Early the next morning, Wang Yuanbao's winery sent 500 barrels of high-quality Gaochang wine, which made the Yashiju wine shop suddenly lively, Li Quan and his men were busy carrying the goods, and Li Zhen and Jiuzhi joined the handling team without shirking their responsibilities.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a flat scarf and a gray robe appeared in front of the liquor store, looking at the signboard of the liquor store with his hands in his hand.

Just as Jiuzhi came out of it, he felt that this man was very familiar, so he stepped forward and asked, "This gentleman, it seems that we have met?"

The man smiled slightly, "Of course we've seen it, is that dagger brother used to it?"

"So you are"

Jiu Zhi jumped up in shock, turned around and ran into the wine shop like a gust of wind, shouting: "Lao Li, our savior is here!"

This middle-aged man is Gao Yanfu, he participated in the preparation of the emperor's birthday celebration a few days ago, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, so he only took a moment to meet Li Zhen today.

At this time, Li Zhen walked out of the wine shop quickly, and saw Gao Yanfu at a glance, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and stepped forward to bow and salute, "Juniors see Gao Fujun!"

"You really came to Luoyang!" Gao Fujun smiled and nodded.

"Gentleman Fu, please sit in the wine shop!"

Li Zhen hurriedly invited Gao Yanfu into the wine shop, and Li Quan was no stranger to the endless guests of his brothers in the past two days.

She was in a hurry to unload the wine at this time, and she didn't have time to greet her brother's guests, she was really short of manpower, so she grabbed the wine zhi, "Little fatty, don't go, hurry up and help the eldest sister unload the wine!"

Jiu Zhi had no choice but to continue to carry the wine barrel to the wine cellar, Li Zhen invited Gao Yanfu to sit down in the back hall and poured him a cup of hot tea, "I heard from Brother Gao that Fujun is very busy now. ”

"Participating in the preparation of the Holy Father's birthday celebration is a little busier than usual. ”

Gao Yanfu looked at the wine shop and asked, "Is this your shop?"

"This is my eldest sister's shop, and she just took it down. ”

"I said, you just came to Luoyang the day before yesterday, how did you open a shop? ”

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Gao Yanfu had something to rush back, so he muttered and said, "I heard the priest talk about you, and I happened to meet King Wei yesterday, so I talked to him about it." ”

Li Zhen was very nervous in his heart, this matter was related to his future and fate, and all his hopes were now pinned on Gao Yanfu.

Gao Yanfu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, although the matter can't be solved at once, at least it won't get worse anymore." ”

"What did he say?" asked Li Zhen.

"King Wei has promised to close the case in the government, but he still needs an explanation for Wu Shun's death. ”

Li Zhen suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and his innocence was finally preserved in the official mansion, which is the most important thing.

If he has a criminal record in the government, then the future of martial arts and the like will all be ruined, and the court will never use a person with a criminal record.

"What do you want?" asked Li Zhen again.

"I heard that an unknown person killed Wu Shun, and you didn't do it, right?"

"Exactly!"

"What does King Wei mean, if you didn't kill the person, then you have to find out the real culprit and give him the evidence, and this matter is over, otherwise, he can only think that Wushun was killed by you, do you understand what I mean?"

Li Zhen nodded silently, that is to say, this matter is not pursued at the official level, but is resolved in private, where can he go to find the real culprit who killed Wu Shun?

Li Zhen thought of Di Yan again, do you still want to find that mysterious person?

Gao Yanfu smiled again: "You don't have to worry too much, although Wu Chengsi refuses to let go, he wants to give me a face after all, he just needs time, take your time!"

"Thank you Gao Fujun for solving this big trouble for the younger generation!"

Li Zhen was grateful in his heart, Gao Yanfu helped him close the case in the official government, this is already a great favor, he can't ask for too much.

At this time, Gao Yanfu got up and said: "I still have to rush back to the palace, and I will come to see you in the future, if you have any difficulties, go to my house to find a wrestler, and he will try his best to help you,"

"Thank you for your concern!"

Li Zhen sent Gao Yanfu out of the wine shop, and at this time a carriage drove over, Gao Yanfu got into the carriage, smiled at Li Zhen, the carriage started, and quickly drove away from the wine shop.

At this time, Jiu Zhi rushed forward and asked urgently, "How is it?"

"Wu Chengsi promised to withdraw the case!"

Jiuzhi was so excited that he screamed and danced in place so that his parents would not be implicated in the case.

Li Zhen secretly smiled bitterly, although the government withdrew the case, if the real culprit could not be found, Wu Chengsi would still not let them go!

In the imperial city of Taichu Palace, the Tang Emperor Wu Zetian was sitting in the Zhenguan Hall for dinner.

Wu Zetian, who has gone through countless ups and downs, has reached the age of antiquity, but she has a good look, although her hair is full of beauty, her skin is as delicate as a girl, there is no wrinkle at the corners of her eyes, and her cheeks are plump and beautiful.

Wu Zetian was dressed in a red yellow nine-chapter dragon robe and a crown of golden silk hibiscus, and while she was eating, she listened attentively to the report of Shangguan Wan'er, the female housekeeper next to her.

Shangguan Wan'er is about 30 years old this year, beautiful and delicate, gentle and intelligent, she is an internal official in the palace, and holds the power of Wu Zetian's edict, and is extremely powerful.

"King Liang on the table, willing to lead the four Yi leaders to cast the heavenly pivot with copper and iron, stand outside the end gate, in order to praise the merits of His Majesty, the ministers of the council hall have been passed, Su Xiangguo and Li Xiangguo please arrange as soon as possible. ”

Wu Zetian gently took a sip of the brightly colored wine, put down the jade cup and asked, "What did Di Renjie say?"

"He said that I am afraid that there will be insufficient copper materials in Beijing!"

Wu Zetian laughed, "He's afraid of losing money and labor!"

After a pause, Wu Zetian asked again: "Then what do you think?"

Shangguan Wan'er bowed down and bowed, "Your Majesty, Heaven has not yet been built, and Tianshu has been built, Wan'er is only afraid that the palace personnel will be mixed, which is not conducive to safety, Wan'er will build Heaven first, and then build Tianshu." ”

Wu Zetian thought for a while and said: "I don't rush to make a conclusion in advance, I will decide after I think twice." ”

"Wan'er obeys!"

At this time, Wu Zetian's personal maid Wei Tuan'er stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Di Xiangguo's birthday gift is Ouyang Xun's handwritten Buddhist scriptures." ”

Wei Tuan'er is Wu Zetian's personal maidservant, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, smart and beautiful, extremely clever, especially proficient in Wu Zetian's living habits, deeply favored by Wu Zetian, and gave her great power, she can even come in to play when Wu Zetian talks about state affairs.

Wu Zetian nodded and smiled: "Di Renjie has a heart, I told him last month that I wanted to see Ouyang Xun's true works, but I didn't expect him to take it to heart, yes, present it to me." ”

After a while, a eunuch slowly stepped forward holding a jade box, which was the Diamond Sutra written by Ouyang Xun's hand, which was taken as a birthday gift by Di Renjie and dedicated to Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian's official birthday is February 17, but since her 70th birthday last year, she deeply felt that she was too old, so she issued an edict that September 17 every year is also her birthday, which is set as the day of Maitreya's reincarnation.

Her birthday was less than a month away, and all the officials were getting busy, preparing to celebrate the new birthday of the saint.

Wu Zetian was very fond of Ouyang Xun's regular script, and she was just about to reach out to get the scroll, when Shangguan Wan'er next to her smiled and said: "Since it is a Buddhist ceremony, why doesn't Your Majesty let the senior monk read it after reciting?"

A sentence reminded Wu Zetian that she was superstitious about Buddhism, and any Buddhist thing must be recited by a senior monk before it was transferred to her.

Wu Zetian nodded, and smiled at Wei Tuan'er: "Fortunately, Wan'er reminded me that Master Yunxuan was doing Buddhist things in Mingtang, and Tuan'er could send it to him to recite for me." ”

"Slave obeys!"

Wei Tuan'er turned around and left, but the moment she turned around, her eyes as sharp as a needle stared at Shangguan Wan'er fiercely, and Shangguan Wan'er also looked at her coldly and said nothing.

Wei Tuan'er left with the eunuch, Wu Zetian took a sip of wine, and said, "You go on!"

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er unfolded another sheet and said: "The Criminal Department Shangshu Dou Lu Qinwang mentioned yì on the table, and the officials above the ninth rank each donated two months to celebrate His Majesty's birthday."

"That's not right!"

Wu Zetian interrupted her words, "Low-grade officials are originally low-grade, and it is more difficult to support their families, and it will make their families even more impoverished if they give two months of Yulu, and I am afraid that they will be resentful of Yu Yu behind their backs, so this proposal will be rejected and not adopted!"

"Wan'er obeys!"

As he was talking, he saw a eunuch stumbling over and shouting, "Your Majesty, something has happened!"

Wu Zetian's face sank, and he reprimanded: "What's the panic, say it well, what's wrong?"

"Majesty!"

The eunuch said tremblingly: "Master Mingtang Yunxuan has an accident, and his life is in danger!"

Wu Zetian was shocked, Yun Xuan was a high-ranking monk in the White Horse Temple, and if he had an accident in the palace, this was not a trivial matter, she immediately ordered: "Swing and go to Mingtang!"

Dozens of sturdy eunuchs hurriedly came to the Ming Hall with the people, the Ming Hall is a round tower building more than 20 zhang high, the top of the tower is coated with gold and nine dragons holding the phoenix, the momentum is magnificent, and Xue Huaiyi, the inner pet of Wu Zetian, is fully responsible for the construction.

But Wu Ze's providence is still not finished, and Xue Huaiyi built a fifty-zhang high heaven in the north of Mingtang, and in the heaven, he used a clamp to shape the statue of Maitreya, only the nail cover can accommodate dozens of people, costing a huge amount of money, and the treasury is exhausted after casting, and it is expected that heaven will be completed in half a year.

In the past few days, Yun Xuan, a senior monk of White Horse Temple, with dozens of disciples, was doing Buddhist things for the Maitreya statue in heaven, but he didn't expect disaster to fall from the sky.

Yun Xuan was just about to recite the Diamond Sutra for Wu Zetian, when an unbearable pain made him scream, and he died instantly, his body gradually turned golden, and soon he was as stiff as a stone.

Frightened, all his disciples and the surrounding eunuchs were far away, not daring to approach him, at this time, a guard shouted, "His Majesty the Holy Spirit Emperor has arrived!"

The people around knelt down one after another, Wu Zetian slowly walked down from the chariot, she saw the monk Yunxuan lying on the ground at a glance, only to see him covered in gold, his head up and fell to the ground, it seemed that he was dead, she was secretly surprised in her heart, and asked, "What happened?"

Wei Tuan'er cried and stepped forward to report: "The slave maid was ordered by His Majesty to take the Diamond Sutra and recite it to Yunxuan, but he fell down after reciting less than two sentences, and the slave and maid don't know what happened?"

Wu Zetian was furious and shouted: "Present the Buddhist scriptures to me!"

A eunuch stepped forward, picked up the Buddhist scripture tremblingly, rolled it up and put it in the jade box, and walked towards this side with a quick step.

But as soon as he took two steps, he screamed, fell to his knees, the jade box in his arms fell to the ground, the Buddhist scriptures rolled out, the eunuch raised his hands, in great pain, and in a moment, his whole body turned golden and fell to the ground and died.

The surrounding guards were in an uproar, and countless pairs of eyes stared at the Buddhist scriptures on the ground in fear, and everyone understood that the Buddhist scriptures were coated with poison, and they would be killed if they touched it.

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Buddhist scriptures are dedicated by Di Renjie, and he is the biggest suspicion of assassination!"

Wu Zetian's face was extremely gloomy, her eyes flashed with anger, and after a while, she snorted coldly.

[Note: Empress Zetian is Wu Zetian's title, and her name is Wu Cong, but for the convenience of readers, this book directly uses the name of Wu Zetian]

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