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At dawn the next day, hundreds of courtiers gathered in the square in front of the Ming Hall, in groups, each whispering, long past the time of the court, but the bell of the court did not ring for a long time, and everyone did not know what was going on, and discussed uneasily. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"There are rumors in the palace that the saint is seriously ill, I don't know if it's true or not?"

"Don't talk nonsense, yesterday the Holy Majesty ordered Princess Wei to be severely punished, isn't it good?"

"Hey, His Royal Highness the King of Luling is a pity, it was ruined by a woman. ”

"Shhhhhh ”

There was a person in the hall, it was Li Zhi, the supervisor of the palace, everyone rushed to the front of the steps, Li Zhi coughed heavily, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is sorry, you will be off for five days, everyone will go back to the court!"

Hearing that the court was going to be suspended for five days, the courtiers suddenly shouted like a pot, "Li Yuanjun, what happened in the palace?"

Li Zhi said helplessly: "I don't know, everyone is scattered!"

Everyone sent a fire, to no avail, so they went back to the court, at this time, Zhang Khan stepped forward to grab Li Zhi, and asked in a low voice: "Rest for five days, is it the meaning of Erzhang?"

Li Zhi's face was full of embarrassment, and he whispered: "I didn't see the saint, I heard that no one was allowed to enter the hall of eternal life to recuperate, it was Zhang Yizhi who came out to convey the meaning of the saint." ”

Zhang Cambodia sighed softly, "As expected." ”

He shook his head and turned back to his room.

The hall of eternal life was surrounded by heavily armed guards and guards, and the general Wu Yizong stood in front of the palace gate wearing armor and helmets, holding a halberd in his hand, and coldly looked at Shangguan Wan'er and a large group of palace maids who turned around and left in the distance, and no one was allowed to enter the palace, including Shangguan Wan'er, who had privileges in the palace.

In the apse Yangxin Pavilion, Wu Zetian was lying on the sickbed in a daze, she was indeed sick, and she was very sick, in just two days, she was like forty years old, from a forty-year-old woman who was well-maintained and moisturized, to an eighty-year-old grandmother in a blink of an eye, her skin was saggy, her face was full of wrinkles, and old age spots couldn't stop coming out from under the skin.

Wu Zetian didn't seem to know all these changes, she closed her eyes tightly, and there was no life on her withered and sallow face, just like quietly waiting for death to come, there were no maids around her, no eunuchs and imperial doctors, only Zhang Changzong who was standing at the door, with a look of disgust on his face.

At this time, Zhang Yizhi hurriedly walked from outside, waved his hand, and several personal palace maids standing in the corner hurriedly walked into the room, standing at the head of Wu Zetian's bed, Zhang Yizhi gave Zhang Changzong a look, and the two turned around and came to the quiet room on the other side.

Zhang Changzong held a jade box in his hand, which contained the jade seal and vermilion pen of the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the gold medal for the transfer of troops, and the power of the Son of Heaven was completely in the hands of their brothers.

"What's the situation outside?" asked Zhang Changzong.

"They all dispersed, and they were suspended for five days, and although they had any opinions, they were helpless. ”

"What shall we do now? The old beggar may not live for a few days, and the paper will not be able to contain the fire. Zhang Changzong said worriedly.

"Now the top priority is to get rid of the people who threaten us one by one, Wu Youyi has already brought people to arrest Li Zhen, there is an edict, forgive him for not daring to rebel openly, I think the key is the prime minister Li Dan, we must get rid of it, there is no backbone, the courtiers can only accept our arrangement. ”

The Zhang brothers considered it very realistically, they would choose one between Princess Taiping and Wu Sansi, Li Xian had been completely abolished and imprisoned in the Luling Palace, although Li Chongjun fled and disappeared, but the impact was not great, the key was the prime minister Li Dan, once the news of Wu Zetian's death came out, those courtiers would definitely support him as the emperor.

Zhang Yizhi was also at a loss for a while, and at this moment, a palace maid walked to the door in a panic and said, "Two generals, the saint has woken up." ”

The Zhang brothers hurriedly got up and walked towards Wu Zetian's ward, Zhang Yizhi glared at several palace maids, and the palace maids were so frightened that they retreated, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong sat at the head of the bed one by one, holding Wu Zetian's hand and asked, "How does Your Majesty feel?"

Wu Zetian slowly opened his eyes, and said with a faint breath: "I can't do it anymore, go to the king of Zhaoxiang quickly, I ...... I want to entrust the society to him. ”

Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong glanced at each other, both of them showed a look of shock in their eyes, it turned out that the saint wanted to pass on the country to the Xiangwang, Zhang Yizhi said urgently: "The imperial doctor said, Your Majesty needs to rest, recuperate carefully, rest well for more than ten days, and the body will slowly recover." ”

"I know my situation, I can't do it this time, go quickly, and summon the Prime Minister. ”

"Wei $ obeys the order, so send someone to the king of the edict. ”

Zhang Yizhi gave Zhang Changzong a look, the two got up and walked out of the room, and said to the palace maid: "The saint needs to rest and recuperate, feed the saint medicine soup, go quickly!"

The two palace maids hurriedly entered the house to serve Wu Zetian, drank a few mouthfuls of medicinal soup, Wu Zetian fell asleep again, and the second Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and came to the quiet room again, Zhang Changzong said viciously: "Just plan and summon Li Dan into the palace to kill him." ”

Zhang Yizhi had a little more heart, and he sneered, "What should we do if he refuses to enter the palace?"

"So what do you say?"

Zhang Yizhi's eyes rolled, "It's better to take a two-pronged approach, call him into the palace first, if he refuses to enter the palace, he will be named the pastor of the state, send him to the field, and when we set up a new king, if he dares to rebel, we will send a large army to destroy him directly." ”

Zhang Changzong nodded, and banishing Li Dan to other places is also a way, "Okay! ”。

The Thousand Cavalry Battalion is the Shendu Luoyang, and even the most sharp army in the entire Tang Dynasty, with 25,000 cavalry, distributed in Luoyang, Chang'an and Taiyuan, of which Luoyang has 15,000 people, and its military camp is also the largest of all the forbidden army barracks, located in the West Garden of the Shendu, covering an area of thousands of acres.

Last night, after Li Zhen sent his family to Chang'an and ordered the Chang'an Thousand Cavalry Battalion to be closely guarded, he himself no longer returned home, but lived directly in the barracks and held the power of the army.

As soon as the morning dawned, Yao Xi, the imperial physician dressed as a eunuch, rushed to the Qiancai camp under the protection of several palace guards, and he shouted under the camp gate: "I have something urgent to see your general, report it to me quickly!"

It's also a coincidence, the general on duty today is Jiu Zhi, he saw Yao Xi on the camp wall, and hurriedly ran down, "Xiaoxi, why are you here?"

Yao Xi hurriedly said: "There is something big happening, I want to see Brother Li." ”

Of course, Yao Xi had no problem, but Jiu Zhi glanced at several Qianniu Wei warriors, and Yao Xi hurriedly said: "These people were all my patients, and I saved their lives, so they helped me escape, but they can't go back, and they will definitely die if they go back." ”

"All right, you come with me. ”

Jiu Zhi brought a few people into the camp, asked his men to greet a few guards, and he hurried to the Chinese army's big tent with Yao Xi.

Li Zhen was writing a letter to Dou Xianyun, the general of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion stationed in Taiyuan, in the big tent at this time, and Jiu Zhi reported at the door of the tent: "General, Yao Xi has an urgent report. ”

"Come in!"

Li Zhen put down his pen, he knew that Yao Xi was coming, and something big would inevitably happen in the palace.

Yao Xi walked into the tent and said excitedly: "Brother Li, the saint is already in a coma and is in critical condition. ”

"Don't worry, I know she's not doing well, sit down and say!"

Yao Xi sat down, took a sip of water, and then said: "The saint suddenly fell ill in the middle of the night last night, and he couldn't breathe, and I and several imperial doctors rescued me until five o'clock, and only stabilized a little, but the person was already in a coma. ”

"I heard that she was caused by taking an aphrodisiac pill of secret pills. ”

Yao Xi sighed, "It is a chronic poison, it will make people hallucinate after taking it, and the whole person's body is in a state of euphoria. ”

"Don't you persuade her?"

Yao Xi shook his head, "No one can persuade her, that kind of thing is very addictive after eating, and she can't quit at all, so this year, her mental state has become worse and worse." ”

"I've already caught that Hu monk Hui Fan, and he said that the saint can only live for ten days, is that true?"

Yao Xi nodded, "Last night, a few of our imperial doctors communicated privately, and everyone had the same opinion, the Holy Lord has run out of oil, and it is already a great luck to be able to live for ten days." ”

Yao Xi sighed again, "The Zhang brothers know better than anyone else, so last night's dozen or so imperial doctors were arrested, and I was fortunate to escape with the help of a few guards." ”

As soon as the words fell, a guard outside the big tent reported: "General, the Holy Lord has sent someone to announce the decree and let you enter the palace to see you." ”

Li Zhen laughed, it was such a coincidence, he beckoned a personal soldier to come forward, "Take some brothers to explore the surroundings to see if there are any ambushes." ”

The soldiers walked quickly, Li Zhen smiled and patted Yao Xi's shoulder, "I'm still worried about how to save you, it's best if you come by yourself, and thanks to the news you brought, I know what to do." ”

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A group of more than 100 Yulin Army guards came to the gate of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, a hundred steps away from the camp, a row of arrows came from afar, and someone shouted: "Don't get close to the barracks!"

The eunuch among the guards shouted: "We have an edict from Your Majesty to the general!"

In a moment, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the barracks, all with spears in their hands, and rushed murderously, surrounding a hundred guards.

The eunuch had no choice but to step forward and raise the edict and say: "This is the will of the saint, please come out and receive the decree!"

"The general is in the barracks, you go in by yourself. ”

The lieutenant who came to guard the eunuchs was furious, "Dare to neglect the holy decree, this is the crime of deceiving the king!"

Jiu Zhi rushed up and slashed his head with a whip, and scolded angrily: "Let your mother's stinky fart, this is the territory of the Thousand Cavalry Camp, and it is not your turn to speak." ”

In a dense forest two hundred steps away, Wu Youyi, the general of the Yulin Army, led more than a thousand elite soldiers to ambush here, only Li Zhen left the barracks, they would not hesitate to rush up and kill him, but it seemed that the situation was not good, Li Zhen refused to come out of the barracks.

The eunuch had no choice but to give the captain a look, and he entered the barracks alone, and came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

When he was wondering, Li Zhen had already walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, "It turned out to be Gonggong Zhao, what does the Holy Lord want me to do?"

Seeing that Li Zhen had no intention of placing incense and receiving the decree, the eunuch had to hand him the edict, "The general will read it himself!"

Li Zhen didn't answer, and still said coldly: "Just say it directly! Did the Holy Lord let me enter the palace?"

"Exactly! There is an important matter in the saint, General Xuan entered the palace. ”

Li Zhen sneered repeatedly, "Isn't the Holy Lord sick?

The eunuch said in a low voice: "General Shengshangxuan entered the palace because of the entrustment of the future. ”

Li Zhen immediately burst out laughing, "If that's the case, how could the Zhang brothers allow you to come out?"

Li Zhen laughed, and said coldly: "Go and tell Wu Youyi, don't think that I don't know if he hides in the woods, I don't want to kill each other, otherwise none of them will survive, tell them to get out!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he took two steps back, turned around and ran, and the soldiers did not stop him, letting him run out of the camp, at this time, Changshi Yang Zhi asked in a low voice on the side: "Why didn't the general directly destroy Wu Youyi?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "It's not time yet, let his head grow for a few more days." ”

The eunuch ran out of the camp and shouted to the soldiers outside the camp, "Go away!" ”

The captain was also frightened, turned around and ran towards the woods, Wu Youyi stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?"

The eunuch was breathless and said: "He refused to accept the order, he knew that the general was ambushed in the woods, and if the general did not retreat, he would send troops to destroy the general." ”

Wu Youyi's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a thousand cavalry battalion generals, let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, he led his men to quickly evacuate the woods and retreat towards the palace.

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