Lai Junchen's heart jumped suddenly, and the saint really asked about it, but he had already prepared, so he said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen are going to the southeastern states to inspect, this is the practice of the Imperial History Terrace, and two Imperial Historians must go together, Yangzhou is their first stop, and then they will cross the Yangtze River to Runzhou and Suzhou, as well as Shengzhou, Xuanzhou, Yuezhou and other places, which Your Majesty explained at the beginning of the year." ”

Lai Junchen took out a volume of documents from his arms, presented it to Wu Zetian with both hands: "This is the plan of the two of them for this eastern tour, please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Wan'er took the document and handed it to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian opened it and looked at it, it was really a very careful inspection plan, she also had to admire Lai Junchen would remedy it, since Lai Junchen refused to admit that sending Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen to Yangzhou was for Li Yuanjia's matter, Wu Zetian no longer mentioned this matter, she put the document aside, and said lightly: "You get up first"

"Your Majesty"

Lai Junchen stood up, quite proud in his heart, he knew that he had succeeded in remedy, and the saint could no longer take the matter of Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen to attack himself, and he said sadly: "It's just that Weichen didn't expect that the two of them would encounter a military disaster in Yangzhou and die tragically. ”

"Let's talk about it"

Wu Zetian diverted the topic, and said: "Regarding Li Yuanjia's rebellion, it has now been clarified, and it has nothing to do with other royal families for the time being, the investigation of the Xingtang Society will be put aside for the time being, the backlog of cases in your hands must be cleared in the next few days, and they should be released, and their belongings must also be returned together and dealt with properly, I don't want to hear anyone shouting grievances in Yingtianmen again." ”

Lai Junchen's heart became heavy again, and he nodded silently, "Weichen obeys the order"

"Nothing else, go ahead"

Lai Junchen gave a salute and retreated, Wu Zetian looked at Shangguan Wan'er again and asked, "When will Li Zhen come back?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it should be only these two days. ”

"If he returns, let him come to me at once, and I will reward him well. ”

There is a small house covering an area of three acres in Luoyang Gong'an Fang, which is the mansion of Gao Jian, who has just been appointed as the director of Dali Temple, since Princess Taiping was infatuated with Zhang Changzong, she was quite ashamed of her old lover Gao Jian, so she used her influence to put pressure on the officials, and Gao Jian was transferred to Dali Temple Zhizhi, in charge of the law.

Although Gao Jian is busy with affairs, he is also living a very fulfilling life, and Princess Taiping also promised him that he will be transferred to the Criminal Department next year, which makes Gao Jian full of expectations for his future.

At night, Gao Jian was reading in the study, and at this time, his wife Gu Shi said at the door: "Husband, Qiao Langzhong is here"

Gao Jian immediately got up and smiled: "Invite him in."

After a while, a young official walked into the study, this person is Qiao Zhizhi in the right Shilang, who was implicated in the Su case and imprisoned not long ago, and was just released yesterday, and the official was reinstated, Qiao Zhizhi and Gao Jian are classmates and friends, he was admitted to the imperial examination three years earlier than Gao Jian, and he has the best relationship with Gao Jian.

Qiao Zhizhi hugged his fists and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry to disturb Brother Xian so late."

"It should be me going to visit Brother Qiao, please sit down first"

The two sat down, the Gu family served them tea, and Gao Jian said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Qiao on his release from prison and his official reinstatement."

Qiao Zhizhi sighed, "Where can I be happy." ”

"What's going on?"

Gao Jian saw that he was preoccupied, so he asked, "Is there something else going on at home?"

"Something happened to Bizhu. ”

Gu Shi next to him was startled, "Didn't Bizhu go back to her parents' house?"

"I also thought she went back to her parents' house, but she didn't go back at all, I asked the people in the house again, some people said that they saw Bizhu being forcibly taken into a carriage, that is, when the men of Lai Junchen searched my house, I went to find the Yushitai today, they denied that they had arrested my wife, saying that all the belongings were returned to me, but this is not the case"

Gao Jian's face slowly became solemn, he knew that Qiao Zhizhi's wife Bizhu was extremely beautiful and very young, and Lai Junchen had a bad reputation for occupying official wives and concubines, Bizhu disappeared at this time, it was very likely that it was related to Lai Junchen, Qiao Zhizhi went to find Yushitai, of course they would not admit it.

Qiao Zhizhi said angrily: "I counted the property they returned, and found that the ancestral snow jade of my Qiao family was missing, and the snow jade has been hidden in my study, but the study was searched by them, and the snow jade was also gone, and it must have been taken away by them, which is the treasure of the town house handed down by my Qiao family for five generations." ”

Gao Jian knew that the snow jade of the Qiao family, that was an extremely snow-white and rare jade, it was said that it was the same kind of jade as the He's bi, needless to say, it must have been searched by Lai Junchen or his subordinates, but compared to the snow jade, Gao Jian felt that Bizhu was more important, and that was Qiao Zhizhi's wife

"Brother Qiao, don't worry about this matter, the current situation in the court has been very strange recently, first of all, the Xingtang Society was unjustly imprisoned, and the Xingtang Society was investigated, but Li Yuanjia rebelled, and the Xingtang Society was stopped again, I guess the saint is afraid that the investigation of the Xingtang Dynasty will cause more rebellions, anyway, I feel that something will happen. ”

"But Bizhu has been missing for a day, and it will be dangerous for a day, you asked me to wait, when will you wait for me?" Qiao Zhizhi said with an anxious face.

"Husband, you can help Brother Qiao," Gu couldn't help but persuade on the side.

Gao Jian sighed helplessly, he knew that Qiao Zhizhi came to find him, in fact, he wanted him to ask Princess Taiping for help, but he really didn't want to ask Princess Taiping, but his classmates and friends were in trouble, how could he stand by and watch, Gao Jian nodded, "Okay, let me think of a way." ”

At this moment, there was a quick knock outside the door, Gao Jian was startled and hurriedly shush!' With a bang, he walked quickly to the yard, "Who is it?"

"Sir, it's me, Zhang An of Taiping Mansion. ”

It turned out to be Zhang An, the housekeeper of Taiping Mansion, Gao Jian relaxed a little, stepped forward and opened the door, "It's so late, is there something wrong with Steward Zhang?"

Zhang An saluted him, "The princess asks Mr. Gao to return home quickly, and there is something important to discuss."

Princess Taiping had just received Li Zhen's report and read it carefully, but it still didn't relieve the confusion in her heart.

During this time, she also spent her time in fear, she knew what she had done, signed her name in a Xingtang oath, and pressed her handprint, this oath is in Li Yuanjia's hands, if this oath is known by her mother, then the second half of her life will be completely finished, and her mother may forgive the two brothers, but she will never forgive her.

It is precisely for this reason that Princess Taiping took advantage of her husband's relationship to let Li Zhen go south to Yangzhou, nominally to help her brother Li Dan, but in fact it was for her own interests, although she hated Shangguan Wan'er very much, but she always believed that Li Zhen would not betray her to Shangguan Wan'er.

In the room, Princess Taiping was pacing back and forth restlessly with her hands, at this time, Zhang Changzong hugged her from behind with her bare body, and put her hand into her skirt, if it was normal, Princess Taiping would soon be triggered by him, but at this time she was not in this mood, she slapped Zhang Changzong's hand heavily, like swatting off a fly, "take it away" She shouted angrily.

Zhang Changzong was so frightened that he hurriedly let go of her, and stood aside with his hands down, Princess Taiping glanced at him, and suddenly felt a little disgusted with Zhang Changzong's bewitching face, except for that face, the whole person was a straw bag, needless to say that he could not even solve problems at least.

"You go back to the room first, I'm not in a good mood today"

"It was Rokuro who went back first. ”

At this moment, the housekeeper Zhang An reported outside the door, "Your Highness, Mr. Gao is here"

"Invite him in"

Princess Taiping was impatient, and her voice was full of excitement.

Zhang Changzong, who had just walked to the door, hesitated, with an extremely jealous expression on his face, Princess Taiping drove herself away like a dog, and when she heard Gao Jian's arrival, she was like a female cat in estrus, she was so excited, he secretly gritted his teeth and bowed his head and went out.

Zhang Changzong walked out of the room, just when he met Gao Jian walking quickly, Zhang Changzong showed a cruel smile on his face, and hit Gao Jian's chest with his shoulder, this time he hit it extremely hard, almost breaking Gao Jian's ribs, Gao Jian suddenly bent down in pain, Zhang Changzong pretended to be concerned and supported him, "Brother Gao, are you sick?"

Gao Jian held back the pain, stared at him fiercely, shook off his hand, and walked into the room, Zhang Changzong saw that he was not fooled, he couldn't help but scold in a low voice, and had to leave stupidly.

As soon as Gao Jian walked into the room, Princess Taiping threw herself into his arms, hugged his neck and complained faintly: "Gao Lang, why haven't you come to see me for so long?"

Gao Jian hugged her and sighed: "I am too busy with affairs, I really don't have time, please forgive me."

Princess Taiping bit her lip lightly, pulled him into the inner room quickly, Gao Jian knew it, a fire ignited in his heart, and the two closed the door and hugged and rolled onto the bed.

I don't know how long it took, the two of them stopped raining, Gao Jian hugged her and said with a smile: "The princess said that she was looking for me for something important, wouldn't it be for this matter?"

Princess Taiping curled up in his arms like a cat, she moved slightly, and laughed in a low voice: "Isn't this matter serious?"

She sat up and slowly put on her clothes, although she was satisfied, but the worry was still like a stone in her heart, she glanced at Gao Jian, and said coquettishly: "Do you really think that I came to you for this matter?

Gao Jian put on his clothes, followed her outside, and said with a smile: "It's time to play the role of a military advisor." ”

"That's right"

Princess Taiping took Li Zhen's report and handed it to Gao Jian, "This is the copy I just got from the palace, you can take a look first"

Gao Jian took the document and found that it was Li Zhen's report, he was secretly taken aback in his heart, his face became serious, he slowly unfolded the report and read it carefully, read it twice in a row, he nodded and said: "If what he said is true, this person is really a powerful character, he took a hundred internal guards to Yangzhou, and wiped out the rebellion that Li Yuanjia had prepared for a year." ”

"He's a great talent, I've found out a long time ago, and I'm not willing to be subordinate, but I'm more concerned about the Xingtang Society now, but his report is very vague, do you think he is deliberately covering it up?"

Gao Jian groaned and said: "The last time the princess told me that he went to Yangzhou with the dual mission of Li Dan and Li Xian, I think he obviously completed the task, and evidence such as the list of the Xingtang Society should have been obtained by him, or destroyed by him, but he said in the report that he had been destroyed by Li Yuanjia, which is obviously a deception of the saint."

"But it seems that the saint is not angry, and he is still ready to promote him to the commander of the internal guard, and he will reward him again, does the saint believe his words and think that the evidence was really destroyed by Li Yuanjia?"

Gao Jian sighed, "Didn't Her Royal Highness the Princess find out that the Holy Lord actually didn't want to dig deeper into the Xingtang Society anymore?"

Princess Taiping is a fan of the authorities, Gao Jian's words suddenly woke her up, her mother made a lot of trouble this time, and it was indeed a bit like giving up

She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, only to feel that she didn't know which clue to grasp, Princess Taiping sighed softly, "Then what do you say I should do now?"

Gao Jian was waiting for her words, and he smiled lightly: "Actually, the opportunity is right in front of you." ”

"Chance?" Princess Taiping looked at him suspiciously.

"Yes, opportunity"

Gao Jian pondered the situation for a long time, he felt that he was not mistaken, he looked at Princess Taiping and said, "Does the princess remember that I once made your suggestion?

Princess Taiping's eyes gradually lit up, and she understood what Gao Jian meant.