"Wechen don't dare"

Wu Sansi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, the saint had been shaken, and he was no longer sure that the assassination was planned by himself.

Wu Zetian waved his hand, "Stand down, finish the Ming Hall as soon as possible, I can't wait." ”

"Wechen will do his best"

Wu Sansi saw hope in the last sentence, as long as he repaired the Ming Hall as soon as possible, then even if the Holy Lord found out the truth, he would spare himself once because of the credit for rebuilding the Ming Hall.

He bowed and slowly retreated, and when Wu Sansi withdrew from the imperial study, Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward and said, "Wan'er recommends the servant Yu Shi Xu Yougong to investigate the assassination of King Luling."

Wu Zetian understood what she meant, it was best to avoid Lai Junchen's henchmen, Xu Yougong was indeed good, fair and strict, and he was a rare good official.

However, Wu Zetian had her own ideas, she pondered for a moment, and smiled at Shangguan Wan'er: "For the investigation, I will arrange someone else, so Wan'er doesn't need to recommend it." ”

"It was Wan'er who went back first. ”

Wu Zetian nodded, pointed to a pile of scrolls next to him, Shangguan Wan'er understood, and asked a eunuch to come in and pick up the scrolls and retired.

Back in her room, Shangguan Wan'er felt really uncomfortable in her heart, in fact, the saint knew very well that the assassination was done by Wu Sansi, and questioning him in front of him was just pretending.

Where did she really want to punish Wu Sansi, and she suggested that Xu Yougong should investigate, but she refused, wasn't she afraid that the assassination case would really be found out was committed by Wu Sansi?

Shangguan Wan'er realized that the saint didn't really praise Li and belittle Wu, she still wanted to find a balanced path between Li Wu, and she still had to protect Wu in her bones, in Shangguan Wan'er's opinion, in order to realize her dream of Li Wu ruling the Tang Dynasty, this road was really long and difficult.

At this time, the maid Xiao'e reported outside the door: "Sheren, Imperial Doctor Yao is here"

"Let Him In"

After a while, Yao Xi walked into the room quickly, bowed down and said, "Humble duty is seen as a housekeeper."

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, she took a letter from the table and said with a smile: "I asked Imperial Doctor Yao to come over, I want to ask you to send a letter for me." ”

After nearly eight days of long journey, the convoy of Li Xian, the king of Luling, finally arrived in Luoyang, as soon as the night fell, they chartered an inn near Longmen to stay, although it was only twenty miles away from Luoyang City, but when they arrived at Luoyang City, the city gate should have been closed, so Li Xian decided to stay outside the city for one night, and enter the city early tomorrow morning.

Li Zhen's guest room is on the second floor, he lives in a room alone, next door is Di Yan and Zhao Qiuniang share a room, these nights have not slept well, plus a day of walking, Li Zhen is really a little tired, into the house and lay down on the bed, the inn is surrounded by the tent of five hundred soldiers, he is not worried about assassins.

Li Zhen was just about to fall asleep, but someone knocked on the door outside, "Lao Li, there is something urgent"

It was Di Yan's voice, Li Zhen groaned in pain, and had to get up again, open his sleepy eyes, and open the door, "Ah Yan, aren't you resting?" Li Zhen yawned loudly.

"Brother Zhen, it's me"

This is a small voice, Li Zhen looked closely, and saw a thin man standing next to Di Yan, isn't it small?

"Imperial Doctor Yao, why did you come here?" Li Zhen couldn't help but smile and asked.

"Brother Zhen, I have something important to tell you."

Li Zhen saw that he was anxious, so he nodded, "Come in and talk."

Yao Xi walked into the room, and Di Yan also followed in, she was very curious, wondering what was the matter with Yao Xi?

As soon as Yao Xi entered the room and sat down, Li Zhen smiled and said, "You should know what I care about the most." ”

Yao Xi smiled bitterly and said, "If you are not here, can we still win?" Although Dou Xianyun did not play, we still lost 3-5, and the opponent's strength was too strong.

The loss was expected by Li Zhen, and the difference in strength was there, but Li Zhen still had a hint of illusion, maybe Dou Xianyun did not play to make the Qianqi Battalion play abnormally, while his own team played abnormally, but Yao Xi's words broke his illusion.

"But it's not bad"

Li Zhen smiled with relief: "I was able to score three goals and only concede two, which is better than I expected, at least not too embarrassing." ”

"The key is that the fat brother played too well, he scored three goals, and he also blocked two goals that must be scored, and after the game, Shengshang personally rewarded him and rewarded him with a pair of white jade and five hundred yuan. ”

Li Zhen was very surprised, he didn't expect the fat man to have such an outstanding performance, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "This kid made a windfall in this competition, and he must treat him when he goes back."

At this time, Di Yan brought two cups of tea, Yao Xi took a sip of hot tea, took out the letter in his arms and handed it to Li Zhen, "This is the letter that Shangguan Sheren asked me to pass on to you." ”

Li Zhen immediately opened the letter and read it, his face changed slightly, and then he put away the letter and asked with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

Yao Xi hesitated, "There is one more thing I don't know whether to say or not, my master told me, but I think what he meant was to let me reveal it to you." ”

Li Zhen smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "If it's inconvenient for you, then don't say it." ”

Yao Xi thought about it, but still said in a low voice: "Regarding the entry of King Luling into Beijing this time, my master said that it was actually Gao Yanfu who persuaded the saint, and he happened to be present at the time. ”

Gao Yanfu? Li Zhen was slightly stunned, he really didn't expect it to be Gao Yanfu, you must know that this time the King of Luling entered Beijing is not a good thing, there is a matter of Wei's private equity Zhuang Ding and Xingtang Society, the saint will only control Li Xian more strictly, and even directly put him under house arrest.

But how could it be Gao Yanfu? If it was Wu Sansi or Lai Junchen, it would still be reasonable, but Gao Yanfu was a little too much to say.

Li Zhen's mind suddenly moved, as if he had thought of something, he pondered for a moment and asked Yao Xi, "Is there anything else?"

Yao Xi shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with it." ”

Li Zhen smiled: "You can live here with me tonight, let's have a good chat with our brothers." ”

"Probably not tonight"

Yao Xi scratched his head, "I'm on duty in the second half of the night tonight, and I have to rush back." ”

"Now the gates are closed."

"Okay, I'm out of the city on official business, I have a royal doctor gold medal, and I can go in and out of the city at night. ”

"Okay then, I won't keep you, you go back and watch out for yourself. ”

Yao Xi hurriedly said goodbye and left, and when Li Zhen sent Yao Xi back, he found that Di Yan was still in his room, so he smiled and said, "Can't you sleep?"

"I used to be very sleepy, but now I'm not sleepy, tell me, what did she write in her letter to you?"

Li Zhen knew that Di Yan cared about Shangguan Wan'er very much, so he took out the letter and handed it to her, "See for yourself"

"This is a letter to you, I see what it is, so I don't read it"

Having said that, Di Yan still reluctantly accepted the letter, "This is what you want me to see, I don't want to read it." ”

She opened the letter and glanced at it, but soon she was attracted by the content of the letter, and asked in surprise: "Won't Junchen come to Fangzhou to arrest Yang Tingshi?"

Li Zhen sighed slightly, "I know that Lai Junchen is a person who will never give up until he achieves his goal, and his sudden departure from Fangzhou is definitely not a sign of weakness, I thought it was because King Luling was summoned to Beijing, but now it seems that he still refuses to give up investigating the Xingtang Society, so he returned to Beijing to ask for an order to arrest Yang Pei." ”

"What will happen if he catches Yang Tingshi?" Di Yan asked worriedly.

"I don't know, but if Yang Pei can't survive the punishment, he may bite out a lot of people, especially the royal family, I'm afraid everyone will be in danger. ”

"So what do we do?"

Li Zhen thought for a while, stood up and said, "I have to discuss this matter with King Luling, listen to what he means, and I'll go to Li Chongrun first." ”

He walked out of the door quickly, and Di Yan looked at his back, a little worried in his heart.

Half an hour later, Li Chongrun found Li Zhen again, and he handed a note to Li Zhen, "This is a text message from my father to you, burn it after reading it." ”

Li Zhen opened the note and looked at it, he nodded, Li Xian's thoughts were exactly the same as his, he immediately put the note on the oil lamp and lit it, watching it burn to ashes, Li Chongrun gave him a deep salute: "It's about the safety of my father and the royal family, everything is entrusted to Commander Li." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, "I will do my best." ”

Li Chongrun left, Li Zhen immediately got up to pack his belongings, at this time, Di Yan appeared at the door, she had already changed into a samurai uniform, carrying a small package in her hand, and walked in with a smile, "If I'm not mistaken, you want to slip away overnight, right?"

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, "You really know me, I planned to say goodbye to you later." ”

"Say goodbye and don't need to. Di Yan raised the small package in her hand and smiled proudly: "This girl has already packed up, you want to say goodbye to Senior Sister Qiu Niang, when will we leave?"

Li Zhen looked at her helplessly, this time he really didn't want Di Yan to go with him, it was too dangerous, but he also knew that it was useless to wear out his mouth, so he had to nod, "I'll leave immediately"

After a short time, Li Zhen and Di Yan took out the war horses from the stable, and the two turned over on their horses, urging the horses to leave the inn and gallop southward, and after a while, the two gradually disappeared into the night.

Chengdu, here is the station of the Jiannan Provincial Supervision Zone, and there is a branch of the Yushitai, which is also the reason why Lai Junchen came to Shuzhong first, and then entered Fangzhou from Shuzhong.

In the underground cell of Chengdu Yushitai, there were bursts of heart-rending screams from time to time, in an interrogation room full of bloody atmosphere, Yang Pei, the assassin of Fangzhou, was scarred all over his body, was hung upside down on a huge iron hook, two prison guards with big shoulders and round waists were naked, and took turns to insert a red-hot iron chisel into his body, bursts of green smoke came out, and the cell was filled with a pungent mushy smell, Yang Pei was tortured to death, screamed, and finally fainted.

Lai Junchen stood in front of the cell, staring at Yang Pei coldly, after he encountered a major setback in Fangzhou, he knew that his strength was too weak to investigate such a case as Xingtanghui, so he rushed back to the capital overnight, and secretly asked Wu Zetian, the son of heaven, for a new will, and started to investigate from Yang Pei, the assassin of Fangzhou.

Although Lai Junchen has the factor of revenge against Yang Pei, but at the same time, he also suspects that Yang Pei is related to the Xingtang Society.

For example, the bizarre disappearance or death of several people was obviously wiped out, and for example, the boy found a bronze medal at the scene, and what Lai Junchen saw in the evidence was the brand of 'Wujiangtang, but according to his special understanding from Wu Sansi, last year, the people of Wujiangtang came to Fangzhou without any bronze medal, and the bronze medal was obviously forged, and Lai Junchen suspected that it should actually be the bronze medal of the Xingtang Society.

This Yang Pei doesn't care whether he is a member of the Xingtang Society or not, but he is very likely to be related to the Xingtang Society, so Lai Junchen decided to break through from Yang Pei.

At this time, Wan Guojun, who was in charge of interrogating Yang Pei, stepped forward and said, "Qi Yu came to Zhongcheng, he fainted again. ”

"Wake Him Up with Cold Water"

Wow, a bucket of cold water was poured on Yang Pei, Yang Pei slowly woke up, and at this time, Lai Junchen walked up to Yin: "If Yang Tingshi doesn't recruit again, don't blame me for coming up with real means."

Yang Pei said in a low voice: "I don't know...... Xingtang will, you let me. Recruit what?"

"Okay, then I'll fulfill you. ”

Lai Junchen waved his hand, "Bring the fire urn up"

In a moment, several black warriors carried a large brazier, and installed a shelf on the brazier, on which a huge clay urn hung up.

"Stuff him in"

Lai Junchen gave an order, several warriors relieved Yang Pei, and stuffed him from the mouth of the urn with seven hands and feet, the mouth of the urn was covered with a cloth, and Lai Junchen smiled at Yang Pei inside the mouth of the urn: "This is the wonderful punishment invented by Zhou Xing back then, specifically to deal with the so-called tough guy like you who refuses to speak, and then slowly roast it over low heat, and roast you little by little, depending on whether you recruit or not?"

At this time, there was a muffled scream in the urn, Lai Junchen was stunned, and immediately tore the cloth covering the mouth of the urn, only to see that Yang Pei's mouth in the urn was full of blood, he actually chewed his tongue, Lai Junchen was anxious and angry, he used the fire urn just to scare Yang Pei, how could he really kill him, he immediately shouted: "Find a doctor to save him immediately, don't let him die"

Several black warriors smashed the urn, dragged Yang Pei out, lay flat on the ground, opened his mouth, strangled him with a rope, and cleaned him with medicine.

Since Yang Pei refused to confess, then he was ready to use another means, he came to write a confession and forcibly let Yang Pei draw a confession.

"Heal his injuries first, and call me when the injuries are healed"