fire was about to rush to the stage, at this moment, Xiang Lu rode a horse, he rushed to the Jinglong platform, dragged the martial queen away, and dragged her more than a dozen steps.

Empress Wu saw that her shoes had fallen off, and she had lost face, and shouted, "Who is it? This palace will kill it. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jinglongtai "banged" loudly, and the whole platform exploded.

The crowd on both sides of the strait was suddenly chaotic, the soldiers hurriedly guarded up, Empress Wu was startled, Xiang Lu also let go of her hand, Empress Wu said silently: "This palace will not kill, this palace will reward it." ”

Xiang Lu dismounted, knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, it's too late for the minister's rescue." ”

When Empress Wu saw that Xiang Lu had saved herself, she said, "It's not too late, there is a Qing family in this palace, and God really helps me." ”

Empress Wu returned to the palace and said angrily: "Arrest the craftsman who built Jinglongtai for me, I must find out the real culprit in this matter." ”

Empress Wu calmed down, looked at Xiang Lu again, and said, "Qing has a meritorious service in rescuing the driver, and this palace wants to reward you." From today on, Sima Xianglu replaced Taiping as the commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Guard, and was treated at the same level as the three rank members of the court. ”

Xiang Lu immediately knelt down to thank him, and the minister of the central government glanced at Xiang Lu Gao, not daring to offend him.

"Sima Qing's family, your father Sima Yu was killed one day, and this palace recently found out that he may have been wronged. If you find out about Luoshui's case, this palace will return your father's innocence. ”

When Xiang Lu heard this, he thanked him: "The minister must find out the case for the Queen Mother, and live up to the Queen Mother's trust." ”

Empress Wu returned to the harem angrily, and Li Yuanjia had a cold sweat on his face, he knew that Xiang Lu was not a mediocre talent, and he had to inform the people in the Taoist Society to destroy the evidence early, and he could not be allowed to find out about himself.

Sure enough, before Xiang Lu checked, the craftsman in charge of Jinglongtai hanged himself, looked at Lu, and saw that the marks on his neck were messy, and he knew that the craftsman was forcibly hung on the beam of the house and strangled to death.