During the Wu anniversary, that is, from 690 to 705 AD, Wu Zetian established power. Wu Zetian deposed Tang Ruizong Li Dan as emperor, attacked the name of the Zhou Dynasty, changed the name of the country to Zhou, set the capital of Shendu, changed the Yuan Tianzhu, and was known as Wu Zhou in history.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the world. Someone was not convinced by the female dictatorship, and quietly, a mysterious assassination plan began to brew.

The territory of the Shendu is very lively, and a group of merchants from the Western Regions wrapped in aprons are riding their horses and driving cars to step through the main road of the Shendu, which is the road to the palace.

This group of people held invitations in their hands, and took the lead in riding a tall white horse, majestic, and the guards of the Shendu quickly checked and let this group enter.

Vocal music was everywhere in the palace, and the red carpet was rolled out to the palace gate, only to hear the Guan Si shouting in his voice, the envoy of the Western Regions came to see the emperor, and wished my emperor long live.

From the top of the staircase walked out a person dressed in golden color, with a pair of pythons staggered on his chest, eight dragon claws highlighting his eyes, and a golden phoenix crown on his head. This is Wu Zetian, the son of the Tang Dynasty.

A thick sound swirled. "See you."

A few people from the Western Regions unloaded the cart, and a few strong soldiers unloaded the boxes on the cart. Brought to the emperor, all the courtiers discussed, this is the birthday of the Son of Heaven, what can the people of the Western Regions take to offer to the emperor.

As soon as the lid of the box was opened, the audience was shocked, and the huge Tianshan Snow Lotus shocked everyone's eyes.

These people from the Western Regions spoke in Chinese, which they were not fluent in.

"My king perceives that the Heavenly Empire is so gracious to me that I hereby offer our heavenly relics of hundreds of years of heavenly mountains, Tianshan Ice Grass, may the Heavenly Dynasty be eternal and the emperor will live long."

After speaking, the emperor was overjoyed, "Promote the household, reward 1,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and 500 pieces of silk." ”

The envoy of the Western Regions stood aside, and the other courtiers came to the table one after another.

Suddenly, someone quietly crept into the crowd and whispered something to a slightly fat old man, whose eyes shone brightly, and his face became a little pale. He said something to the one who came to report it, and withdrew.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

In the meantime, the old man wore an official hat, quietly slipped behind the people, raised his legs and walked towards the main hall, and glanced at the emperor, who played a round and went to meet the old man.

In a side hall of the main hall, the two of them talked.

"Huaiying, what's so urgent?"

"Back to the emperor, the emperor doesn't know that there is a problem with the envoys from the Western Regions on this trip!"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"According to the informant of the Ministry of Industry, there are indeed envoys from the Western Regions who came to meet with a century-old snow lotus, but Your Majesty doesn't know that this group has not arrived at the ...... of the Divine Capital."

"What, I haven't reached the Divine Capital, so who is this person now?" The emperor's face was full of doubt, and his heart was even more worried. Not to mention that this is a suspicious woman.

"This pedestrian died violently in Luo Village, three hundred miles outside the Shendu, the cause of death is unknown, the squire reported to the official, Zeng Tai learned yesterday and sent someone to check, today brought the news back, the pedestrian died unconsciously, now there is no clue, so I reported the matter to me, I didn't expect this pedestrian to come here. What's even more terrifying is that yesterday's corpse was obviously in the morgue, but this morning it disappeared, but this appeared in the main hall again. ”

The emperor muttered in his heart when he was said, in the eyes of this woman, such a miraculous thing is the first time to see it.

"What do you think of Huaiying?" The emperor's question was far-fetched.

"According to the minister, this matter should not be rushed, the emperor will give me three days, and I will definitely give an explanation."

When the emperor saw Di Renjie say this, he was relieved a lot, but in the past few days, it has been difficult to get a good night's sleep.

"Envoys, I don't entertain you well in the Great Zhou, I hope to forgive me, I will entertain you today, please go and taste the craftsmanship of our Shendu, and bring a few more to enjoy the beautiful scenery of my Great Zhou."

"Dare to ask Your Excellency?"

"Under Di Huaiying."

"Oh, don't worry about Mr. Di's work, the two of us have a secret letter to present to the saint in person, and I forgot that Mr. Di helped guide the way."

Seeing that these days have been so normal, it was very normal, but there was a trace of uncertainty in Di Guolao's eyes.

"Please wait a moment, and when Your Majesty finishes dealing with the matter, I will go to Ding, and let me arrange a stop for everyone, and I will visit tomorrow."

The next day, Di Renjie sent someone to invite an envoy from the Western Regions, and the Tang Emperor received him today.

The people who went there found that these people's faces were black for some reason, because they wanted to meet the saint, and they were embarrassed to say that they would let the family wash their faces, and the messenger was also smart, so they said that the emperor asked everyone to go to the bath first, and the people were sleepy and tired along the way, so as to soothe and soothe the spirit.

As soon as these people heard the word bath, they raised their heads sharply and hurriedly said no, it seems that these people are very afraid of bathing. Could it be that this is a habit of the people of the Western Regions? But if I say that it is a saint, if this is not washed, where is the power of heaven?

Deadlift and take them to the bath, this pull doesn't matter, something big happened.

"Oh, it's almost noon, why hasn't this come yet?" Di Renjie wondered in his heart what was going on.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, go and have a look." A servant burst in as if he had lost his wind, and when he saw that the emperor was also in front of him, he did not change his mind for a moment, and he knelt on the ground with a flutter, and could not say a word for a long time.

"You speak slowly."

That's when he gasped.

"Those people are all ...... All dead. ”

After saying that, Di Renjie's face changed, and he got up to check, and the emperor also wore civilian clothes and went to the inn together.

A few people from the Western Regions were lying flat, their eyes were sunken, their faces were dark, and they were busy in front of them.

He wanted to say something, but it was difficult to speak, and the old Di Guo retreated, leaving only the emperor alone.

"Oh, this ......" still doesn't seem to be at ease.

"It's okay, she ......" Di Renjie couldn't introduce the emperor for a while, but he was really embarrassed for the courtiers.

The emperor took it, "I am his student." "Since you're a student, it's reasonable to say it. Di Renjie smiled and didn't say anything.

It's reassuring.

"Master Di, according to the villain's view, these people from the Western Regions have been dead for four days."

"What, it's been four days, and you're going to lose your head if you say the wrong thing." The emperor scolded.

He knelt on the ground with a flutter, "According to Xiao's experience for so many years, it can't be wrong, if you don't believe it, you can ask another one to take a look." ”

"Okay, let's get even, look at what scares you." The emperor's words made Qi Zuo breathe a sigh of relief. But if you think about it, it's wrong, "The emperor has spared you, so you can get up." Di Renjie explained his doubts.

followed a series of kowtows, and he really couldn't believe that the one in front of him was the emperor.

This time the pot exploded, and the people of the Western Regions had been dead for four days, so how did they reach the Divine Capital and offer the Tianshan Snow Lotus to the emperor.

Di Renjie suddenly remembered the servant who had come to deliver the message. The bodies of these four people are all there, why is he missing? The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and according to his experience in solving cases for so many years, an inexplicable uneasiness came to his heart.

Di Guolao personally went to check the corpses of these people, and suddenly, he found that the green tendons of these people's hands were looming, as if something was swimming.

"Bring a knife." He took out the tools in the box.

When Di Renjie was about to cut the green tendons with a knife, he opened his mouth. "My lord, you must not be rash, I found that these four sentences of corpses are different, I'm afraid ......"

Speaking of this work, but a veteran of the battlefield, this person was originally a marching corpse officer in the army, and when he was young, he traveled south and north, dealing with corpses all day long, his ancestors were slightly familiar with medical skills, and this person's qualifications were also intelligent, so many years of experience created his ability to perform autopsies.

The Turks rebelled, and this man had fought hard battles on the frontier for several years with the army, and he was also accustomed to tinkering with some fantastical things, and he had a lot of wisdom in his head.

When Di Renjie heard this, he turned his head and asked, "I'm afraid of what?" ”

He had no choice but to mutter.

"Have you ever heard of the Heart Eater Gu?" Di Renjie was very unfamiliar with this novel term.

I didn't know when I saw the adults, and I didn't make the adults ugly in front of the emperor. The emperor was no stranger to the term.

"Oh, Heart Eater Gu, you mean a worm the size of a silver needle."

He had to admire Wan Feng for this female emperor.

"Oh, Your Majesty, you know it too."

"When Gaozong was alive, his health had not been good, and all the famous doctors in the world were invited, but they were helpless. At that time, the envoy of the Western Regions paid tribute, and learned from this person that there was a kind of insect growing in the Western Regions, called the silverfish mother, like the size of a silver needle, this insect has a particularly strong parasitic ability, its number is extremely rare, and it is parasitic in the snow lotus on the high mountain, but this is also a precious medicinal material, it is said that as long as you catch a wine brewed in the wine for 9981 days, people will rejuvenate after taking it, and have a miraculous effect. I've sent people to look for it for so many years, but to no avail, so I'm just going to do it. ”

Di Renjie interjected, "Why didn't the emperor look for it?" ”

"Oh, I can't find this thing." Wu Zetian sighed helplessly.

"I heard from the people of the Western Regions that this kind of thing was made into an evil thing at some point, and I heard that after being discovered by the people of Miaojiang, it was refined into a witch Gu, which can break through the skin and enter the human body, and finally be controlled by this witchcraft."

After talking about this, Di Renjie seemed to have eyebrows, and the emperor seemed to have some answers in his heart.

"However, these witch-infused people have a fatal problem, that is, they cannot see water, and as long as they touch water, they will definitely die."

As soon as the emperor said this, Di Renjie's heart suddenly brightened, and the clouds dispersed at this time.

"Hmph, I see. Quick, cut his skin open. The elder of the country gave this matter to the servant to do it.

"My lord, it's dangerous to cut it like this, just in case this thing ......"

After that, he went out and asked someone to carry a few large vats, put these corpses in the vat, and then cut the skin with a knife, and sure enough, a kind of swarthy, as big as a silver needle, slipped out, floated in the vat, turned over a few times, and did not move.

"This thing is afraid of water." He said a word.

Surprisingly, the blood that flowed from the bodies of these people from the Western Regions was black.