Di Renjie and Ji Ji rushed back to the imperial city, and in front of the main hall of Zhenguan Palace, Di Renjie unexpectedly met Gao Yanfu, "Didn't Gao Fujun rest today?" Di Renjie asked with a smile.

Gao Yanfu stepped forward to salute and said with a wry smile: "The Holy Lord wants to arrange a polo shooting competition, and I am in charge of planning, how can I have time to rest, Di Xiangguo didn't rest today!"

"Li Quanzhong was poisoned, I want to remind Your Majesty to immediately increase troops in Liaodong, beware of Sun Wanrong rebelling. ”

Gao Yanfu nodded, "Although this matter is important, I advise Di Xiangguo not to disturb Your Majesty now." ”

"Why?"

Gao Yanfu smiled and whispered a few words to Di Renjie, Di Renjie was helpless, it seemed that he could only go to report to the saint in the afternoon, at this time, Gao Yanfu pointed to Mingtang in the distance and smiled: "Why don't we go and have a cup of tea and sit down, Di Xiangguo can have this Yaxing?"

Di Renjie understood what Gao Yanfu meant, it must be Xiangguo Li Dan who had something to say to himself, so he smiled happily: "Drinking a cup of hot tea with Gao Fujun on a cold winter day is also a great joy in life. ”

The two came to the Ming Hall, sat down in the court's rest room, and one of them served them hot tea, and then retreated, Gao Yanfu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I want to congratulate Di Xiangguo on getting a son-in-law with a dragon." ”

Di Renjie knew the relationship between Gao Yanfu and Li Zhen, and it was not surprising that Gao Yanfu knew that Li Quan came to his house to ask for relatives.

He didn't want to talk about it more, so he smiled faintly and turned the topic to Li Dan, "I heard that Ling Lang is studying with King Linzi, I don't know how King Linzi is now?"

"He is getting more and more progressive now, and he has a great appearance, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister especially values him, and told me two days ago that he plans to let the King of Linzi go to the military for some training. ”

"The prince of the palace saw His Royal Highness the Prime Minister?"

Di Renjie changed the topic slightly, and then on the king Li Dan, Gao Yanfu said with a smile: "It was the saint who asked me to visit King Xiang, I chatted with him for a few words, King Xiang valued Li Zhen very much, he said that if Li Zhen got married, he would ask the saint for instructions, and he also planned to attend the wedding." ”

Di Renjie was a little stunned, he didn't expect King Xiang to value Li Zhen so much, and after a deep groan, Di Renjie said implicitly: "I heard that Li Zhen and Shangguan Sheren are quite close, the prince of the mansion should know!"

Gao Yanfu laughed, he understood what Di Renjie meant, not that Li Zhen had anything to do with Shangguan Wan'er, but because Shangguan Wan'er supported Li Xian, the king of Luling, then Li Zhen should also support Li Xian, which was different from their position of supporting Li Dan, the prime minister.

"Di Xiangguo still knows Li Zhen too well, when he was enabled because of Wei Tuan'er's matter, everyone said that he was the confidant of Shangguan Sheren, and I thought so too, but now I don't think so, it can be seen that he is seeking a kind of independence and is not dependent on anyone, in fact, he supports the Li royal family, not a specific prince. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yanfu lowered his voice and said, "Di Xiangguo doesn't know yet! ”

Di Renjie really didn't know, he was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "When did it happen?"

"Just before the overthrow of Lai Junchen, Xiangguo and King Luling were the joint sponsors, Di Xiangguo was not very clear about many things because he had not been in the court for a long time, Li Zhen would never stand on the opposite side of King Xiang, he would become a key figure in the revival of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty in the future, so King Xiang attached great importance to him. ”

After a pause, Gao Yanfu said again: "Li Zhen is by no means a person who relies on women to ascend to the throne, the saint has long taken a fancy to him, but he has tried every possible way to escape, he does not want to become the saint's male favorite, if he wants to rely on Shangguan Wan'er to ascend to the throne, then it is better to rely on the saint, if not, where will there be the glory of the Zhang brothers now?"

Di Renjie bowed his head and was silent, and the conversation with Gao Yanfu was quickly dispelling the last trace of prejudice against Li Zhen in his heart.

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Two hours later, Wu Zetian met with Di Renjie, Lou Shide, Su Wei and Zong Chuke in the Lotus Heart Pavilion.

Since having the Zhang brothers, she has gradually returned to the indulgence and madness of the Xue Huaiyi era, a morning of pleasure making Wu Zetian look a little tired, today was supposed to be a holiday, she didn't want to worry about political affairs, but Li Quanzhong's accident was poisoned, so she had to play a wonderful and discuss countermeasures with the Xiangguo.

Di Renjie got up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen had full authority to negotiate peace with the Khitan, and Weichen could see that Sun Wanrong was not sincere in peace talks, but because Li Quanzhong was captured, Sun Wanrong was forced to retreat north due to internal pressure.

In fact, the Khitan did not suffer a heavy setback, and their retreat to the north was only a policy of rights and interests, and now Li Quanzhong was accidentally poisoned, although there is no evidence that it is Sun Wanrong's hand, but he has the biggest suspicion, and Weichen is sure that the Khitan will inevitably rebel again in a month or two. ”

Wu Zetian glanced at the other Xiangguo, nodded and said, "It seems that everyone thinks that the Khitan is going to rebel again, so there is no one else's opinion?"

At this time, Zong Chuke got up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen and Di Xiangguo have slightly different views. ”

"Go on!"

Zong Chuke bowed slightly to Di Renjie, and continued: "It's the middle of October now, and it will be the middle of winter in another month or two, Liaodong is covered with heavy snow, and the northern nomads will never start a war in winter, so Weichen feels that if the Khitan rebels again, it will be at least after the spring of next year." ”

"Although Zong Xiangguo said it is very reasonable, but it is not very consistent with the Khitan, first, the Khitan is very close to Liucheng, and it is completely possible to launch an attack in winter, and secondly, Sun Wanrong in order to become the lord of the Khitan, proposed to avenge Li Qianzhong is his best excuse, he will not delay for a few more months, and third, winter is also very unfavorable for us to reinforce Liaodong, so Weichen feels that Sun Wanrong will not delay for a long time, and will definitely rebel again in the near future, we can't drag it out any longer, we must immediately increase troops to Liaodong. ”

Although Di Renjie said it vigorously, Wu Zetian was not immediately convinced, she glanced at Lou Shide and Su Wei again, and smiled slightly: "What about Lou Xiangguo and Su Xiangguo's suggestions?"

Su Wei hesitated and said: "Actually, Di Xiangguo and Zong Xiangguo have a point, it is certain that the Khitan will be chaotic, but when to send troops for reinforcements, I think Your Majesty should ask the military for advice again, if the military thinks that it is necessary to send troops immediately, then we should prepare as soon as possible, if it ......"

Without waiting for him to say more, Wu Zetian waved his hand to stop him, "I want to know your opinion, not the military's opinion." ”

"This ...... It happened suddenly, and Wei Chen hadn't thought it through. ”

Wu Zetian didn't bother to pay attention to this Su Moleng, and asked Lou Shide again: "What about Lou Xiangguo's opinion?"

Lou Shide said solemnly: "Weichen completely agrees with Di Xiangguo's suggestion, it is indeed possible that the Khitan will launch a surprise attack on Yingzhou again, please Your Majesty immediately order Yingzhou to prepare for war, in addition, Yingzhou is not enough troops, Weichen recommends Wang Xiaojie as the main general, and immediately leads the army to Liaodong for reinforcements." ”

"But if Wang Xiaojie goes to Yingzhou, who will defend against the Turks on the right side of Longyou?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the reason why the Turks suddenly showed favor to the Tang Dynasty and released all the captive residents before was because their crown prince died of illness, and the internal struggle was very serious, so that they had no time to take care of the south, and besides, the Turkic territory is vast, and it is very difficult for the armies of various tribes to accumulate in winter, so Weichen is sure that at least until next summer, the Turks will not pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty. ”

Wu Zetian took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and Di Renjie persuaded again: "Your Majesty, you can't hesitate any longer, time is pressing, once the Khitan army breaks through Yuguan, Youzhou will be in danger." ”

Lou Shide also said urgently: "Your Majesty, time is pressing!"

Wu Zetian finally made up his mind, "Since the two prime ministers persuaded me so hard, I will follow your advice, appoint Wang Xiaojie as the head of the Qingbian Road march, lead an army of 100,000, and rush to Liaodong, and send another order to all armies in Liaodong to actively prepare for war, take precautions, and not be careless." “......

While Wu Zetian and Xiangguo were discussing the strengthening of Liaodong's defenses, Li Zhen led dozens of internal guard soldiers to find the bodies of two suspects, the missing cook and maid, in the moat outside the eastern city.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with the internal guards, because of the repeated requests of the Dali Temple Chengsun Li, Li Zhencai agreed to help him once, dispatched nearly 300 internal security soldiers to search for two missing suspects in various places in Luoyang, and finally got a clue from a beggar, a carriage threw two sacks into the wide moat.

Several internal guard soldiers went down to the river and dived to the bottom of the river, touched two sacks, tied them with ropes, and the soldiers dragged the sacks up, at this time, the shore was crowded with tens of thousands of people watching the excitement, and even the city was crowded, and more than 1,000 soldiers were also watching from the probe.

As the sack was scooped up, the crowd suddenly exploded, and countless people rushed forward desperately, stretching their necks, all wanting to see the corpses in the sack, according to rumors, the sack was also the naked corpses of two young women, which was enough to attract the attention of most people.

However, to everyone's disappointment, Dali Temple immediately pulled up the curtain around the sack, and everyone could not see anything, and several Dali Temple officials and servants performed autopsies in the curtain to confirm.

Li Zhen stood aside from afar, he was not interested in the case of Li Quanzhong's poisoning, this is a very obvious thing, either Sun Wanrong, kill Li Quanzhong, he is the great chief, or the Turks or Tibetans, who want to provoke a Khitan rebellion and put pressure on the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, and may even be the remnants of Goguryeo who want to disturb Liaodong.

But no matter who it is, Li Quanzhong's death will inevitably trigger a new crisis in Liaodong, which is the crisis that the imperial court should face, and not consider who did it.

But Li Quanzhong was poisoned and died, which made Li Zhen can't help but think of Lan Zhenyu, wasn't Lan Zhenyu poisoned by Wu Furong? Could it be that Li Quanzhong's death has something to do with Wu Sansi?

At this time, Sun Li walked over, shook his head and said, "I can't find any clues on these two people. ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Isn't the death of these two people the best clue?" Sun Sicheng can check who they have been in contact with in the past two days, find out who contacted them at the same time, and then follow this line, I think there will be a harvest." ”

Sun Li talked again and said: "What the general said is very reasonable, and Wang Sizhi also thinks so, but I am worried that the people who killed them will have a deep background, so I am a little afraid to investigate." ”

"Does this case have to be solved?" Li Zhen asked with a smile again.

"It's pressed down from above, if I don't solve this case, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to explain to the top, to be honest, I really don't want to take care of this case. ”

"If you don't want to check, I'll teach you an easy way. ”

Li Zhen smiled at him in a low voice: "You just told the above that the poison in Li Quanzhong's house is exactly the same as the poison in Lan Zhenyu's original office, I believe that your boss will let this case go unresolved and will not let you investigate it again." ”

Sun Li was taken aback, "You mean to say that it was that person who poisoned him?"

Li Zhen shook his head and smiled: "It's just random speculation, there is no evidence, just to help you solve your difficulties." ”

Sun Li nodded slowly, "I understand, thank you for the reminder!"