[On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lao Gao wishes all his book friends a happy new year and all the best!]

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In the early hours of the morning, the Foguang Pavilion suddenly ignited a fire, the fire burned from the first floor, the flames spread rapidly, and soon engulfed the pavilion, the smoke in the Taichu Palace was billowing out, the palace maids and eunuchs were scared and trembled, and the guards on duty came from all directions.

More than 1,000 guards shouted loudly, struggling to put out the fire, buckets of water were splashed on the attic spitting flames, and the Foguang Pavilion, which covers an area of several acres, has been completely burned down, and the blazing fire reflects the night sky.

In the guard's rest room about two miles away from Foguang Pavilion, Li Zhen stood in front of the window and watched the raging fire in the distance, a trace of an imperceptible sneer appeared on his face, Xue Huaiyi would probably put the blame on the craftsman again!

As the day dawned, the fire in the Foguang Pavilion was finally extinguished by the guards, but the four-story pavilion had been burned down in half, and only a charred shelf was left in the entire attic, and the facilities and items inside were burned down.

Until the dawn of the day, Wu Zetian came to the burned Foguang Pavilion surrounded by more than 100 palace maids, Foguang Pavilion is an abandoned empty pavilion, this kind of building was burned down, Wu Zetian generally does not pay too much attention to it, just ordered to investigate the cause of the fire, and then punish the responsible person can be finished.

But today, Wu Zetian's face was gloomy as water, she looked at the burned attic for a long time, and glanced coldly at Xue Huaiyi who was following behind from the corner of her eyes.

"General Wu, why did the fire break out, has the cause been found?" Wu Zetian asked General Wu Youxu extremely unhappily.

Wu Youxu replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the cause of the fire is still being investigated, and it has not yet been determined. ”

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, turned around and asked Shangguan Wan'er behind him, "The Foguang Pavilion has burned down, will today's arrangements continue?"

Shangguan Wan'er said quietly: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter needs to be asked by Guard Li, and Wan'er doesn't know very well." ”

"Spread Li Zhen to see me!"

Wu Zetian made a will, and the guards had already rushed away, and at this time, Princess Taiping hurried over surrounded by several palace maids.

Princess Taiping's name is Li Lingyue, is Wu Zetian's youngest daughter, about 30 years old this year, tall and fat, with a broad forehead, a fat jaw, a tall nose, and a pair of slender phoenix eyes, very similar to her mother Wu Zetian, and is also deeply favored by Wu Zetian.

Princess Taiping's ex-husband Xue Shao died in Dali Prison because he was implicated in the rebellion of Li Chong, the eldest son of King Yue, and she immediately married Wu Youji, the general of the right guard, and officially became the daughter-in-law of the Wu family.

Princess Taiping attaches great importance to power, often haunts the palace, and repeatedly proposes to her mother that officials serve as officials, and her construction is basically adopted by Wu Zetian, so that she gradually has her own power base.

In the early morning, there was a fire in Foguang Pavilion, and Princess Taiping got the news as soon as possible, and she hurried into the palace as soon as it was dawn.

Li Lingyue stepped forward and saluted her mother, "My daughter heard that there was a fire in the palace last night, so I rushed to greet my mother!"

Wu Zetian was very happy when he saw his daughter coming early in the morning, took her hand and asked with a smile, "Ling Yue, how is the horse?"

"Back to my mother, the horse is well, and he also asked me to greet my mother on his behalf!"

"I am deeply gratified that the two of you have such filial piety, but the fire in Foguang Pavilion is not a big problem, just rebuild a new pavilion, you don't have to worry. ”

Princess Taiping took her mother's hand, looked at the burned attic, frowned, and said, "Mother, who did this?"

"It is not known for the time being, but General Wu is investigating. Wu Zetian glanced back at Wu Youxu.

"The mother is too tolerant of others, so she leads the people below to act recklessly, can the mother hand over this matter to her daughter to investigate, and the daughter will find out the real culprit before noon. ”

"This"

Wu Zetian hesitated, turned back and looked at Shangguan Wan'er, of course Shangguan Wan'er knew Princess Taiping's intentions, and if she was given the opportunity to investigate the case, she would definitely turn the palace upside down.

What's more, once her hand reaches into the palace, it will be difficult for her to retract it.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Wan'er smiled faintly and said: "General Wu is investigating this case, if General Wu can't find out, it's not too late to let the princess investigate, what does Your Majesty think?"

Wu Zetian also felt that Shangguan Wan'er's words were reasonable, so he patted his daughter's hand and said with a smile: "Wan'er is reasonable, when General Wu can't find out the cause of the fire, I will let Ling Yue investigate, don't be too anxious." ”

Princess Taiping was very annoyed in her heart, and couldn't help glaring at Shangguan Wan'er viciously, like Wei Tuan'er, Shangguan Wan'er's holding of the power of the Imperial Decree also made Princess Taiping jealous.

She has always believed that she should handle government affairs for her mother, rather than letting outsiders like Shangguan Wan'er take power.

In Princess Taiping's opinion, Shangguan Wan'er actually robbed her of the power that originally belonged to her, how could she not hate Shangguan Wan'er to the core.

Before Wei Tuan'er was killed, Princess Taiping also had a deep conflict with Wei Tuan'er, and thus kept a certain distance from Xue Huaiyi.

But with Wei Tuan'er being killed, there was no obstacle between her and Xue Huaiyi, but there was a common enemy, and the two quickly approached.

Although she has not formed an alliance with Xue Huaiyi at this time, in fact, the two have been in cahoots, Xue Huaiyi blew good words about Princess Taiping by Wu Zetian's pillow, and Princess Taiping secretly helped Xue Huaiyi deal with Shangguan Wan'er outside the palace.

Seeing that Wei Shifang's immortal skills were about to be exposed, Xue Huaiyi was facing a crisis of trust with great trust, how could Princess Taiping stay out of it?

At this time, Li Zhen hurried over under the leadership of the guards, Li Zhen stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and saluted Wu Zetian: "See the emperor's majesty!"

"Guard Li, the Foguang Pavilion unfortunately caught fire, can you still show me your soul-pulling technique today?"

"Returning to His Majesty, the humble position has already taken into account this kind of accident, so he made two sets of plans in advance, although the burning of the Foguang Pavilion is unfortunate, but it does not affect today's plan, if His Majesty is willing, the humble position can now show His Majesty the art of drawing souls. ”

Li Zhen's words were beyond everyone's expectations, not only Xue Huaiyi was stunned, but even Princess Taiping glared at Xue Huaiyi with great dissatisfaction.

Originally, Princess Taiping was originally disgusted with Xue Huaiyi's stupidity, he thought that everyone was blind, couldn't he see who burned the Foguang Pavilion?

Burning the Foguang Pavilion is at most delaying the other party for a few days, and Shangguan Wan'er can also find another new place to show the soul pulling technique, but the audacity of burning the palace will anger the saints and make them lose points in vain, so when Li Lingyue heard the news of the fire in the Foguang Pavilion, she was extremely angry at Xue Huaiyi's stupidity.

Now the other party has other preparations, and he also hinted that he knew in advance that the Foguang Pavilion would be burned, which was undoubtedly to put Xue Huaiyi on the fire rack and roast it.

Princess Taiping suddenly realized that the other party was prepared, and if she said more, she was likely to fall into the trap of the other party, so she immediately closed her mouth and stopped expressing any opinions.

Wu Zetian was also deeply surprised, glanced back at Shangguan Wan'er, and saw that Shangguan Wan'er also had confusion in her eyes, obviously Shangguan Wan'er didn't know either, Wu Zetian understood in her heart, she nodded approvingly to Li Zhen, "Guard Li is thoughtful and deeply comforted, I don't know where you are going to show the soul pulling technique?"

Li Zhen pointed to Jingyun Pavilion not far away, "I am willing to show the soul pulling technique for His Majesty in Jingyun Pavilion." ”

Wu Zetian's interest became even stronger, and she immediately said: "Okay! I'm free now, Guard Li can just let it go!"

"Obey Your Majesty's order!"

Li Zhen got up and walked briskly towards Jingyun Pavilion, Wu Zetian also slowly walked towards Jingyun Pavilion surrounded by a large group of people, at this time, Xue Huaiyi was really uneasy in his heart, he had realized that burning down the Foguang Pavilion was self-defeating, but instead of stopping Li Zhen, he made himself fall into the truth.

However, he also saw that Wu Zetian didn't seem to want to delve into the cause of the fire in Foguang Pavilion, indicating that she had forgiven herself in this matter, which made Xue Huaiyi feel a little relieved while being uneasy.

Shangguan Wan'er followed Wu Zetian closely, she was also quite surprised in her heart, she didn't expect Li Zhen to make other preparations, judging from Li Zhen's statement, he obviously knew that someone would come to sabotage it at night, but he planned it and laid a trap, so that Xue Huaiyi could steal the chicken and not pour the rice.

Although this incident itself did not hurt Xue Huaiyi much (Shangguan Wan'er also saw that Wu Zetian did not want to pursue the arson), it was very beneficial to Li Zhen, allowing the saint to see Li Zhen's wrist with his own eyes, and laying a good foundation for Shangguan Wan'er's next arrangement.

Putting aside all kinds of benefits, just a slap in the face of Xue Huaiyi also made Shangguan Wan'er feel deeply happy.

However, Shangguan Wan'er was also a little uncomfortable in her heart, that is, Li Zhen did not report this matter to her in advance, which made her think that today's soul pulling technique could not continue, but she didn't expect Li Zhen to plan and keep her in the dark.

Although it was her own work, Shangguan Wan'er still saw Li Zhen's unruly side from this small matter, and it also made Shangguan Wan'er realize that if she wanted to control Li Zhen, she would have to work harder.

The group followed Wu Zetian to the front of Jingyun Pavilion with their own thoughts, the door of the pavilion had been opened, and more than a dozen guards were nervously arranging under the command of Li Zhen, compared to the cumbersome arrangement of Foguang Pavilion, the layout of Jingyun Pavilion was very simple.

Li Zhen used a very simple arrangement when he was doing experiments in Dengfeng County, and he had already understood the principle of soul pulling technique, which was actually a kind of spiritual control technique.

By using pictures, verbal techniques, and other means to give strong hints to the recipient, and then using drugs to hallucinate the recipient, the recipient will naturally think that he is in a fairyland, and that he or she will meet the soul of a deceased loved one again.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Zhen was ready, and he stepped forward to give Wu Zetian a deep salute, "Your Majesty, the humble post is ready!"

As soon as Li Zhen's words fell, Princess Taiping stepped forward and said: "Mother is a dignified son of heaven, how can she personally test immortal arts, if there is a mistake, no one can afford to suffer, and my daughter is willing to try the truth for her mother." ”

Wu Zetian was also a little hesitant, when Wei Shifang performed the soul pulling technique on her, the feeling was very strange at the time, but afterwards she suffered insomnia for several days, which made her physically and mentally exhausted, and Li Zhen didn't seem to have much experience, once the experiment failed, wouldn't it hurt herself even more?

It just so happened that her daughter was willing to take the test for herself, and Wu Zetian was about to agree, but Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "The princess is also a daughter, how can she risk herself? ”

Wu Youxu hurriedly came out and said, "I am willing to give it a try."

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