Master Wangchen slowly walked to the window, his eyes were full of memories of history, "Seventy years ago, in the ninth year of Wude, there was a coup d'état in the Xuanwu Gate of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an, which completely changed the history of the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince Jiancheng and the king of Qi died, and their families were also cut down and eradicated, but many things are not as people think, Abbot Lingyin told me that Princess Zheng knew that the descendants of Jiancheng would not be spared, so she secretly ordered eighteen generals to guard the concubine Yang who was built to flee Chang'an overnight, when the Yang family had the flesh and blood of the prince Jiancheng in the belly, But few people know that they fled until Broken Leaf settled down, and soon Yang gave birth to a son named Li Danping. ”

"That's ...... My grandfather" Li Zhen's eyes were extremely shocked, he couldn't have imagined that his grandfather was actually the widow of the crown prince, so himself

At this time, he finally understood why Li Dan and Li Xian gave him the gold medal of the Xingtang Society, then they must know this secret, Li Zhen felt a weakness in his legs, and sat down weakly.

Master Wuchen seemed to understand his thoughts, and said: "This is not a secret in the Tang Dynasty, not long after Gaozong ascended the throne, the Turkic Khan sent an envoy to Beijing and told Emperor Gaozong the secret, but both sides have a tacit understanding, Emperor Gaozong secretly recognized the existence of your grandfather, and your grandfather no longer sought the throne, only begged to return to his hometown, but Emperor Gaozong did not fully agree, and finally agreed that he would live in Dunhuang, which is why your grandfather came to Dunhuang from Broken Leaves." ”

"Then Master...... How do you know?" asked Li Zhen in a slightly hoarse voice.

"It was Li Jingye who told me that he learned from the King of Luling that after the failure of the rebellion, I fled to Dunhuang and found Master Lingyin and your grandfather, but your grandfather resolutely did not agree to let you set foot in the imperial family again, so he did not allow anyone to tell your sister and brother this secret, but he still agreed that I would teach you to read and practice martial arts.

Master Forgotten Dust smiled bitterly, "But I ended up disobeying your grandfather's wishes, and I'm really ashamed of him." ”

"But Master doesn't feel that there is an arrangement of fate in the dark, so that I was inadvertently involved in the relics case, and I have come to this day step by step, in just one year, I have been promoted to the general of the internal guard, could it be that the female emperor knows my identity and deliberately promoted me?"

"She definitely doesn't know, only Li Xian and Li Dan know in the royal family, and then me, the head of the family Li Jin, and Master Lingyin know, it can be said that it is the arrangement of fate, and it is also a kind of providence. ”

Master Wangchen looked back at Li Zhen, "The reason why the teacher tells you this secret is that I hope you can remember your origins, overthrow the Wu clan, and restore the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Zhen bit his lip tightly, and only after a while did he slowly nod his head, he knelt down and kowtowed to the master three times, and he didn't know when he would see him again.

Leaving Shuanglin Temple, Li Zhen was silent all the way, Di Yan didn't ask much, silently accompanied him back to Yiwu County, they just returned to the inn, a subordinate greeted Li Zhenyu and reported: "General Qiyu, Captain Zhao sent someone to deliver the news." ”

Li Zhen nodded, "Bring it to me"

He returned to his room, and not long after, the warrior sent by Zhao Qiuniang to deliver the letter knelt down on one knee and reported: "Commander Qiyu, we have found out the whereabouts of Pei Shunqing in Suzhou

"Where is he now?"

The samurai sighed and said, "We captured eight members of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, but Bae Soon-cheong returned to Silla by boat a month ago, with a dozen of his men. ”

This result was also expected by Li Zhen, Pei Shunqing did not escape because Jian Dongxi was arrested, but the conflict between him and Quan Chongxi intensified, and he couldn't stay in Yangzhou, so he led the crowd to leave, and it was normal to return to Silla. ”

"Compliance"

Li Zhen's heart was in turmoil, pacing back and forth in the room, and finally he walked to the window, looking out of the window in a daze, his heart fluctuated, although he faintly felt that he might be from the royal family, but he never dreamed that he was actually after it was built, it was too shocking to him, but this doesn't mean anything?

The key is that he has to keep this secret, even the eldest sister can't say it, once Wu Zetian knows about it, he will definitely die.

At this time, Li Zhen felt something, and when he turned around, he saw Di Yan standing not far behind him, looking at him silently, and did not disturb him, Li Zhen sighed secretly, he didn't want to hide it from Di Yan, but he didn't want Di Yan to know, he was quite conflicted in his heart.

After pondering for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Master said that I may be from a royal family"

Di Yan slowly stepped forward, snuggled into his arms, and whispered, "I can understand, you don't have to tell me, keep this secret in your own heart." ”

Li Zhen gently stroked her hair and said with a wry smile: "Thank you for your understanding." ”

"Then are we going to Yuezhou?" Di Yan asked again.

Li Zhen nodded, "Just now Zhao Qiuniang sent someone to report that Pei Shunqing and the others have fled back to Silla, and it is estimated that we will not gain anything from our trip to Yuezhou, but I still want to go there, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end." ”

"When will you go?"

Li Zhen looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It's still early, let's set off now."

Just when Li Zhen went to Yangzhou to exterminate the remnants of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, the Tang army that went to exterminate the Khitan rebellion was defeated in Yingzhou, and the 30,000 Tang army was annihilated.

At the same time, when the Turkic Khan heard of the defeat of the Tang army in the northeast, he immediately sent troops to Hexi, defeated the Tang army of Liangzhou, and captured Xu Qinming, the governor of Liangzhou.

Just when the northwest and northeast of the Tang Dynasty were attacked by the Turks and the Khitans, the Tibetan envoys also came to Luoyang and proposed reconciliation between the two families to the Tang Dynasty, on the condition that the Tang Dynasty withdraw its troops from the surroundings of Anxi and hand over the land of the ten Turkic surnames in Anxi to the Tibetans, which is undoubtedly a disguised request for the Tang Dynasty to cede the four towns of Anxi to Tibet.

Datang was attacked on three sides, Wu Zetian was worried, he had no intention of tea and dinner, and he couldn't sleep at night.

In the imperial study, Wu Zetian was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, thinking about countermeasures, at this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Lou Xiangguo asks to see"

Wu Zetian hurriedly said: "Please let him in"

After a while, Lou Shide walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "The old minister sees Your Majesty"

Wu Zetian sighed, "Lou Xiangguo, the Tang Dynasty is under attack, and the situation is worrying."

Lou Shide smiled slightly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be upset, Weichen has his own countermeasures, which can solve His Majesty's worries." ”

Wu Zetian was overjoyed, "Lou Xiangguo, please say, what are the countermeasures?"

"Your Majesty, although the Turks attacked Hexi, they were not fully prepared, but only took advantage of the opportunity of the Tang army being pinned down by the Khitan to plunder the wealth of the people of Hexi, and Weichen recommended Wang Xiaojie as the chief general of Hexi, and the Turks heard of his arrival, and they would not dare to invade Hexi again. ”

Wang Xiaojie was dismissed from his post because of the defeat in the battle with Tubo last fall, and he is currently at home, Wu Zetian of course knows that he has defeated the Turks several times, and the Turks are deeply afraid of him, and they actually forgot about him, Wu Zetian nodded happily and said: "According to Xiangguo's words, I appointed Wang Xiaojie as the governor of Hexi to lead the army of Hexi against the Turks." ”

Lou Shide saw that the saint accepted his plan, so he smiled again: "In fact, it is easier to deal with Tubo, now the people of Tubo are living in difficulty, and they are not willing to invade the Tang Dynasty, and more importantly, the power of Zampu is falling, at present, the military and political power is in the hands of the general Lun Qinling, as long as His Majesty sends an envoy to Luo Qi City to talk to them about the alliance between the two sides, I think, Lun Qinling will not dare to act rashly." ”

"Well said"

Wu Zetian highly praised this plan, using the internal contradictions of Tibet to divide and dissolve, this is really a very clever strategy, she smiled: "I don't know who is the most suitable to send to Tibet?"

"Weichen recommended the right military guard Cao Cao to join the army Guo Yuanzhen, he has sent several envoys to Tibet, I believe that he will never humiliate His Majesty's trust. ”

Wu Zetian nodded, "Lou Xiangguo's recommendation, I am accurate, I don't know what countermeasures the Khitan side has?"

Although the Khitan is also a nomadic people, its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and it retreats if it can't defeat the Tang army, and when the Tang army relaxes a little, it immediately raises troops to attack.

More importantly, Liaodong is the key area of the Tang Dynasty, once the Khitan cuts off the Liaodong Corridor, Goguryeo is likely to resurrect and become a problem for the Tang Dynasty again, so how to solve the Khitan problem has always been Wu Zetian's heart disease.

How to retreat from the enemy of the Khitan is also something that Lou Shide plans to talk about with Wu Zetian, so he put it at the end, Lou Shide muttered and said: "The Khitan needs to be civil and military to completely defeat the other party, although the Tang army has brave generals, but there is no important minister to stabilize the overall situation, the so-called top-heavy, can not fight a long-term war, Weichen suggested to send a heavy minister who can shock the Khitan to Hebei to sit in Hebei, forcing the Khitan not to dare to go deep into the hinterland of Hebei." ”

Wu Zetian seemed to think of something, she was silent for a moment and asked, "I don't know who the important minister recommended by Lou Xiangguo is?"

"Weichen refers to Peng Zeling Di Renjie"

Wu Zetian walked to the window with his hand in his hand, pondering for a long time, of course she knew that Lou Shide's real purpose was to persuade herself to reactivate Di Renjie, in the past two years, the dynasty has been disordered, major cases have occurred repeatedly, and the power of Xiangguo has become weaker, so it is necessary for a respected old minister to sit in charge of the court, Li Dezhao has died of illness, and Lou Shide alone is indeed a little weaker.

After pondering for a long time, Wu Zetian asked slowly: "Isn't there a gap between Lou Xiangguo and Di Renjie, how can you recommend him?"

Lou Shide claimed to be self-contained, even if he was humiliated by others, don't be angry and hold a grudge, he was scolded by Di Renjie for being spineless, the two once ignored each other, Wu Zetian knew about it, so he mediated for them, so Lou Shide recommended Di Renjie, which made Wu Zetian slightly puzzled.

Lou Shide bowed down and said: "Weichen and Di Renjie are just personal grudges, but Weichen recommended him for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, how can Weichen ignore justice for personal grudges?"

Wu Zetian sighed slightly, "Lou Xiangguo can still forget his personal grievances for Sheji, why don't I obey it, I agree to Xiangguo's recommendation, and Di Renzhuo will be appointed as the envoy of the Hebei Daoguan Army, and I will sit in Hebei for me." ”

Lou Shide was overjoyed, and hit the railway while it was hot: "In order to ensure Di Renjie's safety, Weichen recommended Li Zhen, the general of the internal guard, to escort Di Xiangguo to the north. ”

Wu Zetian smiled, "Presumably he is very willing to serve, but it is a bit aggrieved to let the dignified internal guard general only be a guard, I will make other arrangements."

In July of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian decreed that Wu Youyi, the commander of the Tongzhou Assassin Shi Jian'an, was the general of the Right Wu Weiwei to command the 100,000 army to attack the Khitan, and at the same time appointed Peng Zeling Di Renjie as the envoy of the Hebei Daoguan Army and the Assassin of the Prefecture to assist Wu Youyi in attacking the Khitan.