In the room, Li Xian carefully read the oath of the Xingtang Society again, he was completely sure that this was the real book, not Li Zhen's forgery, he was an extremely cautious person, it was related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty, and he would not let go of every detail.

Li Xian walked to the incense burner, opened the lid of the incense burner, threw the affidavit and a few letters directly into it, and put down the lid again, Li Chongrun, who was standing next to him, was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Father"

Li Xian ignored him, and only then did he turn around and sit down in his seat until the affidavit burned in the furnace and burned to ashes.

"Do you think I shouldn't burn it?" Li Xian glanced at his son and asked lightly.

"The child just thinks that this affidavit is very important, so he burns it like this, a little too much. It's a shame. Li Chongrun whispered.

"You're saying it's a shame to burn it. ”

Li Xian sneered, "This is your mother's idea, if she gets this affidavit, I can imagine what she will do with it?"

Li Chongrun lowered his head, he also knew what his mother would do, he would definitely use it to threaten other royal families and use it to control other royal families, at this time Li Chongrun finally understood his father's good intentions to burn it, only by burning it could he ensure the safety of the royal family and the Xingtang Society.

"Father, the child knows that he is wrong. ”

Li Xian smiled and nodded, he was relieved that his son could understand him, he sighed lightly and said: "This time is really thrilling, once Li Yuanjia compromises with Wu Yizong, he is likely to betray us and hand over the affidavit and all the letters to Wu Yizong, even if he is defeated by Lou Shide, these things will also be seized, it is very thrilling and lucky." ”

Li Xianyi used two thrills in a row, which showed that he was really worried in his heart, Li Chongrun understood his father's mood very well, and he whispered: "Father, thanks to Li Zhen this time"

"yes"

Li Xian said with emotion: "Thanks to him this time, we have to remember this kindness, he is indeed very capable and courageous, and he turned the situation around by himself, and got the affidavit and letter before Wu Yizong and Lou Shide, he handed it over to us without reservation, I can feel his loyalty to Datang." ”

"I heard that Li Yuanjia's army was related to the death of the imperial history sent by Lai Junchen, I listened to Li Zhen's meaning, and it seems that Wu Sansi was also involved. ”

"These people are very secretive and will not take the initiative to expose themselves, especially Wu Sansi, isn't Yangzhou Taishou Lin Qing his person? He can use a lot of power, even including those Goguryeo people who are bent on recovering the country, they are also protected by him, and he is not surprised at all in the Yangzhou incident, if not, it is a strange thing. ”

Li Chongrun nodded silently, "Father, what should we do next?"

Li Xian laughed lightly, "In the next step, we will not do anything, Taoguang will be obscure, and wait quietly." ”

Early the next morning, Li Zhen came to Taichu Palace, and today he was going to meet Empress Wu Zetian and give her an errand.

After waiting in front of the Zhenguan Hall for a while, an old eunuch with an indifferent expression hurriedly walked down the steps, glanced at Li Zhen arrogantly, and said, "Commander Li, the Holy Lord has summoned you to see you."

Li Zhen tidied up his clothes a little, followed the eunuch to the imperial study in the palace, and walked into the hall, the eunuch saw that there was no one left and right, and suddenly whispered to Li Zhen: "Gao Fujun asked me to tell Commander Li not to deliberately hide anything in front of the saint." ”

Li Zhen was shocked, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, father-in-law"

The old eunuch regained his indifferent expression, and walked quickly towards the imperial study, several guards at the door carefully searched Li Zhen's body, and the old eunuch reported sharply: "Your Majesty, Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, bring"

"Xuan he came in" Wu Zetian's deep voice came from the room.

Li Zhen tidied up his clothes again, walked into the imperial study, although he didn't look up, he could feel the presence of Shangguan Wan'er, he walked to the salute line and knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists high and said: "Li Zhen see my majesty"

"Commander Li has worked hard. ”

Wu Zetian smiled slightly, "Give a seat"

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

A palace maid brought a thin soft futon and put it aside, Li Zhen sat down on the futon, his eyes were slightly raised, and when he saw Shangguan Wan'er, he was standing behind Wu Zetian, but she was expressionless, just like a sculpture, looking at the door blankly, as if Li Zhen had nothing to do with her.

Wu Zetian seemed to be in a good mood, she picked up the report on the table, looked at it, and asked with a faint smile: "You said in the report that Li Yuanjia died in the chaos, it seems that the words are unknown, can you tell me how he died?"

This issue is very vaguely described in Li Zhen's report, and he does not want to admit that he shot himself, lest Wu Zetian become suspicious and think that he was killing people.

However, thinking of the eunuch's reminder to him just now, Li Zhen said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Li Yuanjia was actually shot by the lowly position, there are only five hundred people in the lowly position, and there are still two thousand people on the other side. ”

Wu Zetian smiled and nodded, "I think so too, but when you searched his mansion, you seemed to have missed something. ”

Wu Zetian raised his list, "I think there seem to be a few things missing from your list?"

Li Zhen's heart jumped suddenly, the moment to really test him had come, and at this time, even Shangguan Wan'er began to look at him, with obvious nervousness in her eyes.

Li Zhen didn't speak for a long time, Wu Zetian looked at him coldly, "What, it's only been such a short period of time, do you still need to recall?"

"Returning to Your Majesty"

Li Zhen said with great difficulty: "There is also a pair of Li Yuanjia's gold armor, which was awarded to the subordinate officers who made the first merit, and the humble position used 10,000 yuan in Li Yuanjia's basement to reward the state soldiers and his internal guard warriors, and then there are hundreds of paintings painted by Li Yuanjia, which were burned by fire in front of tens of thousands of people in Jiangyang City, except for these three items, the rest of the items are on the list." ”

"Didn't you take anything yourself?"

"Your Majesty, I have not taken a penny for my humble position. ”

Wu Zetian stared at him for a moment, and his gaze gradually softened, "Okay, I believe that you didn't get those few things, maybe Li Yuanjia has another secret treasure, I will send someone else to investigate, anyway, this time you have indeed made a great contribution, I want to reward you well." ”

Wu Zetian raised his voice, "Li Zhen listens to the seal"

"Wechen is in"

"Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, made outstanding achievements in the counterinsurgency in Yangzhou, and was specially promoted to the commander of the internal guard, the general of Jianingyuan, and gave Dunhuang County Bo, and rewarded him with 3,000 horses of colored silk, 500 taels of gold, and 50 hectares of Yongye field.

Li Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, "Weichen thanks Your Majesty for the reward"

Wu Zetian smiled slightly: "As for your subordinates, I will let the imperial court reward you and will not disappoint you." ”

"Your Majesty's kindness, Weichen will remember it"

Li Zhen secretly glanced at Shangguan Wan'er and found that her expression was still cold, without a trace of a smile.

Li Zhen came out of the Zhenguan Palace, but he didn't go far, and waited near Shangguan Wan'er's official room, although he didn't want to go to Shangguan Wan'er's official room, but he knew that this level had to be gone, and evading would only make the situation worse.

Not long after, Shangguan Wan'er's figure appeared in a corridor, surrounded by more than a dozen palace maids, and walked quickly to this side.

When Shangguan Wan'er walked past Li Zhen and gave him a look, Li Zhen understood and waited patiently for her to go away.

Soon, Li Zhen came to Shangguan Wan'er's official room, at this time Shangguan Wan'er was packing up the paperwork, and did not look up at him, Li Zhen stepped forward and bowed, "See Sheren"

After a while, Shangguan Wan'er said coldly, "Do you know what I want to ask?"

"I don't know if I am lowly" Li Zhen was dissatisfied with her indifferent attitude and replied.

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes became sharp, stared at Li Zhen for a moment, and snorted: "There should be three things in your list, the affidavit of the Xingtang Society, the correspondence between Li Yuanjia and other Xingtang Society personnel, and his Xingtang Association gold medal, these three things are not available, do you dare to say that you didn't get them?"

Li Zhen was silent for a moment and said, "Except for the gold medal, I did get the other two things. ”

"What about that thing?"

Shangguan Wan'er's gaze became sharper and sharper, staring at Li Zhen like an eagle, "I want to know, where is the thing now?"

Shangguan Wan'er's sharp gaze made Li Zhen very uncomfortable, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Princess Taiping asked me for these things. ”

Shangguan Wan'er was suddenly furious, "You gave it to her?"

Li Zhen shook his head slightly, "I refused her request, but I gave it to King Luling." ”

After a long time, the anger in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes slowly subsided, fortunately, Li Zhen did not do anything that made the relatives hurt and the enemies happy, Shangguan Wan'er's mentality of almost losing control was balanced, and she could barely accept it to King Luling, but these things should be for himself, he actually made his own decisions.

"Why don't you give me something?" this time Shangguan Wan'er asked, and her tone softened a little.

Li Zhen saluted, still neither humble nor arrogant: "Qi Qi Sheren, the humble post has prepared a copy of the affidavit for the Sheren, if the Sheren needs it." ”

Shangguan Wan'er sat down slowly, she finally realized that Li Zhen was by no means an easy person to control, he was very capable and courageous, even the Holy Lord praised him, such a person was the last person to become another subject, and the idea of holding him firmly in his hands seemed unrealistic.

Shangguan Wan'er is also an extremely smart person, and she will not do anything drastic and force Li Zhen to Princess Taiping's side.

Although Li Zhen did not give him the original affidavit, he was willing to admit that he took the affidavit in front of him and prepared a copy for himself, which also shows that he does not want to tear his face with himself, in this case, being blinded by anger is undoubtedly an extremely unwise choice.

The best way is to stabilize him first, and then slowly pull him back, Shangguan Wan'er secretly warned herself not to let her emotions ruin the little guilt she felt in Li Zhen's heart.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded lightly, "I can understand your thoughts about thinking of multiple back roads, and it is not inappropriate for you to give the affidavit to Li Xian, but I want to remind you that the saint is by no means so easy to fool, this time you are just lucky to meet her in a good mood, I hope you had better deal with the aftermath of the matter, once she has the evidence that you deceived her, even the gods will not be able to save you." ”

"Humble Understanding"

"Go ahead and remember to give me a copy, and I won't ask you for those letters, so that you won't be embarrassed. ”

Shangguan Wan'er showed a smile on her face, and said softly: "Ah Zhen, congratulations on your promotion to the knighthood."

"Thank you"

Li Zhen saluted, slowly retreated, and walked out of Shangguan Wan'er's official room, Li Zhen looked up at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, for some reason, the depression he felt in Shangguan Wan'er actually exceeded that in Wu Zetian's imperial study.