Li Zhen had been in the Lintoe Underground Palace for nearly an hour and a half, and Wei Tuan'er's Hidden Treasure Underground Palace was opened up and extended into a deeper and larger space.

At this time, Li Zhen and his subordinates raised torches to bypass a tunnel, and a magnificent underground palace appeared in front of them, which is the main palace under the Linzhi Temple, which is about one zhang high, nearly a hundred zhang in circumference, and is built with huge bluestone.

The main palace is full of thousands of pairs of armor and weapons, and there are boxes of copper coins and several boxes of gold and silver on the wall, Li Zhen recognized at a glance that it is exactly the same as the gold and silver of Songnanguan, all of which are fifty taels and one ingot, which is enough for tens of thousands of taels, that is to say, this is the other half of the gold and silver that was transported from Songnanguan.

But Li Zhen and his men were not shocked by the scene in front of them, this was the third time they had come here, they walked three tunnels and did not find an exit, and still went back to the main palace.

Everyone was a little depressed, could it be that the main palace was a dead end, and there was only one way out of Guanyin Hall?

Lin Baohu whispered to Li Zhen: "It's really not good, let's go out of Guanyin Hall!"

Li Zhen shook his head, Sun Li's investigation is estimated to be over, and the Guanyin Hall should also be guarded by a warrior monk, and if he goes out now, it will undoubtedly be a surprise to the snake, and it will destroy all the plans, and he believes that there must be an exit in the underground palace.

At this time, Wang Jie's low shout came from a distance, "Commander, this way!"

Li Zhen walked over quickly, and the rest of the internal guard soldiers also gathered around, only to see Wang Jie touching a piece of bluestone and said, "Commander, this bluestone is abnormal!"

Li Zhen squatted down and took a look, the bluestone in front of him was the same as other bluestones, the surface edges and corners were undulating, and he couldn't see any abnormality, Wang Jie pointed the torch at the upper right corner of the bluestone, "Commander, look here!"

Li Zhen only then saw that there was a thin crack there, and if he looked closely, it turned out to be a keyhole, and the internal guards all exclaimed, who could see such a small keyhole?

"How can you tell it's a keyhole?" asked Li Zhen approvingly.

Wang Jie scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I have been particularly sensitive to locks since I was a child, and I have seen all kinds of locks, and my father used all kinds of camouflage to cover up the keyhole in order to train me, so that I could find out, I have unlocked this bluestone keyhole, but it is not hidden, and the real hidden keyhole is covered by bluestone." ”

"Yes, this time to explore the underground palace, you are the only one, open it and take a look, be careful. ”

Li Zhen and the internal guards all stood aside, holding long swords in their hands, looking at the bluestone vigilantly, only to see Wang Jie use a long copper bar to reach into the keyhole and play for a moment, 'Click!' sound, a bluestone wall slowly moved away, revealing a wide tunnel seven feet high.

Li Zhen took the lead in the tunnel, like the central underground palace, this tunnel is also paved with bluestone, there are steps in front, he touched the mud plaster in the bluestone gap on both sides, and his fingers were gently twisted, it is a tunnel that has just been built, and it is only a few months at most.

They walked up the steps step by step, there was a wooden board above their heads, and they locked it from the inside, Wang Jie did the same, opened the lock, Li Zhen slowly pushed away the heavy wooden board, revealing a gap, he looked around through the gap, and now the exit is in a large charcoal house, the room is full of large and small charcoal, the exit is surrounded by a pile of charcoal, through a gap, you can see the door of the charcoal house.

There was no one in the room, and there was still unmelted snow and ice in the doorway, and the cold wind poured in through the cracks under the door, making the room unusually cold.

Li Zhen pushed away the plank, jumped out of the tunnel, and his subordinates came out one after another, everyone looked at each other, and their faces showed a look of surprise, where could this be?

"This is the charcoal house of Lintoe Temple!" Lin Baohu said in surprise: "We actually came to the westernmost side of the temple." ”

Li Zhen didn't respond, he looked out through the crack in the door, and it turned out to be a white snowy field outside, very flat, and the two tall wooden poles in the distance made Li Zhen feel a little familiar.

After looking at it for a long time, Li Zhen suddenly recognized these two wooden poles, and he was suddenly shocked and couldn't close his mouth, "Oh my God!"

Shangguan Wan'er listened to Li Zhen's report with a stern expression, the secret of Lintoe Temple was not in the gold, silver and weapons stacked in the underground palace, but in this secret passage.

"There must be a gag order on this matter, and no one is allowed to divulge this secret. Shangguan Wan'er made a decision unusually decisively.

"The lowly official has already issued a ban on the mouth, but the question is, what should we do with this matter? ”

"This matter cannot be reported to the Holy Lord for the time being, the time is not yet ripe, as for the report of the Linzhi Temple, I will explain it to the Holy Lord and try to delay it for a few days. ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, he knew Shangguan Wan'er's scheming and strategy very well, she was especially good at closing the net step by step, and she didn't leak, just like the day before yesterday, he told himself that his master Shen Nanmu had become Wu Zetian's new male favorite, and Li Zhen knew Shangguan Wan'er's fatal sword against Xue Huaiyi.

"If you understand your humble duties, you won't bother the people and say goodbye!"

As soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, there was a commotion outside, it seemed that someone was running, and someone was shouting in the distance, Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but be stunned, the two looked at each other, Li Zhen turned around and walked outside, just when Shangguan Wan'er's personal maid Xiao'e rushed in, she couldn't retract her momentum and crashed into Li Zhen's arms.

Li Zhen hurriedly supported her, Shangguan Wan'er's face sank, and she said unhappily: "What are you doing in a panic?"

Xiao'e's face was flushed, and she saluted Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Master Qiqi, it's Xue Huaiyi, he is drunk and crazy, and he slashes people indiscriminately with a sword, and there are already two palace people who have been cut by him." ”

"I'll take a look!"

Li Zhen walked out of the official room quickly and walked briskly towards the place where the shouts came out in the distance

Xue Huaiyi was half drunk, and his anger could no longer be suppressed, so he rushed out of the Yaoguang Hall with his sword in his hand, and went straight to the imperial infirmary.

Xue Huaiyi's heart is not only monstrous anger, but also extreme humiliation, for ten years he has served the empress loyally, for her to ascend the throne and sit firmly in the country, now she doesn't need herself, so she kicked herself away like a dog, and also found the person she despised the most as a male pet, which made Xue Huaiyi feel ashamed.

Even if he fights for his life today, he must kill Shen Nanmu's dog thing, let him taste the consequences of daring to bully himself, Xue Huaiyi brandished his long sword, yelled at the imperial doctor's room and rushed over.

The imperial infirmary is located in the westernmost part of the Taichu Palace, which is the place where the imperial doctor on duty rests and dispenses medicine in the Taichu Palace, about 500 steps away from Xue Huaiyi's Yaoguang Palace.

At this time, Shen Nanmu was chatting with several imperial doctors in the imperial doctor's room, although he became Wu Zetian's new male favorite, he did not lose his position as an imperial doctor, which is also the difference between him and Xue Huaiyi, he didn't want to lose himself in the holy family, and even refused to accept the huge reward given to him by Wu Zetian.

"Master, is the particle size of the medicine this time okay?" Yao Xi walked up to Shen Nanmu with a bowl and showed him the medicine he had just cooked.

Shen Nanmu twisted the medicine powder, nodded and smiled: "Yes, this time it is very even, wrap the medicine well, let's go change the medicine to the saint." ”

Yao Xi turned around to pack the medicine, and at this moment, there was a loud shouting sound not far outside, and the imperial doctors were stunned, and suddenly, the door was kicked open with a 'bang!', and Xue Huaiyi rushed in with a sword with red eyes, shouting, "Shen Nanmu came out to die!"

Several imperial doctors were so frightened that they stumbled and fled, Shen Nanmu happened to be sitting in the corner, there was a table in front of him, he pushed the table away to escape, but Xue Huaiyi saw it at a glance, and kicked the table hard, and the table knocked Shen Nanmu to the ground.

Xue Huaiyi shouted, pounced on it and slashed with his sword, Shen Nanmu closed his eyes in fright, and secretly screamed, 'My life is over!'

At this moment, an iron pestle with medicine blocked the long sword, and suddenly the fire splashed, which was Yao Xi pounced in time and saved the master's life, he backhanded another pestle, and the iron pestle hit Xue Huaiyi's chest, so painful that Xue Huaiyi screamed, covered his chest and took a few steps back.

Yao Xi took the opportunity to kick away the table and pull the master up, but Shen Nanmu's waist was injured by the table, and the pain made him unable to move, Yao Xi had to block sideways in front of the master, at this time, Xue Huaiyi was annoyed and ashamed, and stabbed again with his sword, "Little bastard, get out of the way, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you with a sword!"

Yao Xi bit his lip tightly and said nothing, waved the pestle to greet him, and fought fiercely with Xue Huaiyi, the iron pestle was only one foot three inches long, weighing about five or six catties, far from being able to compete with Xue Huaiyi's three-foot long sword, fortunately, Xue Huaiyi's own martial arts were sparse, although the long sword was chopped indiscriminately, it was blocked by Yao Xi wielding the iron pestle one by one.

At this moment, someone behind him suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived!"

As soon as Shen Nanmu looked up, he saw the empress appear at the door with the support of several palace maids, he was immediately surprised and delighted, and shouted: "Your Majesty, save me!"

Wu Zetian trembled and scolded: "Beast! ”

Xue Huaiyi was already red-eyed, where could he hear it, he hissed and shouted: "Left and right are dead, kill him, I will pay for my life!"

He slashed Yao Xi's head and face even more desperately, shouting, "Get out of here!"

At this moment, Li Zhen decisively rushed into the room, he stepped forward, pinched Xue Huaiyi's wrist, twisted it with his backhand, and fell on his back beautifully, knocking Xue Huaiyi to the ground, and the sword fell to the ground.

Li Zhen did not continue to attack, but took two steps back, opening his arms to protect Wu Zetian, seemingly giving Xue Huaiyi a chance to repent and reform, but in fact, he dug a bigger hole for Xue Huaiyi.

Xue Huaiyi looked up and saw that it was Li Zhen, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he yelled, "I'm going to kill you!" He grabbed the sword on the ground and stabbed at Li Zhen fiercely, and everyone exclaimed.

Wu Zetian's face changed greatly, this damn beast dared to commit murder in front of her, she coldly ordered: "Take him!"

Li Zhen grabbed Xue Huaiyi's wrist head-on, snatched his long sword lightly, and pulled it down, and Xue Huaiyi fell at Wu Zetian's feet.

Several of Wu Zetian's personal guards reacted at this time, ran up together, and held Xue Huaiyi down, Wu Zetian trembled, she slapped Xue Huaiyi twice, and scolded: "Ungrateful beast, dare to commit murder in front of me, do you want to be angry with me?"

Xue Huaiyi's eyes were blood-red, she lowered her head and said nothing, Shangguan Wan'er reacted very quickly, she saw that Wu Zetian changed his words at the last moment, so she stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, he is drunk and crazy, and it is understandable!"

"Extenuating circumstances!"

Wu Zetian snorted heavily, "I won't spare him today, pull down the staff for a hundred, drive him out of the palace, and don't allow him to step into the Taichu Palace again." ”

Xue Huaiyi's face was like ashes, he suddenly stared at Shangguan Wan'er viciously, and he was about to rush forward, but Li Zhen pinched the back of his neck, almost breaking his bones, he screamed miserably, and was dragged down by Li Zhen and the guards.

At this time, Shen Nanmu stepped forward tremblingly and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you for arriving in time, otherwise Weichen's life will not be reported." ”

Wu Zetian was distressed and apologetic, and she didn't know how to appease him, she saw Yao Xi next to her again, and asked softly, "What's your name?"

Shen Nanmu hurriedly said: "He is Weichen's apprentice, named Yao Xi, and he saved Weichen's life today." ”

Wu Zetian saw Yao Xi and Xue Huaiyi desperately with an iron pestle with medicine, and the other imperial doctors escaped without a trace, but he stepped forward to help the master, especially because he was thin and small, this courage was even more rare, Wu Zetian had a good impression of him, so he praised him: "Good boy, I am not afraid to protect the master in danger, I want to reward you well." ”

Yao Xi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Yao Xi is actually very scared, but he wants to protect his master, so he is-"

"I know, who is not afraid? I am afraid and protect Master, this is commendable, I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold, from now on, you will officially become the imperial doctor, as the doctor of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau. ”

Yao Xi was stunned, he actually became an official, Shen Nanmu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for loving the apprentice!"

Wu Zetian smiled and said to him again: "I am not feeling well, I am going back to rest, and I will trouble you to diagnose and treat me again and prescribe some medicine." ”

"Obey the order!"

Wu Zetian turned around and slowly returned to his bedroom surrounded by the palace maids, Shen Nanmu patted Yao Xi's shoulder gratefully, and said softly: "Go and prepare the medicine box, let's go over together." ”

The master and apprentice ran to get the medicine box, and at this time, there was a scream of Xue Huaiyi being beaten in the distance, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace all secretly screamed happily, although they would not really beat a hundred sticks, but even so, at least half of his life would be killed

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