Princess Taiping left, and Li Zhen stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, staring at the clear moon in the distance. Princess Taiping's words seemed to still echo in his ears, "You are the backbone of the Xingtang Society, safeguarding the Tang Dynasty, and restoring the Tang Dynasty." It is your unshirkable responsibility. I hope we can work together to make the Li family last forever. ¡¯
At this time, Di Yan hugged him tightly from behind, "Husband, I'm really scared. It's like a gust of wind, everything has changed overnight."
"Already, the swords were hidden and the murderous intent was fierce. On the surface, the balance was maintained, and it seemed like a peaceful and prosperous age. But as soon as the balance was broken, the swords hidden underneath came out. This was the mistake made by the Holy One. She should not have named Zhang Shenwang as phase, breaking the balance.¡±
"Then what should we do?"
Li Zhen turned around and put his arms around his wife's shoulders and said to her: "I plan to arrange for you to go to Chang'an and live with my eldest sister. We will set off tonight. I'm worried that the guards will come to arrest you early tomorrow morning."
Di Yan was startled, "Could it be that your husband rejected Princess Taiping?"
"I didn't reject her, but I only agreed to help her deal with the Wu family. She told me the news that Zhang Yizhi had persuaded the Holy Emperor to make Wu Youyi the general of the Yulin Army, plus Wu Yizong's prison guard general, the Wu family The family already controls a lot of troops, which is Princess Taiping¡¯s weakness, so she must win my support.¡±
"If that's the case, then we shouldn't be in danger."
Li Zhen shook his head, "That's not the problem. The Zhang brothers want to kill me. They can completely bypass the Holy One and attack me and my family. So I feel that they will definitely take action today and tomorrow, so I¡¯m so anxious to come back today.¡±
Although Di Yan is willing to face Li Zhen together, she also becomes anxious when she thinks of her child, "Okay, I will listen to you. We will leave Luoyang for Chang'an tonight."
She kissed her husband and immediately turned back to her room to pack her things.
Half an hour later, Di Yan, Wang Qingyu and their children, as well as Jiu Zhi and Yao Xi's wives and children, all got on the carriage. Li Zhen, wearing a helmet and armor, led two hundred cavalry to escort the three carriages and left the mansion. Slowly walked towards Xiping Gate. When they got under the city gate, the guards stepped forward and shouted: "General Li from Qianqi Camp is leaving the city, open the door immediately!"
After a while, a general came out, cupped his hands at the top of the city and said, "General Li, do you have an imperial edict?"
Li Zhen took out a gold medal, raised it high, and sneered: "Bind your eyes and see what this is?"
General Lang recognized it as the emperor¡¯s gold medal for mobilizing troops, and he was so frightened that he quickly ordered: ¡°Open the city gate quickly!¡±
The city gate creaked open and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Li Zhen was secretly grateful. Fortunately, he did not return to the palace to recover first. Otherwise, if the gold medal was handed over, he would not be able to get out of the city gate tonight.
"Get out of the city!"
He gave an order, and two hundred cavalry escorted the carriage out of Xiping Gate and walked ten miles away from the city. Only then did Li Zhen say goodbye to his wife and children. Di Yan took his hand and said, "Husband, we are waiting for you in Chang'an. You Be careful not to make any mistakes.¡±
"Don't worry! I will be extremely careful. You have a safe trip."
Li Zhen then ordered the guards to say a few words. Yang Chonglie, the leader of the guards, cupped his hands and said, "Please rest assured, general, I will never disgrace my humble duty!"
The carriage started slowly, and Wang Qingyu and the three children began to cry, "Husband, take care!"
¡°Daddy, you must come and take us home.¡±.
Li Zhen ran to a small hill and waved goodbye to his family. The carriage went further and further away. The three carriages gradually disappeared into the distance under the escort of one hundred and fifty cavalry.
"General, they have gone far, let's go back!" A soldier whispered.
Li Zhen nodded, turned the horse's head and shouted, "Go back!"
He led dozens of cavalrymen and galloped towards Chang'an City like lightning.
Not long after, everyone entered the city through Xiping Gate again, but as soon as Li Zhen entered the city, several cavalrymen rushed toward him, led by Zhao Qiuniang. She said anxiously: "General, I'm looking for you everywhere."
"What happened?"
Zhao Qiuniang pulled the reins of Li Zhen's horse aside and whispered to him: "We have found the whereabouts of Monk Hu."
Li Zhen was overjoyed, "Where is it?"
"It's in Anrenfang, and several of my men are watching over there."
Li Zhen immediately said to everyone: "Dismount and go to Anrenfang!"
Anrenfang was not far away, only two miles away. Li Zhen was worried that the sound of horse hooves would disturb the target, so he asked two of his men to hold the horses and wait while he led dozens of soldiers and ran towards Anrenfang.
The gate could not stop them, and soon they arrived in front of a large house covering an area of ??about twenty acres.A hidden guard rushed to report: "To the general, that Hu monk lives in the backyard."
Li Zhen nodded and said to everyone: "Everyone climb over the wall and go in, be careful. If you encounter a patrol sentry, just kill him with one knife."
Although Li Zhen didn¡¯t know why Shangguan Wan¡¯er asked him to find this Hu monk named Hui Fan, he knew that there must be some major secret hidden in it.
Dozens of people did not encounter any patrols, and soon entered the inner house and surrounded a large house. Li Zhen poked a hole in the paper on the back window, squinted and saw two people sleeping on the bed, snoring. Like thunder.
At this time, a hidden guard smiled and said: "General, let the humble people deal with them."
He lit a stick of incense and put it into the window. After a while, half of the incense burned out, and the snoring inside gradually stopped.
"Okay!" The hidden guard smiled.
Li Zhen was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, everyone pried open the door and rushed in.
¡®Wow! 'A basin of cold water was poured on Monk Hu's head, and the drowsy Monk Hu suddenly woke up. This was a Monk Hu from Tianzhu, more than fifty years old, lean and short, with no hair on his head, and was naked. Upper body.
He looked up at Li Zhen and asked in surprise: "Who are you?" He could speak fluent Chinese.
"Are you Huifan?" Li Zhen asked coldly.
"Let me go. I am the Dharma King of Mixi granted by your emperor. If you dare to be rude, none of you will survive."
Li Zhen picked up a red box on the table. He found it in Monk Hu's luggage. Inside were red pills, twelve pills in total. "What kind of medicine is this?"
Monk Hu laughed and said, "This is the secret joy pill I am going to give to your empress tomorrow. If one pill is missing, I will use one of your heads to pay for it!"
¡®Bah! ¡¯ Li Zhen slapped him hard and asked coldly: ¡°What are the consequences of taking this medicine?¡±
Monk Hu¡¯s face was full of resentment and he turned his head to ignore it. At this time, Zhao Qiuniang smiled and said: ¡°General, give him to us. Within a quarter of an hour, I will make him say everything.¡±
Li Zhen nodded, and Zhao Qiuniang ordered her men, "Drag him into the back room!"
Several internal guards dragged Monk Hu into the back room like wolves and tigers. Within a moment, there were screams from the back room. Monk Hu cried and begged: "Spare me! I said, I will say anything!" "
Not long after, Zhao Qiuniang walked out with a solemn face and whispered to Li Zhen: "Go outside and talk."
Li Zhen followed her outside, and Zhao Qiuniang sighed, "The Holy One will not live long."
Li Zhen was shocked, "Why?"
"It's that Mixi pill. It's an aphrodisiac, at the cost of overdrafting her life. She used it for a whole year. Starting from the day before yesterday, she had to take six pills at a time. Her whole body was in a state of madness. Monk Hu He said that if it reaches this level, he will have at most ten days to live. "
Li Zhen didn't speak for a long time. He finally understood why the situation suddenly broke down. Because the Zhang brothers knew that the Holy Emperor would not live long, so they frantically wanted to seize power and kill themselves. They did not hesitate to bet on both ends to make Princess Taiping and Wu think twice. Kill each other.
"General, what should I do?" Zhao Qiuniang asked worriedly,
Li Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Take Monk Hu away and make it look like he escaped on his own, and I'll go find the Prime Minister."
Zhao Qiuniang turned around to make arrangements. Li Zhen was so anxious that he led everyone on their horses and ran towards the Prime Minister's Mansion, but they could only run less than a hundred steps. He changed his mind and said to everyone: "Go to Mingyi Square!"
Li Zhen realized that now was not the time to find Li Dan. He had to find Zhang Jianzhi first and discuss with him what to do.
The time has reached one o'clock, and there is no one on the street anymore. Only a few wild dogs foraging for food can occasionally be seen chasing and biting. It is also dark in front of the Zhang Mansion gate. The two dead energy lanterns are all extinguished. It seems that Even the concierge was asleep.
One of the men came forward and knocked for a long time, and then a small opening opened on the door. The concierge asked sleepily: "Who is it!"
"Go and report to your Prime Minister that General Li is here for an urgent visit."
¡°You¡¯re still here so late!¡±
The porter muttered, and because he was the general, he did not dare to refuse, so he had to get up and report to the master. After a while, the door finally opened a crack, and the housekeeper of the Zhang family came out and cupped his hands and said with a smile: "General, I have kept you waiting for a long time. Please Come in!¡±
Li Zhen led his men into the mansion. He asked his men to rest and wait at the concierge while he followed the housekeeper to the guest hall.
"General, I'm sorry. The Prime Minister was supposed to be here to greet you, but he happened to be out for something in the afternoon and didn't come back, so I'm rude."
"No problem"?Is your master up? "
"You should be getting dressed, please sit down for a moment."
The lights in the guest room were already lit. Li Zhen sat down and a maid brought a cup of hot tea. After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, he saw a heavy cough coming from the yard, and Zhang Jianzhi, who was wearing regular clothes, slowly walked in. , "The general has been kept waiting for a long time."
Li Zhen quickly stood up and saluted, "There is something urgent, so I came here late at night to disturb the Prime Minister."
"Please take a seat!"
Zhang Jianzhi invited Li Zhen to sit down. Li Zhen was anxious and whispered to Zhang Jianzhi: "I just caught a Hu monk named Huifan who specially prepared secret happiness medicine for Er Zhang. He told me a Shocking news, the Holy Spirit has taken too much medicine and is completely exhausted. I am afraid he only has ten days to live."
Zhang Jianzhi frowned, "How is that possible! Why would the general make such a joke?"
Li Zhen secretly got angry and said: "Everything I said is true. If there are lies, heaven will not tolerate it!"
Zhang Jianzhi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Actually, I don't find it strange."
"Why?" Li Zhen was puzzled.
"Because we have discovered a long time ago, indeed it is Ling Yue who has discovered something abnormal in the body of the Holy One. One time when a meeting was held in the political hall, the Holy One passed out without any warning. Afterwards, the imperial doctor quietly told Ling Yue that the Holy One was in physical condition. It's worrying, that was half a year ago, and I wouldn't be surprised if His Majesty's health suddenly deteriorates."
"Since the Prime Minister knows this, why would he say I was joking?" Li Zhen said very dissatisfied.
Zhang Jianzhi stared at Li Zhen for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said: "General, please follow me!"
Zhang Jianzhi brought Li Zhen to the door of a secret room. Zhang Jianzhi opened the door with a smile. Li Zhen followed Zhang Jianzhi into the room. He was stunned. The lights in the secret room were bright, and there was a table around it. It was actually full of people.
Wang Tongjiao, the eunuch of the palace, Cui Xuanwei, the censor, Huan Yanfan, the imperial minister, Xue Si, the general of Zuo Weiwei, Li Zhan, the minister of Zuo Sanqi, Yang Yuanyan, the right Yulin general, Jinghui, the Zuo Yulin general, and more than a dozen people.
Zhang Jianzhi smiled slightly and said: "Welcome General Li to join us, please take a seat!"