At night, five or six ox carts were parked in front of the gate of Linzhi Temple, and several monks carried heavy boxes and put them into the ox carts.

Zhang Ran, the chief of the internal guard on duty tonight, is an extremely shrewd and capable young man, and in just half an hour, this is the second batch of ox carts, and the situation is obviously abnormal.

He immediately ordered one of his soldiers to report to the commander, Li Zhenyu, while he and two of his men changed their attire and slightly changed their costumes, preparing to follow the ox convoy.

With the support of two young disciples, Hanoi Lao Nun slowly walked out of the monastery, and she turned around and instructed the abbot Zhiwen and several middle-aged female nuns: "I will come back in a few days, you are optimistic about the monastery, don't confront the government, and I will talk about anything when I come back." ”

"Master, please rest assured, we will take care of the monastery. ”

Hanoi Lao Ni got into an ox cart and said to the coachman, "Out!"

Several ox carts started slowly, pulling dozens of heavy boxes to the east, more than a dozen warrior monks guarded the ox cart with knives, not long after the ox cart left, three merchants appeared behind, carrying the burden and following the ox cart unhurriedly, more than three hundred steps apart, in the deep night, they were difficult to be seen by the escort monks.

At the same time, Li Zhen also got the news, he immediately realized that this was Hanoi Lao Ni who was going to transfer the gold, silver and copper coins in the underground palace, and recovering the other half of Wei Shifang's gold was also one of the tasks given to him by Wu Zetian, he had locked the target, how could he allow this batch of gold to be transferred.

On the one hand, Li Zhen sent Zhao Qiuniang into the palace to report to Shangguan Wan'er, which was a compromise reached between him and Shangguan Wan'er after an unpleasant quarrel last time, Li Zhen could act without her orders, but on the condition that he must report to her at the same time.

Zhao Qiuniang is undoubtedly the best reporter, Li Zhen knows that her relationship with Shangguan Wan'er is extraordinary, Shangguan Wan'er's trust in Zhao Qiuniang even exceeds herself, if it weren't for Zhao Qiuniang's resolute refusal to serve as the commander of the internal guard, it would not be his turn Li Zhen today.

Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly entered the palace to find Shangguan Wan'er, while Li Zhen led eighty internal guard soldiers to turn over and gallop away in the direction of the Shangdong Gate.

The timing of Hanoi's old nun was very coincidental, not long after she went out, the city gate slowly closed, and when Li Zhen led eighty internal guard soldiers to the city gate, several spear-wielding soldiers stopped them.

"There is an order from above, no special circumstances are allowed to open the city gates!"

"The internal guard is on urgent duty!"

Captain Wang Zongyi held up the silver medal of the internal guard, several soldiers hesitated, and ran towards the city, the special situation they referred to refers to the emperor's entry into the city, but whether the internal guard's performance of official duties can be regarded as a special situation, they don't know, they can only run to ask for instructions.

Perhaps because the internal guards have always had special powers, the officers defending the city did not dare to embarrass them, and ordered the city gate to be opened.

Outside the upper east gate is far less prosperous than the south of the city, only running out of less than three miles, the inns and wine shops on both sides of the official road gradually disappear, into a large forest, the wide official road in the undulating hills and large woods through, in front of a fork, there are two official roads and a small road.

Li Zhen restrained his horse and looked around, he thought that Zhang Ran would definitely leave someone here to wait for a long time, tell him the right path, and sure enough, a black shadow galloped down from the low hills, it was an internal guard soldier left by Zhang Ran, he pointed to the official road to the south and shouted: "The ox cart has turned south." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, he clamped his war horse between his legs, and the war horse galloped out, galloping towards another path that also led to Yique County in the south, and eighty internal guard soldiers followed him closely.

"Stay here and wait for Captain Zhao!" Li Zhen left a sentence far away to the internal guard soldiers who reported the news

Hanoi's two ox convoys converged on the official road, a total of twelve ox carts, carrying nearly forty large chests full of gold, silver, jewelry, and copper coins, which had been used to pay for the food and lodging of many of his followers, and she was supposed to go east, where her followers lived in several small towns near Xingyang.

But Hanoi Lao Ni did not plan to give these money and things to the believers, she wanted to keep them for herself, this is the guarantee of her glory and wealth in the rest of her life, she is not as stupid as Xue Huaiyi, she actually wants to kill herself, she doesn't do it, she wants to leave Luoyang and go to live in the south.

The people who accompanied her, in addition to the twenty young female disciples, there were also fifteen warrior monks, this was not the warrior monks of the White Horse Temple, but her followers, the warrior monks she raised herself, and they would escort this ox convoy to Bashu.

Hanoi Lao Ni is not worried about the checkpoints along the way, she has Xue Huaiyi to give her a gold medal, and no official government dares to provoke her along the way.

The only worry is that the bandits intercept it, the security in Luoyang is fine, but it is difficult to say after staying away from Luoyang, so she plans to hide in Yique County for a few days, and then find a way to take a boat.

The ox cart was moving slowly on the official road, and the boxes containing the money were so heavy that the ox cart creaked, and the ox cart was very difficult to walk.

Hanoi Lao Ni looked ahead, there was an open field in front of her, and the woods were hundreds of miles away, so she asked the coachman, "Where is the front?"

"Shi Tai doesn't know, the front is called Yulipkou, and then there is a small river, the wooden bridge is very dilapidated, and it may be a little troublesome for us to cross the bridge. ”

"How far is Yique County?"

"It's still early, at least tomorrow morning, we're walking too slowly. ”

Hanoi snorted sullenly, and the ox cart creaked slowly, and soon came to a wide place, with grass on both sides of the official road, and a small river flowing like a ribbon in the distance.

At this moment, several warrior monks screamed at the same time, they were shot by arrows and fell to the ground, followed by the sound of horses' hooves around them, and knights dressed in black surrounded them from all directions.

The young nuns screamed in fright and shivered in the ox carts, and several warrior monks tried to resist stubbornly, but were ruthlessly knocked down by arrows, and the rest of the warrior monks were so frightened that they knelt on their knees and begged for mercy.

Hanoi Lao Ni was so frightened that he wanted to run away but couldn't move, so he buried his head in the ox cart and shouted, "Spare your life!"

The ox cart was forced to stop, the coachmen fell to their knees, the remaining monks were tied up with ropes by the internal guards, and twenty young nuns were driven aside.

At this time, Li Zhen urged the horse to come to the ox cart of the old nun in Hanoi, and picked off the cloth curtain with a long sword, only to see an obese old nun curled up in the ox cart, and suddenly saw the long sword, so frightened that she screamed, "Don't kill me, spare your life!"

Li Zhen sneered, pulled her out of the ox cart, and fell to the ground heavily, "Tie her up!"

Several soldiers stepped forward to tie up Hanoi's old nun, and she was so frightened that she fainted.

At this time, Zhao Qiuniang rushed over with a few internal guards, she ran to Li Zhen's side, reined in the war horse and panted: "Shangguan Sheren said that they should be taken to Mingxiu Villa to be detained, and no news can be leaked." ”

Mingxiu Villa is located in the northeast of Luoyang, is Shangguan Wan'er's private estate in Luoyang, covers an area of thousands of acres, the scenery is very beautiful, it is said that the Shangqing Pavilion warriors led by Gu Ying live in the villa.

Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Put them on the ox cart and turn north!"

In the imperial study of Zhenguan Palace, although Wu Zetian's physical illness has not healed, the accumulation of government affairs still makes her have to come to the imperial study to review the papers and listen to the report.

Fortunately, she has Shangguan Wan'er, an extremely capable assistant, which has reduced her a lot of burden.

"Your Majesty, the construction of heaven has been completed, and the wages must be settled at 354,800 guan, and the money saved by Zuozang is only 440,000 guan. ”

"Are there any other expenses recently?" asked Wu Zetian tiredly.

"There is still a Tianshu that needs to collect one million catties of copper at the end, and the king of Liang has ordered all Hu merchants to donate 800,000 catties of copper, and there is still a gap of 200,000 catties, which can be collected from the people, but at least 30,000 catties must be spent, and daily expenses, at least 80,000 catties, as well as His Majesty's birthday——"

"That's it!"

Wu Zetian pointed to his head painfully, Shangguan Wan'er immediately stepped forward and gently kneaded her temples, she knew that the saint had a headache due to the lack of treasury money, so she smiled and said: "Wan'er will first pay the taxes of Henan Mansion and Guanzhong into Beijing, and a few kinds of urgent expenses can be alleviated, and the Shangyuan Lantern Festival can encourage the people to hold it, and it can also be thrifty in spending, and there is also an uncovered puja, the saint looks-"

Shangguan Wan'er stopped talking in time, the Uncovered Dharma was set in October last year, and it was held in the imperial city every year before the Shangyuan Festival, which was a traditional project of Wu Zetian and Xue Huaiyi, with a huge cost of 10,000 yuan, should it be held this year?

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Holding the Dharma meeting is my respect for the Buddha, and it has nothing to do with personal grievances, this year it will be held as usual, send someone to tell Liang Guogong, if he is willing to participate, I will not object." ”

Wu Zetian's expression was very calm, just like her attitude towards Xue Huaiyi, although Xue Huaiyi had made all kinds of disasters that made her intolerable, but after all, Xue Huaiyi had contributed to her accession to the throne and had spent countless sleepless nights with her, Wu Ze didn't want to tear her face, she just wanted to give Xue Huaiyi a profound lesson, and then he could quietly cultivate his mind and cultivate his mind in the White Horse Temple and spend the rest of his life.

This is the most ideal result, so after teaching Xue Huaiyi a hard lesson twice, Wu Zetian still wants to give Xue Huaiyi a chance to repent and reform, it depends on whether he can seize this opportunity, and this opportunity is naturally the Uncovered Fa.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't have any expression, she nodded, "Wan'er will send someone to inform Liang Guogong." ”

"You don't need to say it, I asked Gao Yanfu to inform him. ”

Wu Zetian thought for a while and said: "You just have to concentrate on handling government affairs, first make a three-month summary of income and expenditure for me, and you can discuss it with the Xiangguo! ”

"Wan'er obeys!"

Wu Zetian smiled and patted the back of her hand, "I'm not feeling well, so you have to work hard." ”

"Take good care of your body, Wan'er can afford it. ”

At this time, Wu Zetian remembered that Li Zhen decisively and forcefully subdued Xue Huaiyi in the imperial infirmary, which reminded her of Li Zhen's chic posture of shooting leopards during winter hunting, and the beauty of that kind of martial arts made her heart pound.

She glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, and said casually: "Wan'er, I don't seem to have much contact with Li Zhen!

Shangguan Wan'er bit her lip lightly and said, "Wan'er and him are often together, it's just a matter of concern, and it's impossible for too many people to know." ”

"Yes? Maybe I'm mistaken, you can go and get busy! With Imperial Doctor Shen recuperating my body, I believe I will recover soon. ”

Shangguan Wan'er saluted, and slowly retreated, Wu Zetian looked at her figure and left, and then ordered: "Go and find Gonggong Gao!"

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