Fifty internal guard samurai held a huge wooden log, which was found from the night watchman at the fangmen, which was once the main beam of a house, and now became the mavel of the internal guard samurai, and fifty samurai held the giant wood and waited for Li Zhen's order.

Li Zhen looked at the warriors on both sides, everyone was ready, he nodded and ordered: "Knock on the door"

Fifty samurai ran forward together, only to hear a dull loud noise, and the giant tree with thousands of catties of strength concentrated slammed the gate open, and the two hundred samurai waiting on both sides of the gate rushed into the mansion together.

The loud knock on the door woke dozens of sleeping members of the Goryeo Restoration Association from their dreams, and they didn't know what was going on, they came out of the room one after another, and Jian Dongxi walked out of the house with sleepy eyes and asked in a loud voice, "What happened?"

But I saw a hand stumbling into the courtyard, shouting, "Childe go quickly, someone has come in, ah-" The subordinate screamed, and fell to the ground with an arrow stuck in his back.

Jian Dongxi's face changed greatly, he went back to the house and pulled out his sword from the wall and ran to the backyard, at this time, two hundred and fifty internal guard warriors had already killed in the mansion, many members of the restoration council were unwilling to be captured, drew their swords and resisted stubbornly, but they were stabbed to death by the chaotic sword, the internal guard warriors got Li Zhen's order, and they were ruthless, and in just a moment, more than 20 people were killed by the samurai.

The rest of the members of the Restoration Congress hid in Tibet, or tried to escape over the wall, but they could not escape the encirclement of the internal guards, and in just half an hour, dozens of people were killed or captured, but none of them were able to escape.

Hundreds of torches were lit in front of the gate of Jiang's house, illuminating the front of the gate as if it were day, the nearby residents had been awakened, the timid people were secretly looking at this side from the cracks and windows of the door, and some bold people ran out and stood not far away to watch, and the more people gathered, there were more and more people, and soon there were thousands of onlookers.

At this time, the internal guard soldiers escorted more than 20 people over, and Zhang Li arched his hand and said: "Commander Qiqi, a total of forty-five people, killed twenty-one people, and the remaining twenty-four people were all arrested, and nine other servants were also captured, and no one escaped." ”

"How many casualties have our brothers suffered?"

Li Zhen was most concerned about the death and injury of his men, and when they arrested Zhao Dongming an hour ago, one person was killed and three were seriously injured, which really annoyed Li Zhen, and he didn't want to hear the news of his death again.

Zhang Li hurriedly said: "The arrest went smoothly, only three brothers were slightly injured and did not die. ”

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, he saw a young man with his hands tied, looking at him with anger on his face, only to see that he was wearing a draped head, and there were blood stains on his face and hands, Li Zhen immediately guessed, I am afraid that this person is the leader of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, at this time, Lu Jin stepped forward and whispered to Li Zhen: "This person is Jian Dongxi, the leader of the Goryeo Restoration Congress." ”

"It turned out to be him"

Li Zhen slowly stepped forward and sneered, "We should have dealt with Xiangcheng County, haven't we?"

Jian Dongxi snorted, "Not only to the city and county, but also to Yangzhou."

"I know"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and said: "Wu Yizong's arrow is your plot, and you want to blame Lai Junchen, not only that, but the two imperial historians of Lai Junchen should also be killed by you, I'm not wrong."

"It's all your speculation, you don't have evidence, and I won't admit it"

Jian Dongxi glanced at Li Zhen and said disdainfully: "Commander Li, we are the Goryeo Mutual Aid Association approved by the first emperor, abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, you kill me tonight for no reason, our late king will definitely ask your emperor for an explanation." ”

Li Zhen laughed, "Isn't it easy to get evidence? As long as I am willing, now I can find a large number of prohibited weapons from your mansion, that's right, I planted it, just like you said, I won't admit it, and you don't have evidence to say that I planted it." ”

"Despicable"

"The despicable person is you, not me, you assassinated the king and caused a monstrous disaster, I see how your old king explains"

Li Zhen waved his hand, "Take it all away"

The internal guard warriors pushed the bones of more than 20 regents away, leaving some of the warriors to start a careful search of the mansion, and after a while, a warrior stepped forward and whispered a few words to Li Zhen, Li Zhen was stunned, and hurriedly walked towards the house.

The raids were abundant, and the soldiers found in the cellars a large number of copper and gold ingots, countless curiosities, as well as thousands of bows and crossbows and leather armor, and swords and guns piled up like a hill.

Li Zhen couldn't help sneering, he didn't need to frame it, there are so many forbidden things here, Jian Dongxi's so-called observance of the laws of the Tang Dynasty is obviously a lie.

But Li Zhen was not interested in these forbidden things, he quickly came to the small courtyard where Jian Dongxi lived, and walked directly into the study.

They pried open a wooden board under the table and took out an iron box from it, Li Zhen opened the iron box, which contained some letters and important documents of the Restoration Congress, as well as a list of oaths, on which there were important signatures and handprints.

At this time, Li Zhen found two letters from a pile of documents, and he accidentally found that these two letters were actually handwritten by Wu Sansi, which was really unexpected by Li Zhen

He knew that Wu Sansi was shielding the Goryeo Restoration Association, but Li Zhen didn't expect that Wu Sansi would write a personal letter to them, which left a handle.

Li Zhen opened the letter and read it, and it turned out to be a suggestion that the Goryeo Restoration Association set up an ambush in Xiangcheng County, although he did not say who the target was, but with the date as evidence, anyone could see that his target was Li Xian, the king of Luling.

The other letter was an order for the Goryeo Restoration Association to provide him with eighty elite samurai, but it did not say what the purpose was.

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, then took Wu Sansi's letter into his arms, and he instructed several warriors: "Search carefully, and don't let go of any corner." ”

At this time, Zhao Qiuniang walked in quickly, "Commander Qiyu, I found a pigeon cage in the backyard, and there were more than a dozen carrier pigeons in it. ”

Of course, Li Zhen knew that there were still hundreds of samurai in the Goryeo Restoration Meeting, and the carrier pigeons found in the mansion meant that the hiding place of these samurai would not be in Luoyang City, but it would not be too far, and it was very likely to be outside Luoyang.

He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Did they release carrier pigeons?"

"Probably not, the cage is locked and never opened. ”

Li Zhen immediately said to Zhao Qiuniang: "I need to enter the palace immediately, and ask the Holy Lord to send troops to arrest the warriors of the Goryeo Restoration Kingdom, you take the brothers to carefully search this mansion, make up an inventory, and be careful not to let anyone take over here." ”

"Humble Understanding"

Li Zhen gave a few more commands, and then hurriedly left the mansion and rushed to the palace with a few warriors.

A eunuch walked quickly to Wu Zetian's bedroom, whispered a few words to a palace maid, when the palace maid's eyes showed embarrassment, she pointed to the window, meaning that it was not yet dawn, the eunuch said two more words to her, the palace maid had no choice but to walk into the bedroom, she knelt in front of Wu Zetian's hibiscus tent and shouted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Shen Nanmu, who was sleeping outside, was woken up first, and he pushed Wu Zetian beside him, "Your Majesty"

"What's wrong?"

Wu Zetian didn't sleep deeply, and woke up immediately, she pinched her aching forehead, "Are you going to go to court?"

When the palace maid heard her wake up, she hurriedly whispered: "Commander Li of the internal guard has an emergency to report to His Majesty."

"Oh—what time is it?"

"Your Majesty, it's almost five watches. ”

"Something so urgent, disturbing my rest. Wu Zetian said a little unhappily.

Shen Nanmu heard that Li Zhen had something important, so he said in a low voice: "There must be something important, otherwise he wouldn't come in the middle of the night to disturb Your Majesty, Your Majesty will see him."

"Okay, I'll meet him. ”

Several palace maids hurriedly stepped forward to help her up and put on her coats, Wu Zetian took a breath and said, "Take him to the outside to see her."

After a short time, two eunuchs led Li Zhen into Wu Zetian's dormitory, and whispered outside the room: "Your Majesty, he is here." ”

"Announce Him In"

Li Zhen hurriedly tidied up his clothes and walked into the room, the room was filled with a strong aroma, only to see a white jade screen in the middle of the wide room, and a palace maid standing on each side, Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty the Emperor"

"Commander Li, it's the first time in a few years that the middle of the night disturbs my sleep. Wu Zetian's slightly sleepy voice came from behind the screen.

"Weichen disturbs Your Majesty, it is really a last resort, please atone for your Majesty"

"Tell me what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Wechen has already found the person who assassinated King Xiang. ”

"Oh?" Wu Zetian suddenly had a spirit, and she hurriedly asked, "Who assassinated King Xiang?"

"Your Majesty, it's the Restoration of Goryeo. ”

Wu Zetian was silent again for a while, and then asked coldly, "Is there any evidence?"

"There is conclusive evidence"

Li Zhen turned around, a eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and presented a small iron box to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian opened the box, and it was full of various important documents of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, the first of which was the plan to assassinate King Xiang, which Li Zhen found from Jian Dongxi's study.

Wu Zetian couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, snorted heavily, and said, "It looks like you've caught them, right?"

"The important bones have been grasped in the humble position. ”

"In that case, I can't say it tomorrow, so I have to come to me in the middle of the night?"

"Your Majesty, although the important backbone of the Goryeo Restoration Association has been arrested, they still have hundreds of samurai stationed outside Luoyang City, and the lowly internal guards are lonely, I am afraid it will be difficult to exterminate, if they wait until dawn, Weichen is afraid that they will get the news and flee. ”

Only then did Wu Zetian understand what he meant, "Do you want me to send an army to assist you?"

"That's what Wechen means, we must surround them before dawn"

Wu Zetian looked at the various evidence presented by Li Zhen again, she had long heard about the Goryeo Restoration Congress, and was very dissatisfied with their goal of trying to revive Goguryeo, but she had no evidence, and she was also worried that being too tough on them would cause a riot among the Goguryeo people, so Wu Zetian had been holding back.

Today, Li Zhen found evidence of their restoration of the country, and also found evidence of their attempt to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian also felt the need to teach them a lesson, she nodded, and said to the palace maid next to her: "Pen and ink waiting"

Several palace maids hurriedly carried the copywriting with pen, ink and paper, Wu Zetian wrote a handwritten oracle with a pen, and took out a gold medal, and asked the palace maids to give it to Li Zhen together, Wu Zetian said: "The gold medal is my gold medal for troop transfer, which can mobilize all the palace guards, and the handwritten oracle is the specific number of people to be mobilized, you should quickly arrest the rebels outside the city."

Li Zhen was overjoyed, bowed down and saluted, "Your Majesty Thank You"