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Text Chapter 0383 Head-to-head confrontation (Part 2)

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    I saw Wu Sansi walking from a distance with a smile on his face, greeting everyone one by one. The smile on his face was obviously a bit far-fetched, as if he knew that he had become the focus of everyone's discussion.

    That prophecy has been spread throughout Luoyang City, and its interpretation has become deeper and more thorough. Not only that, many notices have appeared in the city, disclosing one by one the evil deeds he has done in the past. For example, ten years ago,  He seized the properties of thirty-four families in Yongkangfang, Chang'an, and eight of them committed suicide by taking poison.

    These things were described in great detail. They were not fabrications. They were facts that he had hidden for many years. Wu Sansi was frightened. Only a few people in the Wu family knew about these things. How could they be spread out? Could it be.

    Wu Sansi thought about Wu Chengsi. Only this bastard knew most about his past. He actually revealed all his scandals. It must be him. Wu Sansi was so angry that he just had to take a knife.  I chopped that bastard up with my own hands.

    "Di Xiangguo!" Wu Sansi suddenly saw Di Renjie, and he hurriedly greeted him.

    Di Renjie was talking to Zhang Jianzhi, the imperial censor, and Yao Chong, the assistant minister of Zhongshu. When he saw Wu Sansi walking towards him, Zhang Jianzhi stared at him with disgust and turned away. Yao Chong did not want to talk to Wu Sansi either.  Say goodbye and leave.

    Di Renjie chuckled and said, "Does His Highness Prince Liang have anything to do with me?"

    Wu Sansi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said anxiously: "Di Xiangguo, you must not take those malicious slanderous words about me seriously."

    Di Renjie smiled faintly, "What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. The pure will become pure by itself, and the turbid will become turbid. Why should Your Highness take it to heart."

    Wu Sansi's face felt hot, and he said hurriedly: "I'm afraid that three people will become tigers. If the Holy One asks about this matter today, Di Xiangguo must explain it for me."

    After a pause, Wu Sansi whispered again: "I am responsible for your son's promotion to Xingzhou Prefect."

    Di Renjie smiled and said, "Thank you for your highness's kindness. However, there are many important government affairs to be discussed today. Your Majesty may not pay attention to this matter. I think your highness is a little too worried."

    Wu Sansi hit a snag. He originally hoped that Di Renjie could help settle the matter, but Di Renjie obviously planned to stay out of the matter. Wu Sansi had no choice but to leave.

    Li Zhen stood alone in an inconspicuous corner. Although he was prosperous a few years ago, in fact, he was not among the courtiers, but among the powerful. Among the courtiers, he was  He didn't have any outstanding deeds, and naturally he didn't have much prestige. Many courtiers just regarded him as Di Xiangguo's son-in-law.

    However, what thousands of people in the square were talking about was his masterpiece, but none of them knew about it. This feeling made him a little proud.

    "Azhen!"

    Someone called him from behind. Needless to say, the only person who called him by his nickname in the imperial city was his father-in-law Di Renjie. Li Zhen turned around and saw Di Renjie standing behind him with a smile, followed by someone else.  , Li Zhen also knew him, General Zuo Yulin Li Duozuo, with whom he had cooperated when he annihilated Li Jinzhong in Liaodong.

    Li Zhen quickly bowed and saluted, Di Renjie smiled slightly and said: "I know it is your first time to go to court. There are some rules here. Don't mess around, otherwise you will be laughed at. So I asked General Li to help you. When the time comes,  You will stand together and just follow him."

    Li Zhen didn¡¯t expect Di Renjie to be so considerate. He couldn¡¯t help but feel in his heart. He quickly saluted Li Duozuo with fists raised, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to bother you, General.¡±

    Li Duozuo replied with a smile and said: "It is my honor to be able to help the Marquis of Dunhuang with a little help."

    Li Zhen was called the "Marquis of Dunhuang" in the court. Because he was born in Dunhuang, and his title was named Dunhuang, so everyone called him the Marquis of Dunhuang. But now Li Zhen was named the County Duke. This Dunhuang Marquis  Not many people use his nickname anymore.

    At this time, the melodious sound of bells came from the distance, and it was time to go to court. The ministers walked towards the steps of Mingtang one after another, and soon two long queues formed in front of the steps.

    As the imperial censor in the palace shouted: "The time is up, enter the palace!"

    Amidst the sound of drum music, thousands of civil and military ministers slowly walked into the Mingtang Hall.

    This is indeed Li Zhen¡¯s first time to go to court. Although he is fully qualified to go to court after taking charge of Xijing, there are always reasons for him to delay the court meeting.

    Li Zhen followed Li Duozuo and stood at the back of the Mingtang Hall. The surrounding light was slightly dim and there was a large pillar next to him, making him look like a shadow. Most people would not notice his presence.

    ¡°There are no scheduled topics today!¡±

    Next to him, Li Duozuo whispered to Li Zhen: "Today is the Great Court Meeting, and it usually doesn't last too long, but it seems that someone wants to think twice before mentioning Wu."

    "How do you know???  Li Zhen asked puzzledly.

    Li Duozuo sneered and said: "Wu Sansi's incident has been widely spread in Luoyang, and there are actually prophecies coming out. If the officials don't tell them, then they are derelict in their duties."

    Li Duozuo touched Li Zhen with his arm again and pursed his lips towards the front of the hall, "Did you see that the Zhang brothers are not here?"

    Li Zhen saw that there were two empty seats in front of him on the right, and no one was taking them. It turned out that they were the seats of the Zhang brothers. Why didn't they come? Could it be to avoid the Zhang Jingxiong case? With the wisdom of the Zhang brothers, they would never have thought of it.  This must be a hint from Emperor Wu Zetian. It seems that Wu Zetian knew very well what would happen today?

    Li Zhen thought about Aunt Gongsun again. He later learned that Aunt Gongsun was Wu Zetian's beautician on the one hand, and Wu Zetian's eyes and ears on the other. Aunt Gongsun would tell Wu Zetian in time about any major events that happened in the market.

    At this time, the palace eunuch shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

    The hall suddenly became quiet, and groups of guards were seen filing in with wooden weapons in hand. Finally, eight palace maids, holding long-handled fans, surrounded Emperor Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty as he walked in from the side door of the hall. Wu Zetian was sitting on the dragon couch, she  He looked at the dark crowd of ministers below and nodded to Cui Xu, the palace supervisor. Cui Xu immediately shouted, "Get up, salute!"

    More than a thousand courtiers bowed together and saluted, "See your Majesty the Emperor!"

    The momentum was spectacular, Wu Zetian smiled and waved her hands, "Everyone, I love you!"

    The hall became quiet again, and Wu Zetian slowly said: "Today is the great dynasty, and I have no military affairs to discuss. Do you have any plans to report?"

    There was silence in the main hall for a while. At this time, Du Jingzhi, the imperial censor, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have a secret report that I want to report!"

    Li Duozuo turned around and whispered to Li Zhen: "This person is the person in charge of the four officials in Yushitai. He is also in charge of collecting public opinion. If he doesn't tell what happened in the past two days, he will be impeached."

    Li Zhen knew very well that he was the mastermind behind the whole incident, but how to maximize the effect after the matter was done was the business of other people, such as the imperial censor Du Jingzhi. Li Zhen believed that he was behind the scenes.  Standing Princess Taiping.

    And he knew that what Du Jingzhi was talking about was not a prophecy or announcement. There was no need for ministers to report that matter, Wu Zetian had already known it.

    Li Zhen quickly glanced at Wu Sansi and found that his face was pale and his whole body was shaking slightly. Li Zhen smiled and he waited and saw.

    Du Jingzhi held up a scroll of memorials and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the memorial that former Zuowei general Su Honghui sued the King of Liang for interfering in military affairs, which led to the Tang army's defeat in the Battle of Liaodong and the death of their commander Wang Xiaojie. The evidence is conclusive.  , please take a look at it.¡±

    Du Jingzhi's words caused an uproar in the civil and military circles of the court. Everyone thought that Du Jingzhi would make prophecies and announcements. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be an old case brought up again. Wu Zetian was a little unhappy and said: "Du Yushi, isn't this case already done?"  Is there a conclusion? Why do you bring it up again?¡±

    "Your Majesty, because there was no evidence before, but now Wei Chen has obtained conclusive evidence, if Wei Chen knows and fails to report, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor. Wei Chen does not dare to do such a thing."

    "A person who knows something but fails to report it is deceiving the emperor. With Du Jingzhi's hat on him, even Wu Zetian can't do anything about him. She asked again: "What evidence do you have?"

    Du Jingzhi took out the letter and presented it with both hands, "This is an autographed letter written by King Liang to Su Honghui. Your Majesty, please read it."

    Everyone was stunned, even Wu Sansi was shocked. Didn't his men say that the letter was burned in front of him?  How could it still exist.

    A eunuch came down, took the letter, and handed it to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian opened the letter and immediately recognized Wu Sansi's handwriting. Wu Zetian immediately darkened his face and reluctantly finished reading the letter Wu Sansi wrote to Su Honghui. Wu Zetian could no longer endure it.  Unable to help feeling annoyed, he glared at Wu Sansi, stood up, flicked his sleeves, and stormed away.

    The courtiers who originally planned to watch a wonderful debate were stunned. No one expected that the Holy Emperor would walk away. The court meeting ended in less than a quarter of an hour. Everyone looked towards Di Renjie, who was one of the most powerful officials.  First, should we persuade the Holy One to come back, or should everyone disperse?

    Renjie also had to admire the sage's shrewdness. It was estimated that the letter made it impossible for the court meeting to continue, so the sage walked away and avoided the embarrassment of publicly breaking up.

    Di Renjie then said to everyone: "Everyone, please disperse!"

    The courtiers then left the Mingtang hall in twos and threes and headed towards their respective rooms. At this time, Di Renjie walked quickly to Wu Zetian's imperial study and walked to His Highness Zhenguan. He waited for the guards to report for him.

    After a while, a eunuch ran out and said: "I'm sorry, Di Xiangguo, Your Majesty is feeling a little unwell. He needs to go back to the palace to rest."The emperor said that she wanted to take a day off and asked Di Xiangguo to work hard.  "

    Di Renjie knew that the emperor was actually trying to avoid her. Either the letter was too embarrassing for her to explain to the courtiers, or she wanted to delay it and turn the big thing into a small one, or she wanted to think about it and didn't want others to disturb her.

    Di Renjie shook his head, turned around and left. He felt it was necessary to talk to Li Zhen again. He knew a little about Li Zhen's plan, but he didn't know exactly how to do it. It seemed that these few moves were  It was too cruel and had a great impact on the Holy One.

    What did Li Zhen and the others do?
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