Chapter 26 The Son of Heaven is angry, and the blood floats
"Of course it's me." The person who spoke seemed to be very familiar with Chen Zi'ang, "I haven't seen him for more than 20 years, and Boyu's style is still the same as before."
Taking advantage of the flickering firelight, Li Chongrun could vaguely see the man's face, but apart from feeling that he looked familiar, he didn't recognize him.
"Impossible! Didn't you already die on the Dafeichuan?" Chen Ziang stared at the man with splitting eyes. He tried to turn over and sit up several times, but he gave up because his foot injury had not healed and he couldn't get up.
Hearing Chen Ziang mention Dafeichuan, Li Chongrun thought of the old past events that he had cried about before, and then he realized why he felt familiar.
This man looks vaguely similar to Wang Rong's grandfather, the Imperial College Secretary Wang Wei and Wang Fangqing.
"Wang Yan has indeed died on the Dafeichuan." The man who called himself Wang Yan had a trace of sadness on his face, but it quickly dissipated and returned to the previous solemnity.
"Now you can call me Wang Qian, Mr. Wuliu. Or: Wuling native."
At the same time, Luoyang, the divine capital, Ziwei Palace and Yaoguang Palace.
"What? Let them run away?" Princess Taiping's blood-stained scholar's robe has been changed, but she is still wearing a male disguise.
"Reporting to the princess, the twelve members of Ding Group were ordered to track the assassin. When they arrived near Xiaoyi Bridge, they had a fierce battle with the assassin. Although three enemies were killed, the thieves were highly skilled in martial arts. Six of Ding Yi's brothers were killed and four were injured. Ding Qi and
Ding Shiyi followed the assassin towards Hulao Pass."
The person who answered was a knight in black. A stab wound extended from his forehead to his shoulder. Although it had been bandaged briefly, blood was still oozing out.
"You go down and treat the injury first. Otherwise, I'm afraid seven people will die later." Di Renjie on the side stepped forward to help him, and motioned to the palace attendants on the left and right to help him to treat the injury.
"Your Majesty, today's assassin leader Shan Buxian was the most powerful general under Hei Te Changzhi back then. It is said that he is a descendant of Shan Xiongxin, Wang Shichong's old general. His skills are hard to match in the world."
Di Renjie explained to Wu Zetian who was sitting on the phoenix chair in the palace: "Let him escape today, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome to deal with it in the future."
"Do you want to send more people over?" Shangguan Wan'er on the side hurriedly expressed her worries before he could finish his words. "Brother Pei has already chased after me, but I don't know if I can catch up now.
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"Even if Pei Tan catches up, his little wife has injured her left hand and cannot follow. It would be very difficult for him to get an advantage if he doesn't go there first." Princess Taiping said in a calm tone.
Pei Tan was naturally the master swordsman who guarded the imperial palace, but the sword-wielding palace man injured his left hand in order to save Wu Zetian. Otherwise, due to the combined attack skills they had practiced since childhood, Shan Buxian would never have left so easily.
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Di Renjie had just taken office as Sima of Luozhou, and he immediately thought about mobilizing the troops and horses under his command. "According to previous reports, the Wuling people have been planning this for a long time, and there must be a plan to respond and escape. If you want to find someone,
When Li Chongrun comes back, it would be better for Feige to mobilize the garrison at Hulao Pass."
"The defenders of Hulao Pass must not move without permission." Wu Zetian finally spoke, but there was a slight sense of fatigue in her tone. "The Turkic Ashina Mochu has been moving frequently recently, and the Khitan is freezing and hungry due to the heavy snowfall.
Countless of them, I’m afraid they also want to come to the Central Plains to enjoy the autumn breeze.”
"Military matters are important. Since Pei Tan has already chased him, even if he is defeated, there should be no problem if he just saves people." Wu Zetian stared at the lights of the phoenix-shaped chandelier in the caisson, a bit like comforting herself.
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"Even if he cannot be saved, if my grandson cannot understand what is the most important thing in the world, then he will die."
"What the Emperor said is absolutely true!"
Seeing that Wu Zetian's decision had been made, the remaining three people could only say yes. Shangguan Wan'er originally wanted to say something more, but she saw Princess Taiping's reassuring look and knew that she had an arrangement, so she said nothing more.
"Although we have already learned about today's events, there are still three things that remain unclear."
Seeing that Li Chongrun's matter had come to an end, Di Renjie began to analyze today's assassination.
Wu Zetian did not speak, but made a continue gesture to indicate to Di Renjie to continue speaking.
"These three bed crossbows were produced by the craftsman's workshop three years ago. They should be assigned to Youweiwei. But how were they transferred and hidden outside His Majesty's Putrajaya? This is one of them."
"The good news from the Red Ling Special Envoy, even if we don't use the eight hundred miles to rush, we will arrive from Kucha a little late. This is the second point."
"Then why did you go to Hulao Pass if you didn't go first?"
"I know about the Hong Ling Special Envoy." Wu Zetian solved Di Renjie's second doubt first. "The King of Wei Wu Chengsi suggested adjourning it for three days, and I agreed."
Although Wu Zetian needed this victory to maintain her position.
But the delay of three days was naturally to allow Longmen to explode the news in such a grand ceremony, so as to achieve the effect of flowers decorating the brocade and fire cooking the oil.
This also explains why she did it herself to stir up emotions in Putrajaya without waiting for Princess Taiping to stop her.
Wu Chengsi naturally did not know the information about the assassination detected by Fengyi Guard, but Wu Zetian had already received the news reported by Princess Taiping.
At a time when life and death are at stake, such a big variable needs to be added.
Such a risk naturally frightened Fatty Di, who always puts safety first. "Your Majesty, for such dangerous things, it is better to be more cautious in the future."
"On the occasion of such a great victory, there is still a treacherous Xiaoxiao who has a small intention to assassinate me. I think the world will naturally be able to see the right and wrong." Wu Zetian did not take it to heart and just persisted in his own thoughts. "Just taking a little risk can win over me.
People’s hearts are not at a loss.”
"What's more, it's not about you. Wan'er and Taiping aside, although you, Di Renjie, are a little greedy, when it comes to the poison of vision, is there anything in the world that can be hidden from you?"
"The humble minister is terrified."
Di Renjie could naturally tell that the Supreme Master had seen through him. After all, he was actually adding fuel to the flames as an excuse to go to Nanshi to satisfy his craving.
"Two years ago, General You Weiwei, Hei Te Changzhi, committed suicide at Lijingmen. No news was revealed until his death." Princess Taiping began to explain the first question.
"At that time, Taiping had just taken over Fengyi Guard, and they only knew that he was related to the rebellion of the Yue King Li Zhen. They asked Lijingmen to arrest him. Who knew that Zhou Xing and the others were so ruthless, and before the news came out, they were arrested.
Forced to death."
"The incident of Youwei Wei is related to Hedong Road. At that time, Heiji Changzhi had visited Hedong Road for a long time. My daughter only guessed that it was related to the Wang family of Jinyang and the Lu family of Fanyang."
Just thinking that Lijingmen ruined her family's affairs, Princess Taiping's originally calm face turned slightly ferocious.
"It's just that there was a strange fire at Lijingmen two years ago, which burned all the collected letters. Now I only know that the Wuling people were mentioned in the letters. As for who the Wuling people are, and how they relate to these two aristocratic families.
I have no idea what the big family has to do with it."
"Wan'er has some information about Youwei Wei and why the assassin went to Hulao Pass." Shangguan Wan'er explained Di Renjie's third doubt.
"In the case of aphrodisiac that Mr. Run discovered earlier, the Hu people said that it was produced in Hedong. But Wan'er went through the reports in the past few years and found that Xingyang was originally a grain-producing place, and in the past two years it has been even more so.
The weather is good and there are no disasters, but the food production is reduced by 20%."
Shangguan Wan'er casually mentioned Li Chongrun to increase his sense of presence.
"Fan Yang Ma Zheng's horses were originally Shuofang horses. According to reports in the past two years, nearly 20% have turned into sweat-blooded horses from the Western Regions."
Shangguan Wan'er handles countless reports every day, but she can still find such small changes. "So I asked Her Royal Highness the Princess to investigate, only to find that Xingyang had inexplicably built many pastures, while Fan Yang had reclaimed many nearby areas.
The sandy land of Mobei.”
"Xingyang doesn't raise horses, so why does it need so many pastures? And it takes countless manpower to water the sandy land in Fanyang, so why go to such a remote and desolate place to open up wasteland?"
"The aphron business in Qinghua Fang exceeds one million every year. If they were doing this normally, the Zheng family and the Lu family would have bought up all the land in the world. But why can't they just get in and out every year? Could it be that this money is
Buried by these two families?"
Shangguan Wan'er didn't mention rebellion a word, but every word was related to rebellion.
"So the assassin is not going to Hulao Pass, but to Xingyang."
Di Renjie made his own judgment.
"The money and goods earned by Fanyang Lu and Xingyang Zheng from selling aphrodisiac were probably spent on raising soldiers."
"It's just because Hei Te Changzhi, who was fed before, was involved in the rebellion of Yue King Li Zhen and was taken away by His Majesty before he could repay the two clans. So he thought of ways to make money and went to do the aphrodisiac business."
"And this assassination was naturally to express his anger at having his financial resources cut off."
"Is this Wuling man just the operator, or the mastermind of the whole conspiracy?"
"The relationship between clans is inherently intricate. Although marriages continue, fights also occur from time to time."
Wu Zetian had her own judgment.
"Let these families join forces to do something. I'm afraid this Wuling person is not that capable. He should be just a lobbyist like Zhang Yi. I asked you to go to Shannan Road to search for the Wuling people's lair. What happened next?"
After hearing His Majesty the Emperor's serious question, Di Renjie naturally did not dare to neglect: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen sent people to search Shannan Road and Jiangnan Road carefully, and only found an abandoned place. Wei Chen went to check it personally.
It should have been abandoned for at least twenty years and has been deserted for a long time."
"As long as this person is still active, I'm not afraid that he won't show off his tricks. Just keep an eye on him." Wu Zetian was open-minded. "Today's assassination involves a total of four killing moves."
"I think that little lady official is the hand and foot of the Lu family. She has been a poet for a long time, and she is very picky about everything she does."
"The assassin and the archer who was killed by the black knight were naturally raised by the Zheng family, so they had to flee home to escape for their lives. The people in the army are really stupid and cute."
"The bed crossbow should be the plan of the Wuling people. I think this matter has been planned for a long time."
"How many of the eunuchs and eunuchs in this palace have you killed at Longmen before?"
Wu Zetian's tone was calm, as if it was as simple as deciding whether to have noodles or dinner at night.
"I don't have a harem. If the eunuchs in the palace want to do anything, I'll kill them all. And all the palace servants who know my schedule today will be dragged to Luoshui to feed the fish. Select some little girls from the south of the Yangtze River, which is far away from the Central Plains. A few, I think it will be cleaner."
When the emperor is angry, blood flows everywhere.
Naturally, the three people below did not dare to disobey in the slightest. They also knew that His Majesty was not as reassured about the safety around him today, so they just bowed their heads and agreed, and hurriedly went out to make arrangements.
Princess Taiping naturally brought the Fengyi Guards and Qianniu Guards to guard in front of the palace. As the female official of the inner court, Shangguan Wan'er was responsible for controlling the arrangement of the inner court personnel. After she drew the list, Di Renjie hurriedly mobilized the black cavalry to enter. In just a moment, without even hearing a scream, countless carriages left the imperial city from the east city and headed for Luoshui outside the city.
When Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen hurried over with the things ordered by the emperor, they found that the palace seemed much deserted.
There was no trace of the usual small yellow door. Only a few underclass girls came forward to help move things. However, it was not like the usual flattery of the mountain. Instead, it shivered at the slightest movement. On the other hand, he was as timid as a quail.
"Weak minister Zhou Xing, here comes Junchen to ask for an audience with Your Majesty!"