Half an hour later, Liang Wang Wu Sansi rushed to Liu Guangye's mansion when he heard the news, at this time, Liu Guangye's mansion was already crying, and Liu Guangye's two sons cried to Wu Sansi, "My father died too miserably, and the prince wants to make the decision for us."

Wu Sansi was upset by crying and yelled, "Don't cry"

Liu Guangye's family was so frightened that they didn't dare to cry anymore, Wu Sansi walked quickly to the lobby, only to see Liu Guangye's body parked in the lobby, the body was covered with a white linen cloth, several guards stood aside, Wu Sansi strode in, he was angry and hateful in his heart, Liu Guangye was the key person he seized the power of the Imperial Historical Observatory, but he didn't expect to be assassinated at the moment when he was about to be appointed.

"How did you die?" Wu Sansi asked angrily.

The guard leader who was sent by Wu Sansi to protect Liu Guangye trembled and said: "Back to the prince, the timing of the assassin's capture is very clever, just when Liu Yushi was about to enter the gate, the guards generally led their horses into the side door, and did not follow behind him, and the assassin attacked at this time, using crossbow arrows, which were coated with poison. ”

"Did the assassin catch it?" Wu Sansi shouted.

All the guards knelt down in fright, bowed their heads in fear, and the leader of the guards said in a trembling voice: "The assassin rode away, and rushed out just as the gate was closed, and we asked the doorman to open the door, and when he went out, the assassin was gone—"

"A bunch of waste"

Wu Sansi didn't wait for him to finish, then kicked him over, "Get out"

Everyone was so frightened that they wanted to leave, but Mr. Ming, who came with Wu Sansi, shouted, "Wait a minute"

The guards stood in fright, and Mr. Ming lifted the sackcloth and looked at the corpse, frowned and asked, "How many people are riding horses?"

"Mr. Huiyu, there is only one person"

"Since there is only one person, how could Liu Yushi be hit by two arrows?"

Everyone looked at each other, knowing that they couldn't hide it, and knelt down one after another, one of them said: "The assassin should be someone else, lying in ambush on the opposite roof, the horseback rider just attracted Liu Yushi's attention, and the real assassin seized the opportunity to shoot Liu Yushi with an arrow?"

"Didn't you show up?"

Everyone hurriedly shook their heads, "It was too chaotic at the time, we didn't know how many arrows Liu Yushi had hit, and we were bent on catching the man on horseback, so we ignored the assassin on the roof." ”

Wu Sansi was so angry that he jumped like thunder, "Get out of here, give me all the rolls"

The guards were so frightened that they crawled away, and at this time, Mr. Ming picked up a piece of paper left by the assassin, looked at the words on it, and couldn't help but sneer.

"What do you think about this, sir?" asked Wu Sansi.

"On the surface, it should be done by Lai Junchen and the rest of the party to retaliate against Liu Guangye's betrayal, but I think this is just the other party's trick to hide the sky and deliberately create a false impression for us. ”

Wu Sansi also felt reasonable, the remnants of Junchen's party were basically wiped out, and those who accidentally slipped through the net were too late to escape, where would they think of revenge.

He gasped, "Who could that be?"

Mr. Ming said slowly: "The prince just needs to think about it, who will be the biggest beneficiary of Liu Guangye's death?"

Wu Sansi suddenly came to his senses, he slowly gritted his teeth and scolded: "Slut, I am inseparable from her"

Liu Guangye's death did not get much sympathy from people, and there were also many people who hated him, and everyone bought wine and meat to celebrate again, thanking the sky for having eyes and negligence.

Wu Zetian learned that Liu Guangye was assassinated by the rest of the Lai Junchen party, and he was really thundered, and ordered Dali Temple to continue to track down the rest of the Lai Junchen party, and no one was allowed to be let go.

Li Yuan understood in his heart, strictly implemented the holy decree, and ordered the officials of Dali Temple to arrest all Liu Guangye's henchmen, the reason is very simple, these people are also the remnants of Lai Junchen, but they were only spared by Liu Guangye's protection, and now that Liu Guangye is dead, these dozen people have also been arrested.

However, Liu Guangye's death had another unexpected result, there was no dispute over the appointment of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, and on the morning of the same day, Wu Zetian decreed that Mingtang Wei Ji Ji was appointed as the new Zhongcheng of the imperial history.

In addition to Wu Sansi's chicken and egg beating in this assassination case, nothing was found, Princess Taiping was also quite annoyed, obviously, everyone thought that she sent someone to assassinate Liu Guangye, Princess Taiping may have this intention, but she didn't do it, or she wasn't ready, someone killed Liu Guangye for her, and also made her carry a black pot for no reason.

"How do I explain this to my mother?"

In the study, Princess Taiping was thunderous, and her mother tracked down Junchen Yudang, obviously thinking that she had sent someone to assassinate Liu Guangye, but Princess Taiping couldn't explain it to her mother, she was so angry that she slapped the table and scolded Gao Jian: "You say, did you hide this matter from me?"

Gao Jian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Obviously it wasn't the princess who did it, why didn't the princess even believe it?"

Princess Taiping was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time, she held back her anger and said angrily: "Who could be that, frame me?"

"Your Highness, the water here is very deep, maybe it was secretly sent by the Holy Lord, maybe it was done by Liu Guangye's enemy, or maybe someone wanted to deliberately provoke the infighting between the princess and Wu Sansi?"

Of course, Princess Taiping didn't believe that it would be her mother who sent someone to do it, how could she do this kind of thing with her mother's status as an emperor, but Gao Jian's last sentence reminded her, she suddenly realized something?

Princess Taiping walked a few steps with her hands in her hands, looked at the roof and thought for a moment, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was her style of doing things, she stayed out of the matter, but secretly provoked the contradiction between the two factions, isn't this the case of relics

Princess Taiping was secretly annoyed in her heart, and couldn't help but say to herself: "The assassination of Liu Guangye must have been done by Shangqing Tower."

The influence of Liu Guangye's death is far from being comparable with that of Lai Junchen, but it is only spread in a very small circle, and it soon fades, neither leaving a name for eternity, nor can it leave a stench for thousands of years, but Liu Guangye's funny death, but it became auspicious, and on the second day of his death, the new imperial history Zhongcheng officially took office in the imperial history platform, Princess Taiping became the biggest winner, and Wu Sansi beat the chicken and eggs, and got nothing.

The whole city of Luoyang was still immersed in the joy of Lai Junchen's execution, Li Zhen and his internal guards also got two days off temporarily, busy with their own private affairs, at noon, in the left bank wine shop, Li Zhen and Jiu Zhi sat at a small table by the window on the second floor.

Li Zhen saw that Jiuzhi was a little absent-minded, so he poured him a glass of wine and asked with a smile: "Is there any twist and turn in the engagement?"

"In the afternoon, I have to accompany Ah Ling's parents to take a look at my newly bought house, I am worried that they will think the house is too small, and I am a little nervous. Liquor Zhi said worriedly.

Li Zhen knew that Jiuzhi bought a small house covering an area of about two acres near Nanshi, the location was very good, close to Nanshi, and it was quiet in the middle of the noisy, and the house was also ninety percent new, although Li Zhen had not seen it, but he also felt that the area was too small to spread the scene, so he smiled and said: "You kid is not without money, why did you buy such a small house?"

Jiu Zhi scratched his head, and said with a bitter face: "Recently, the price of the house has risen very much, last time I took a fancy to a five-acre house, the original asking price was 600 guan, I thought it was too old, and I wanted to bargain again, but unexpectedly, people directly rose to 800 guan, and was bought by a rich businessman, this small house is still my quick start, 400 guan, and if it drags on for a few days, I am afraid it will rise to 500 guan." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, prices have not risen recently, why have house prices risen so fast, and what is the reason for this?

Jiu Zhi sighed, "I heard a group of guards say that there are a lot of people who have bought houses recently, and they are all wealthy in various states, Luoyang is the capital after all, there is too much demand, and the land is limited, so the house price has risen all of a sudden, and now it is just the beginning, and I am afraid it will double next year." ”

"Did you buy it?"

"He also bought it, next to the Xuanzhen Temple in Cihui Fang, the three-acre house cost 800 yuan, I said that he bought it expensive, he said that Yang Lao Daogu likes it there, this kid has a good filial piety. ”

The two drank two more glasses of wine, and Jiu Zhi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "My father will arrive in two days, and I heard that your Li family master also came with him, and it seems that he came to the capital specially for you." ”

Li Zhen's family concept was very light, and he really had no interest in the arrival of the Li clan patriarch, so he drank all the wine in the cup and said with a smile: "In addition, let me tell you another good news, the Holy Lord is very satisfied with the performance of our internal guards, and she has decided to expand the internal guards. ”

Puzzled, Jiu Zhi asked, "Is there any benefit to me in expanding the program?"

"Stupid, the current level of our internal guard is very low, just because the number of people is too small, once it is expanded to a thousand, then the level of the internal guard will be upgraded by one level, and it will be officially organized into a military system, and you, the captain, may be promoted to a general. ”

Jiuzhi's eyes widened, and his nose was panting with excitement, "Is this true?"

"It was Shangguan Sheren who told me that it should be true, the main reason is that I was seconded to the Thousand Cavalry Battalion twice, and the Holy Lord felt that the internal guard was a little weaker and could not stand alone, so he decided to expand the organization, and there will be news this month. ”

Jiu Zhi screamed and jumped up, everyone in the wine hall looked at him, and Li Zhen hurriedly waved his hand to let him sit down.

Jiuzhi stuck out his tongue and quickly sat down, he was so excited that he hit the table with his fist, you must know that although the internal guard has a lot of power, but the official position is relatively low, the captain belongs to the low-level officer, once he is promoted to the rank of general, it is a middle-level officer, this is a qualitative leap, it belongs to the general level, he was actually promoted two levels in just two months, how can he not be excited.

Li Zhen took a breath and said leisurely: "But then again, not everyone of the eight captains can be promoted to general, and only three can be promoted at most, so I just said that you have the possibility." ”

Jiu Zhi suddenly became anxious, grabbed Li Zhen's arm and said: "Lao Li, the two of us are hardcore, I have followed you from birth to death for many years, you don't want to rise by yourself and leave my brother and me behind." ”

Li Zhen is also very embarrassed, of course he hopes to promote Jiu Zhi and become his confidant, but Jiu Zhi's qualifications are too shallow, and his meritorious service is not enough, if he is promoted, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public, and I am afraid that the military department may not be able to pass it.

Three generals, Li Zhen first considered Zhao Qiuniang and Zhang Li, Zhao Qiuniang has enough qualifications and many meritorious contributions, and Zhang Li's father is a military envoy of Doulu, and there is not much problem on the side of the military department, and there is still a quota, it should be given to Lu Jin or Wang Zongyi, the two of them are old captains, and they have already promoted Zhang Li exceptionally, if they are given Jiuzhi again, it will definitely make everyone unconvinced, so Li Zhen feels very embarrassed.

At this time, Jiu Zhi also slowly calmed down, although he was eager to be promoted, but he also knew in his heart that his qualifications were not enough, he wilted again, and said listlessly: "Lao Li, I know it in my heart, don't be embarrassed." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and smiled: "There is always a way, don't worry, let's take our time." ”