Wu Zetian got up and went back to the dormitory, while the eunuch invited Li Zhen out of the dormitory, Li Zhen took the gold medal and muttered for a moment, and asked a captain on duty: "Who is on duty at the Thousand Cavalry Battalion today?"

"It seems to be General Dou"

Li Zhen immediately went down the steps and walked briskly to clear the door, the reason why Li Zhen didn't want to find Qianniuwei was because the general Qianniuwei on duty tonight was the eldest son of Wu Chongxun丨 Wu Sansi, and Wu Sansi was the backstage of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, and it was very likely that he instructed the Goryeo Restoration Congress to assassinate the Prime Minister.

And Wu Zetian seems to have taken this into account, and did not designate any army to help him, so of course Li Zhen had to find someone trustworthy to send troops.

Li Zhen walked quickly to the Shangqing Gate, the station of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion was in the West Garden outside the Shangqing Gate, Li Zhen had a gold medal for transferring troops, the soldiers guarding the Shangqing Gate did not dare to stop him, let him out of the city gate, not long after, Li Zhen came to the front of the garrison gate of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, and there were soldiers shouting from afar: "Stop, who is it?"

"I am Li Zhen, the commander of the internal guard, and I have come to see General Dou at the behest of His Majesty and report for me."

A soldier had already rushed into the camp, and not long after, Dou Xianyun, who was covered in armor, strode out, today happened to be on duty, he couldn't sleep at night, and he was on call at any time.

"Commander Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

Dou Xianyun walked up laughing, "I heard the soldier say, you have the will of the Holy Lord?"

Li Zhen raised the gold medal for troop transfer, Dou Xianyun was startled, this is the gold medal for troop transfer on the saint, seeing that the card is like the emperor coming in person, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "Weichen Dou Xianyun waits for orders"

Li Zhen took out Wu Zetian's edict again and handed it to Dou Xianyun, "The situation is critical, please General Dou immediately send troops to help me."

Dou Xianyun looked at the edict, it was indeed a handwritten order from the saint, it was written that the upper limit of troops was three thousand, Dou Xianyun nodded, "Since there is a gold medal and an edict, I will send troops immediately, I don't know how many troops Commander Li needs to send?"

"Is it okay to have three thousand?"

"Of course, please wait for Commander Li, I'll order the army immediately"

Three thousand people are exactly the number of people on duty tonight, and after less than a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the three thousand thousand cavalry battalion are ready, they are all cavalry, and they all turned over on their horses, Li Zhen also got on his horse, and said to Dou Xianyun: "The target is the Cold Spring Villa in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. ”

Dou Xianyun nodded, turned around and shouted: "Out"

Three thousand cavalry followed the generals Dou Xianyun and Li Zhen, rushed out of the barracks, and ran along a narrow official road to the east of Luoyang.

The garrison of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion was about thirty miles away from the Cold Spring Villa, and when the three thousand cavalry arrived at the Villa, the sky was already dark, and there were already busy hawkers and merchants on the official road, and a group of peasants carried heavy vegetable baskets to the city, Li Zhen pointed to a section of the wall that appeared in the distance, "This is there

Hanquan Villa is a small mountain villa, covering an area of more than 800 acres, it is said that the manor of Xue Yuan, the original Zhongshu Lang Xue Yuan's manor, the manor is densely wooded, the small river is murmuring, the scenery is beautiful, it is an excellent place for self-cultivation, there are large buildings near the river in the villa, according to the confession obtained by Li Zhen, there are about 400 Goryeo Restoration Warriors living in it.

"Do you want to do it now?" Dou Xianyun asked in a low voice.

Li Zhen looked at the sky, nodded and said, "Do it immediately"

Dou Xianyun immediately turned around and ordered: "Arrest all the people in the manor, and those who resist arrest can be killed on the spot."

More than a dozen cavalry cavalry battalion cavalry with ropes around the wall, dragged hard, only to hear a 'boom, the wall collapsed for a long time, 3,000 cavalry swarmed in, the horizontal knife out of the sheath, hooves like thunder, 3,000 cavalry like a torrent, mighty rush towards the distant building.

The Goryeo Restoration Association, which had been operating for more than ten years, was wiped out overnight by the joint efforts of the internal guards and the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, and nearly 50 Guyu members, including the Tang Dynasty leader Jian Dongxi, and more than 400 samurai were wiped out.

Although the news of the internal defense operation was tightly sealed, there was still a little bit of news revealed from various channels, and the ministers of the early dynasty talked about it a lot, and they all inquired about each other, not knowing what happened last night.

Wu Sansi also came to the square of Taichu Palace, he saw the ministers in groups of three or five, talking about something, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, at this time, he saw the palace supervisor Tian Guidao, and hurriedly shouted: "Tian Yuanjun, please come over." ”

Tian Guidao was one of Wu Sansi's henchmen, and he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "The prince is also here." ”

"Let me ask you, what are the courtiers talking about?"

"It seems that something happened last night, the internal guards are arresting people in the city, and everyone is speculating about what happened?"

"Guards?"

Wu Sansi frowned, "Who did you arrest?"

"I just don't know, there are all kinds of rumors, but none of them are accurate. ”

Wu San pondered for a while, he knew that Li Zhen was recently arresting the assassination of Xiangwang, did he have any clues?

He asked, "Where are you arrested?"

"It seems to be Quy Nhon Fang, and some officials who live in Quy Nhon Fang have seen with their own eyes, and almost all the internal guards have been dispatched. ”

Wu Sansi was so shocked that his heart almost stopped beating, of course he knew what was in Quy Nhon Fang, it was the old nest of the Goryeo Restoration Congress, did Li Zhen already know that the assassination was committed by the Goryeo Restoration Association?

Wu Sansi felt two trembles, would those bastards confess themselves?

At this time, he had no intention of going to court, and hurriedly said to Tian Guidao: "I'm a little unwell, if the saint asks, you say I'm sick, I want to go back to the house to rest now."

"Then Weichen sent the prince back?"

"No need, I'll go back by myself"

Wu Sansi was irritable in his heart, dropped a sentence viciously, turned around and left, Tian Guidao was stunned, King Liang suddenly became so abnormal, did what happened last night have anything to do with him?

Wu Sansi hurried back to his mansion, on the way he sent a few guards to Quy Nhon Fang to inquire about the news, just walked into the mansion gate, and met the eldest son Wu Chongxun丨Wu Chongxun丨 was startled, and hurriedly saluted, "Didn't my father go to participate in the early dynasty?"

"I was not feeling well and came back from leave. ”

Wu Sansi looked at his son, frowned and asked, "Aren't you going to the palace today?"

"Back to my father, the child was on duty last night, and today is the time off. ”

Hearing that his son was on duty last night, Wu Sansi hurriedly pulled Wu Chongxun aside and asked in a low voice, "Did anything happen in the palace yesterday?"

"What does my father mean?" Wu Chongxun丨 hadn't heard about the internal guard's search last night, and he was confused by his father's question.

"Something to do with Li Zhen"

Wu Chongxun nodded, "I heard that he asked to see the Holy Lord last night when he was about four watches, and the Holy Lord actually saw him." ”

"And then?" Wu Sansi asked nervously.

"Then he seems to have gone to Shangqingmen, it should be looking for the Qianqi camp, and the specific child is not very clear, father, what happened?"

Wu Sansi sighed, "Neiwei 1 searched Quy Nhon Fang last night, and may have arrested all those Goguryeo people. ”

"Ah" Wu Chongxun丨 was stunned for a moment, he also knew the relationship between his father and the Goryeo Restoration Association, but Wu Chongxun丨 didn't know about the assassination of King Xiang, Wu Chongxun said: "Otherwise, I will take Brother Qianniuwei to take over Quy Nhon Fang and get back all the things that are not good for my father." ”

"Don't mess around"

Wu Sansi scolded his son, "Since he has already faced the saint last night, you don't want to do anything more." ”

After a pause, Wu Sansi said again: "Since you are resting today, you will take your family to inquire about the news, all kinds of news, the more detailed the better." ”

"The child understands" Wu Chongxun gave a salute and left in a hurry.

Wu Sansi was flustered, and instructed his family: "Go and ask Mr. Ming to come to the inner study to see me, go"

He came to the inner study and drank a pot of herbal tea in one gulp, so that the nervous mood slowly calmed down, at this time, Mr. Ming hurriedly came, "Is the prince looking for me?"

Wu Sansi sighed, "Sir, I'm afraid something big is going to happen."

"Lord Wang, what happened?"

Wu Sansi sat down and said with a wry smile: "I got a message when I went to the court just now, last night, Li Zhen led the internal guards to surround Quy Nhon Fang, and it is estimated that the Goryeo Restoration Association was served in a pot, just now Da Lang told me that Li Zhen urgently faced the saint at the fourth watch last night and mobilized the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, I guess it should be to arrest the warriors of the Restoration Congress, overnight, the situation reversed."

Mr. Ming was also dumbfounded, he couldn't imagine that so many things would happen overnight, he stayed for a long time before he asked in a low voice: "The prince won't go to the early court just because of this matter, right?"

"I'm very flustered now, how can I think of anything early in the morning"

Mr. Ming sighed secretly in his heart, doesn't this mean that he is a thief? But Wu Sansi has already returned, and it is useless to say this, it will only annoy him even more, Mr. Ming pondered for a moment again, and said: "I guess Huo Zhishan was found by Li Zhen, and Huo Zhishan has been dealing with the Goguryeo people. ”

"But Huo Zhishan doesn't know who the other party is? Jian Dongxi has always been cautious, he can't let Huo Zhishan know his details, even if he catches Huo Zhishan, at most he knows that Chi Lian Jin was thrown by him. ”

Mr. Ming said slowly: "The prince still underestimates Li Zhen, as long as he catches Huo Zhishan, he will definitely have any clues from this person's mouth, even if Jian Dongxi is cautious, it will inevitably be a hundred secrets."

Wu Sansi was silent, he knew that Mr. Ming was right, Li Zhen was indeed a powerful person, anyone who underestimated him would suffer a big loss, Wu Chengsi, Wei Tuan'er, Xue Huaiyi, aren't they all like this?

"So what do I do now?"

"Don't be too anxious. Mr. Ming comforted him and said: "Now the saint has not come to the prince, which means that Li Zhen has not yet obtained the evidence against the prince, as long as there is no evidence, the prince can not admit everything, even if the saint is angry, he will not punish the prince too much." ”

Wu Sansi nodded, "I hope Jian Dongxi can burn my letter in time." ”

At this moment, there was a guard outside the door who reported: "Qi Yu Prince, Li Zhen, the commander of the internal guard, said that he has something important to ask to see the prince." ”

Wu Sansi was stunned, why did Li Zhen want to see him, and how did he know that he didn't go to the court? He looked at Mr. Ming, Mr. Ming nodded, "The prince might as well see him."

"Invite him to sit down in the guest hall, and I'll be there shortly. ”

Li Zhen just got the news that Wu Sansi did not go to the court and returned from the imperial city again, Li Zhen was not surprised by Wu Sansi's performance at all, which showed that he was a thief and was afraid in his heart, which was the best.

Li Zhen took a sip of tea, only to hear the sound of hurried footsteps from the hall, Li Zhen listened to the footsteps, he could know that Wu Sansi was in a very bad mood at this time, and saw Wu Sansi hurriedly walked into the guest hall.

Li Zhen hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "Coming so early has disturbed the prince's rest." ”

Wu San thought twice and laughed, "Commander Li, this is the first time to come to my mansion."