Chapter 840: Exploring the Palace at Night
Feiyun secretly thought that this was the same, those ministers must have reported good news and not bad news, and it was indeed difficult for Wu Zetian to hear the truth. Feiyun thought about it, turned his head to look at Liangchen, and said, "Second sister, you are very sharp-tongued, so you will tell the emperor in detail." Liangchen immediately told what happened after Feiyun left the capital.
After hearing this, Wu Zetian was furious and said: "I didn't expect there to be so many bullies and corrupt officials in the local area. It seems that I must strengthen the rule of officials and severely punish corrupt officials. ”
Liangchen continued: "Your Majesty, in addition to these, it is also necessary to select wise and capable people to serve as local parent officials. Wu Zetian nodded in agreement, saying that he would discuss the matter with the prime ministers tomorrow.
Wu Zetian asked Feiyun why he didn't come to see her often after returning to Beijing for many days. Feiyun told her about the recent events of the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon and Phoenix Sect.
Wu Zetian couldn't help but say angrily: "These two groups of people are really ghostly, and they dare to go to the capital to do evil, I must not let them go." Lin Shaoxia, is there any way to deal with them? If there is a need, just ask it, and I will meet it! ”
Liangchen said that he didn't need the emperor's help for the time being, and when he found the lair of the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon and Phoenix Gate, he naturally asked the emperor to send the masters in the palace to exterminate these two groups of people with bad intentions.
After hearing this, Wu Zetian agreed to Liangchen's request without hesitation, and said that including Princess Changping, he could go out of the palace to assist Feiyun.
Feiyun suggested that Wu Zetian should strengthen the defense of the palace, after all, both the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon and Phoenix Sect had several extremely powerful masters. If you face the enemy head-on, you don't have to worry. But if they attack or assassinate at night, it is difficult to guard against. The palace is heavily guarded, but for a master, it is not worth mentioning at all.
Wu Zetian knew that Feiyun was thinking about her, but he didn't believe it. In her opinion, there should not be many masters like Feiyun in the rivers and lakes. What's more, there are masters like Princess Changping, Xu Zhitang, Duan Qing and the Red Monarch County Lord in the palace, and she thinks that she is foolproof, so she shows her disapproval. She was afraid that Feiyun would be too distracted, so she hurriedly said that she would remind the princess to pay attention.
Wu Zetian wanted to invite Feiyun and others into the palace in order to protect the crown prince Li Xian. Feiyun is protected by people from Ximen Mountain and the Ximen family, so there is no need to worry about safety. In this way, he can concentrate on the White Lotus Sect and the Dragon and Phoenix Sect outside the palace.
Feiyun said that if the emperor transferred the glamorous county lord into the palace to participate in the guard, it would be foolproof. Wu Zetian didn't want to disappoint Feiyun, so he immediately agreed. Several people talked for a while, and Feiyun and the others then took their leave.
After leaving the palace, Liangchen said: "Big brother, I don't think the emperor took your words seriously. If Yang Xuelian or Li Fenghuang personally led people to sneak attack, it might really bring danger. ”
Feiyun thought for a while and said, "I hope the emperor will change his mind and pay special attention to it." However, even if they sneak attack, with the princess and others there, there shouldn't be any big problems. What do you think? ”
Liangchen pondered for a while and said, "I think it is necessary to make another arrangement just in case." Feiyun asked, "So what do you have in mind?" Liangchen said, "In my opinion, if they want to sneak attack, it must be at night." We might as well divide into three teams, you take me and Meijing in the first team, Sister Lan Xing in the first team with Qiushuang and Dongxue, Lin Feng and Deng Dan with Hong'er and Qing'er in the first team, and Sister Tianxiang with Ruhua and take turns guarding near the palace. Once you find someone breaking into the palace at night, follow them and wait for the opportunity to move! ”
Feiyun didn't have a better way and agreed to Liangchen's suggestion. When they returned to the hospital, they immediately gathered Lian'er, Hongying, Lin Feng and others together and told Liangchen's plans. Naturally, everyone had no objections, and immediately divided into preparations. After that, at night, the three teams took turns waiting near the palace. For a few days, it was safe. On this night, it was the turn of the flying clouds and the good day and the beautiful scenery.
In the middle of the night, the three of Feiyun were checking near the palace, but they saw four black-clothed people rushing towards the palace, it was Li Fenghuang, Li Xuehua, Li Zhen and Ruoxue from the Dragon and Phoenix Gate. It turned out that after Ruoxue returned to the capital, she always wanted to enter the palace to assassinate Wu Zetian and avenge her parents. Li Fenghuang knew that there were many masters in the palace, and he never agreed. But Li Zhen couldn't stand Ruoxue's request, so he also interceded with his mother on her behalf. Li Fenghuang couldn't resist them, so he had to agree to give it a try.
Li Fenghuang decided to only take Li Xianglan, Li Zhen and Ruoxue to the palace to assassinate, after all, the other people's martial arts are slightly inferior. So the four of them changed into their night clothes and came to the outer walls of the palace. Li Fenghuang and the four of them took advantage of the cover of night to avoid the patrolling Imperial Forest Army and flew up the wall. The four of them were so fast that the Guards didn't notice them. he
Ruoxue looked at it and asked quietly, "Master of the Gate, there are so many houses here, how do you know where the faint monarch is?" ”
Li Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "Let's go up to the top of the house in front of us first, and discuss while observing!" The four of them then flew down the fence and headed straight for a house in front of them. When they reached the side of the house, the four of them jumped up, went up to the roof, and lay down to watch the movement inside.
I saw a large open space in front of me, which looked like a martial arts arena. In the middle of the clearing, there were two teams of guard-like people, patrolling back and forth. All of them were strong men, and all of them had weapons in their hands. Li Fenghuang couldn't help frowning secretly, she didn't expect the palace to be so heavily guarded. In fact, this is not difficult to understand, someone came in the night before to make a big fuss, and now the garrison is strengthened, which is naturally the right thing to do.
Li Fenghuang thought to himself for a while, and said softly: "Zhen'er go down and check, we will wait here." Ruoxue said: "This is a trivial matter, then it is more appropriate to use Brother Li to go out, or I should go down." Li Xuehua said: "Xue'er, why are you suitable?" Ruoxue smiled and said, "I have an advantage over all of you." I've been to the palace before, I know what's going on in the palace, and I can dress up as a maid. In general, women tend to let each other slack. For the palace maids, they will not be even more guarded. ”
Li Fenghuang thought for a while and said, "Xue'er is right, just let her go!" Li Zhen said: "She went alone, I don't feel at ease." Well, I'll go down with her. Mother and sister, wait here, and hide so that no one finds out! Li Fenghuang and the two agreed softly. Li Zhen and Ruoxue immediately jumped down and fell to the ground silently.
The two were quietly moving forward, but saw two palace maids walking slowly with a lantern. Ruoxue said softly to Li Zhen: "Brother Li, let's follow them first, find an opportunity to restrain them, and force Wu Zetian to ask where he is!" Li Zhen didn't have any other good way for a while, that is, he nodded and agreed. The two followed the two palace maids to a house, Li Zhenyi pressed Ruoxue's hand and said, "Do it!" The two of them flew out, shot like lightning, and lit the acupoints of the two palace maids, and then ran to a secluded place one by one.
The two palace maids were pointed at the key points, unable to move or make a sound, but their consciousness was awake. Li Zhen whispered to the two: "Two girls, don't be afraid. As long as you are obedient and answer a few questions truthfully, we will not hurt you! After speaking, he unlocked the acupoint of a palace maid. The palace maid looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was already frightened, and said tremblingly: "A good man spares his life! ”
Ruoxue said softly: "Little sister, don't be afraid. Let me ask you, do you know where Wu Zetian is? The palace maid said: "This heroine, we are only the last palace maids, how do we know where the emperor is?" Ruoxue said angrily: "If you don't tell the truth, then don't blame me!" After Ruoxue finished speaking, she made a gesture to take the sword behind her back. The palace maid was shocked and hurriedly said, "Sister spare my life!" We really don't know. At this time, the emperor must have been in the dormitory of the harem. Li Zhen said sharply: "Are you telling the truth? If you dare to deceive us, we will come back to you to settle scores!" The palace maid hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" Seeing this, Ruoxue couldn't bear it, looking at the appearance of the palace maid, it was estimated that she would not dare to lie.
Li Zhen immediately stretched out his hand and tapped her acupoint. Ruoxue then unlocked the acupoint of another palace maid and asked, "Little girl, do you know where Wu Zetian is?" The palace maid said in a trembling voice: "If the emperor is not in the palace, he is usually in the imperial study. He also pointed out the path to the imperial study in detail. Ruoxue waited for her to finish, stretched out her hand and pointed at her acupoint, and said softly: "Girl, after two hours, you can move freely." But if you want to save your life, it's better not to tell anyone what happened. ”
Li Zhen said to Ruoxue: "Xue'er, this should be the residence of the palace maid." You go inside and change into a palace maid's clothes, and it will be convenient for you to do things. Ruoxue nodded in agreement and dodged in. After a while, dressed as a palace maid, she walked out. The two then left, found the guards and stole three sets of guard outfits. The two returned to Li Fenghuang and Li Xuehua's hideout, handed them the guard clothes, and said, "The three of us are dressed as guards, palace maids dressed as Ruoxue." When I met someone to check on us, I said that the emperor asked the palace maid to take us to strengthen the guards of the guards, and you all don't talk! Li Xuehua said: "Brother, this plan is very good. The three of them quickly changed their clothes.
The four of them immediately flew down the roof, Ruoxue in front, Li Fenghuang and the three of them behind, followed the path pointed out by the palace maid, and walked towards the imperial study. It was late at night, and there were not many people walking around the palace. Occasionally, I encountered a few patrolling guards, and I was also skillfully dealt with by Ruoxue. After all, they were dressed as palace maids and guards, and those guards didn't expect someone to impersonate. After a while, the four of them came to the front of the imperial study.
Li Zhen raised his eyes to take a look, but saw that the lights in the imperial study were bright. Li Zhen was overjoyed and said: "It seems that our luck is good, and the faint monarch is actually in the imperial study at this time. Mother, sister-in-law, when Cher and I enter the house, the two of you go up to the roof and get ready to answer. Li Fenghuang said: "The strength of the two of you is too weak, I will also go in." Leave flowers on the roof to answer it! Li Xuehua said: "Mother is right, the three of you go in and have a bigger grasp." "Li Fenghuang has the strongest martial arts among the four, even if he encounters an accident, he can take Li Zhen and Ruoxue out of the encirclement.