Lai Junchen was so frightened that he trembled, Jun recklessly, this sentence came out of the mouth of the Son of Heaven, the meaning was different, his legs were weak, and he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, "Weichen has no intention of bullying the king, please Your Majesty Mingjian"

"Do you dare to say that you don't have the heart to deceive the king?"

Wu Zetian sneered, and left Li Guangshun's Xingtang Club gold medal in front of him, "Open your dog eyes and take a good look, dare to fool me with a fake gold medal"

Lai Junchen was so shocked that his legs trembled, and he picked up the gold medal with trembling hands, he checked it carefully repeatedly, but there was nothing abnormal, and there was no difference between it and Li Yuanjia's gold medal, his heart was in a mess, but he didn't know what to do.

Wu Zetian snorted, "Look at the date below."

Only then did Lai Junchen notice that there was a line of date engraved in the lower left corner, 'Vertical arch four years and May system, that is, this gold medal was made seven years ago, and this line of words was also seen by Lai Junchen at that time, but it was engraved very small, coupled with the excitement of winning the gold medal, Lai Junchen did not take it to heart.

At this time, Lai Junchen suddenly remembered something, turned over to look at the other side, and saw that the other side of the official was engraved with Yifeng King Li Guangshun, Lai Junchen's mind buzzed, and he knew where the problem was, Li Guangshun was awarded the first year of the Heavenly Grant two years later before he was crowned the King of Yifeng, how could he know that he was crowned when he engraved the card, this is clearly a gold medal made later, with obvious loopholes, he didn't even notice.

Large beads of sweat rolled down Junchen's forehead, and he explained in a low voice: "Maybe this is a gold medal that was made up later, but because the card maker was confused for a while—"

"Presumptuous"

Wu Zetian trembled, pointed at Lai Junchen and reprimanded: "Can you deceive me at will? This is obviously a gold medal that has just been created, and you dare to frame my grandson."

Lai Junchen shouted in fright: "Your Majesty Weichen did not deceive Your Majesty, King Yifeng has confessed and admitted that he joined the Xingtang Society, and the minister has never tortured him, and the minister has a confession to Your Majesty." ”

A eunuch stepped forward, and the confession that Junchen was going to play in the future was presented to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian restrained his anger, and slowly opened the confession of King Yifeng, and there was indeed a signature of King Yifeng below, Wu Zetian couldn't help but glance at Li Zhen, just now Li Zhen showed the loophole of the gold medal.

Li Zhen immediately bowed down and said: "Whether this confession is true or false, Your Majesty can summon King Yifeng to ask and know."

Wu Zetian nodded, and said to the eunuch at the door: "Go to the Imperial History Terrace to summon King Yifeng to see me." ”

The eunuch rushed away, and she said to Lai Junchen: "You should calm down first"

Lai Junchen slowly stood up and stood aside with his hands down, at this time he already understood that this gold medal must be a ghost made by Li Zhen, otherwise how could the saint have a problem, only Li Zhen made a fake, he would be so clear, Lai Junchen hated so much that his teeth slowly clenched, this revenge is not avenged, he will not give up on Junchen.

After a short time, several eunuchs led Li Guangshun into the imperial study, and he stepped forward to kneel down and salute, "Grandson to meet the imperial grandmother, long live the imperial grandmother, long live long live the imperial grandmother."

Wu Zetian saw that he moved freely, not like he had been severely punished, so he asked coldly: "Why did you join the Xingtang Society and collude with Li Yuanjia?"

"Back to the emperor's grandmother, the grandson did not join the Xingtang Society, nor did he collude with Li Yuanjia. ”

Wu Zetian threw the confession in front of him, "This is your signature, is it still fake?"

Li Guangshun kowtowed and said with tears in his eyes: "Lai Junchen's torture is known to the world, he took his grandson into a torture room full of human skins, and he threatened that if his grandson did not confess, he would peel off the skin of his grandson's wife and children and hang them here, and his grandson knew that he was ruthless, and in order to save his wife and children's lives, his grandson had to confess against his will." ”

Wu Zetian turned his head and glared at Lai Junchen, "Is this true?"

Lai Junchen scolded in his heart, so he had to deny it, "Weichen never said this"

"Nonsense"

Li Guangshun turned around and asked him angrily: "Did I make up the human skins in the room? Did I also make it up when you used the Imperial History Gold Medal to convey the will of the Holy Lord, controlled my wife and children, and then took my five-year-old son to the torture chamber, and despite his crying and pleading, forcibly took off his clothes, shaved his head, and threatened me to skin him?"

"But is there such a thing?" Wu Zetian glared at Lai Junchen again.

"This ......"

Lai Junchen didn't want to admit it, but he thought that Li Guangshun's son was still in the Yushitai prison, and as long as he checked it, he would be exposed, so he had to reluctantly admit it: "This is just a means of interrogation, and Weichen doesn't have this idea." ”

"Enough"

Wu Zetian couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily reprimanded Lai Junchen and said: "You made perjury to coax me, and used despicable means to coerce my grandson to confess, this is your explanation to me?"

Lai Junchen was full of resentment, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to bow his head and dare not say anything, Wu Zetian gritted his teeth and said: "Such a royal history will only ruin my reputation, spread my will, remove Lai Junchen from the post of imperial history Zhongcheng, take his imperial history gold medal, and demote him to the same state to join the army."

The news that Lai Junchen was demoted to join the army in the same state immediately spread all over the government and the opposition, and the ministers all celebrated and cheered at this hard-won moment, and the evil Lai Junchen was finally investigated and punished.

However, there are also calm officials who pointed out that Lai Junchen only made a mistake in a hurry, which angered the saint, but he did not touch the root, once the saint needs him again, he will be reinstated immediately, and he really can't be too optimistic.

Although there were many such sober officials, the liquor shops near the imperial city did a surprisingly good business, and the families were full, and the officials gathered to drink and celebrate the demotion of Lai Junchen.

In the official room of the Imperial Historical Tower, Lai Junchen was packing up his things in great frustration, and Yu Ming's crying voice was faintly heard in the distance, "Spare me, please spare my life"

But Yu Ming's cry gradually disappeared, under the stick of the Yushitai warrior, he had no second way except to be beaten to death, but even if he killed this damn bastard, it would be difficult to eliminate Lai Junchen's full of resentment, and Lai Junchen knew that this time it was planted in Li Zhen's hands.

In the final analysis, he was careless, and he found nothing in the search of the Pure Land Temple, and then he should have woken up, Li Zhen didn't have any secrets at all, Li Zhen deliberately created secrets to delay his time, and since then, he has been monitoring his every move, so how could he not know that he investigated Li Guangshun's case, and the fake gold medal Yu Ming got was most likely a trap deliberately laid by Li Zhen.

In fact, Lai Junchen didn't know that Yu Ming found the real gold medal, but he was knocked out by Di Yan and replaced it.

However, although Lai Junchen was depressed and demoted, on the other hand, he secretly felt fortunate that the Holy Decree only demoted him to the same state to join the army, which was actually a roundabout protection, temporarily calming down the anger of the royal family that would be caused by the Li Guangshun case, and when the limelight passed, he would definitely be reactivated, and the Holy Lord still needed a cool official like himself.

At this time, Liu Guangye, the servant of the imperial history, hurriedly walked in, bowed down and said, "Zhongcheng, he has been executed." ”

"Don't call me Zhongcheng anymore, I have nothing to do with Zhongcheng in the imperial history, call me to join the army, come and join the army, hum, this official name is good. ”

Liu Guangye was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "When is the envoy going to take office?"

Lai Junchen didn't say anything, he didn't even think about going to Tongzhou to take up his post, he had so many enemies, could he have arrived in Tongzhou safely? Even if he arrived in Tongzhou, he would be killed, and if he wanted to save his life, Tongzhou must not go.

"I haven't figured it out yet"

Lai Junchen sighed, "I'm not in good health, I'm riddled with diseases, I need to recuperate first, and then talk about it."

"But...... How can you explain it to the Holy One?"

Lai Junchen suddenly glanced at him vigilantly, and asked coldly: "Why are you so anxious to urge me to take office, could it be that you have some purpose?"

Liu Guangye was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The humble position is to care about the envoy, and there is no other meaning?"

Lai Junchen snorted heavily, "Even if I am dismissed, it will not be your turn to be the king of this imperial history."

He ignored Liu Guangye, strode away with the suitcase, Liu Guangye's face was red and white, and Lai Junchen's last sentence hit his heart.

Wu Sansi's Xinmingtang project has reached the end of the period, seeing that the huge and magnificent Xinmingtang is about to be completed, Wu Sansi is also extremely nervous, and he has been eating and living on the construction site for several days, for fear that there will be some accidents at the end of the end, and the saint has hinted to him that if the Mingtang can be successfully completed, he will be given a high position.

What makes Wu Sansi even more excited is that there are only three of the five Xiangguo, and there are still two gaps, so the high position mentioned by the saint is very likely to be Xiangguo.

Although there is no suspense about the successful completion of Mingtang, what worries Wu Sansi is that Li Zhen still has his own handle in his hand, and his letter to Goguryeo is still in Li Zhen's hands.

This hidden danger made Wu Sansi very worried, and it can be seen from the fighting method of Li Zhen and Lai Junchen this time that Li Zhen is better than Lai Junchen in terms of strategy, and used Lai Junchen's best strategy to invite the king into the urn, and attacked halfway, thwarting Lai Junchen's plan to exterminate the Xingtang Society in one fell swoop.

So will Li Zhen break his promise and hand over his letter to the saint, or to Shangguan Wan'er?

Wu Sansi paced back and forth uneasily in the study, he felt the need to talk to Li Zhen again, and he must let him return the letter to him.

At this moment, the housekeeper reported at the door: "Master, come to Junchen to ask to see"

Wu Sansi's heart jumped, Lai Junchen really came to find him, he pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Please ask him to sit in the Guike Hall for a while, and say that I will be there soon." ”

Wu Sansi did not immediately rush to the Guike Hall to see Junchen, but came to the East Courtyard first, and happened to meet Mr. Ming at the gate of the East Courtyard, Wu Sansi hurriedly pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "Come to Junchen to find me, how does Mr. think I should deal with it?"

Mr. Ming said with a smile: "Lai Junchen was demoted to join the army in the same state, how willing he is, he must hope that the alliance of the prince will help him and intercede for him in front of the saint."

"And how do I answer him?"

"Didn't the prince already choose?" Mr. Ming said with a faint smile.

Mr. Ming's words were like a slap in the face, and Wu Sansi suddenly woke up, since he had promised Li Zhen, what else could he choose, he knew how to deal with Lai Junchen.