Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 110 Wu Zetian and Xiao Qingfang

Chapter [-] Wu Zetian and Xiao Qingfang

Shangyang Palace.

"Has that traitor Xiao Qingfang been found?"

"Subordinates are incompetent."

"You can't even find Xiao Qingfang, you're really incompetent." Wu Zetian scolded angrily.

Ever since Huang Chongyu revealed to Wu Zetian that Yuan Tiangang had a female apprentice who was very likely to hold a high position in the court, Wu Zetian focused on Xiao Qingfang and Shangguan Wan'er, the leader of the inner guard mansion. After all, there are not many women who meet this point. After more than half a year of secret investigation, Wu Zetian obtained empirical evidence that Xiao Qingfang was Yuan Tiangang's subordinate.

Anxious Wu Zetian immediately ordered Xiao Qingfang to be arrested, regardless of life or death.

What Wu Zetian didn't expect was that Xiao Qingfang got the news one step earlier, not only slipped away in advance, but also gave Wu Zetian a big gift before leaving, and she made a part of the list of inner guards public.

Most of the members of the inner guard are performing some shady tasks. The list disclosed by Xiao Qingfang is mainly related to the ministers of the DPRK and China. The inner guards hide in the minister's house as servants, and it is normal to spy on the ministers secretly. However, what really caused the turmoil is that, Some ministers' personal housekeepers are inner guards, and even wives, concubines and even children are also inner guards.

As soon as relevant news came out, the court exploded, especially when these news were confirmed one after another, the entire court machine collapsed. In the early court that day, one fifth of the ministers did not go to court, either sick or injured ...

This is just a public list, so what about the unpublished ones?

God knows if someone around him is a member of the inner guard. Thinking about how even the closest people such as children, wives and concubines will become inner guards, what is impossible.

Who doesn't have some unknown secrets, and now suddenly discovers that these secrets may be known by Wu Zetian, what a joke!

When the hearts of the people are scattered, it is difficult to lead the team.

Faced with this kind of problem, even a political veteran like Wu Zetian panicked and had no way to start. Fortunately, a group of important officials such as Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi came forward to appease the group of officials. Very decisively, he immediately announced the reduction of the national treasury's appropriation for the inner guards. Only then did he reach an agreement with the ministers, and the court gradually stabilized.

Although the emperor is rich all over the world, the money in the treasury is not what the emperor can spend as he wants. It belongs to the public, and in principle it needs to be approved and supervised.

The expenditure of the Neiwei Mansion is allocated from the national treasury, but under Wu Zetian's intervention, the courtiers have no right to ask about the whereabouts and uses of this part of the funds. This is one of the reasons why the courtiers are not at ease with the Neiwei. This crisis is Starting from the inner guard, the courtiers would naturally not let go of this god-given opportunity. In order to stabilize the court, Wu Zetian could only back down.

Although after the compromise, the courtiers still have no right to intervene, but the reduction of the appropriation means that the inner guards have many things that cannot be carried out. After all, no matter what they do, money is inseparable. With the reduction of funds, the inner guards will naturally have to abolish part of it.

Politics is the art of compromise.

When the situation in the court stabilized, more than a month had passed, and Xiao Qingfang had long since disappeared without a trace. After all, she had been sitting in the position of the chief of the inner guard mansion for more than ten years. Knowing how the internal guards work, plus controlling the snake spirit organization, it is too easy for her to avoid the internal guards' pursuit.

Wu Zetian sighed and said, "Forget it, I can't completely blame you for this matter. After going down, continue to search for Xiao Qingfang's whereabouts. Don't slack off, you know?"

"Yes."

"Go down."

……

"Fenghuang, you go to Yangzhou immediately. You are in command of all the internal guards in Yangzhou, and you will do your best to assist King Xiaoyao, and everything will be under his command."

"The minister obeys the order."

After Xiao Qingfang, Wu Zetian promoted a female inner guard leader, this is Fenghuang in front of her. Unlike Xiao Qingfang, Fenghuang is Zhou Jianbai's apprentice. It can even be said that Wu Zetian grew up watching her, and she has won Wu Zetian's trust.

"You have to watch more, listen more and think less this time, understand?"

"Yes."

……

"Hmph, Huang Shengyan, a wine bag and rice bag, he never thought that I was in Luoyang, right under his nose."

"Elder Sister, although the most dangerous place is the safest place, but the body of a thousand gold can't sit down. Eldest Sister is the soul of a snake spirit, so there must be no loss. It's better to leave Luoyang as soon as possible."

"Xian'er don't worry, I have my own plan. There is news from Dongling that Di Renjie's niece, Di Ruyan, will enter Di's residence soon. This is the most critical part of our whole plan. How are you preparing?"

"Don't worry, big sister, everything is ready. As soon as Di Ruyan leaves, we will take action immediately." Outside Jinzhou City, Su Xian'er was frightened by the headless ghost. Li Gui's tricks were also exposed, and only then did Su Xian'er, the soul-changing spirit, slowly come out of the shadows and regain his former charm of being a ghost.

"Well, go down and get ready."

"Yes."

"Elder Sister." After Su Xian'er left, a subordinate of the Snake Spirit hurried in.

"what's up?"

"Elder Sister, the news from the Blood Spirit has already lurked. As soon as the time is right, we will take action immediately, and the Shining Spirit is already in place."

"Very good, let's go ahead with the order. All Jiangnan halls are under the command of Xueling. This time there must be no mistakes. As long as Huang Gongheng is caught, our plan will be successful by a third."

"Big sister, this time the Shining Spirit and the Blood Spirit attack at the same time, it must be safe."

"That's right, I absolutely believe that." Xiao Qingfang had a confident smile on her face.

"Sister, all the brothers contacted according to the list have returned. Once our side takes action, they will respond immediately."

During the Youzhou case, the list on Liu Jin was copied by Gong Quan, this time Xiao Qingfang plans to use this list to do something more.

"Okay, this time I'm going to give Wu Zetian a flower everywhere."

"Sister, should we leave Luoyang?"

"Well, let the brothers pack up and evacuate Luoyang in batches starting tomorrow. Remember not to leave any clues for the inner guards. Be careful."

"Don't worry, sister."

"En." Xiao Qingfang looked in the direction of the palace, with a confident smile on her face, everything was under her control.

"Yes."

……

Iron hand group.

"Where does a little girl come from? Someone actually offered 200 million taels." Looking at the portrait in his hand, Yuan Qi asked, 200 million taels is not a small amount. The giants take such a big risk, and the amount of profit per person per year is only about 100 million taels.

"Sovereign, the other party didn't say anything, but according to our investigation, this little maid is indeed extraordinary. We can't even find out her origin, and she has excellent martial arts."

"It's good to have excellent martial arts. Tell him, our iron hand group has taken this order. I want to see who this person is. It can be worth 200 million taels."

(End of this chapter)