Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 23
At night, in the dense forest outside Jiangzhang County.

The owls let out bursts of owls, which made people feel creepy.

Suddenly, a black image flew down from the tree like a big bird.

When the black shadow fell into the forest, it was discovered that it was a big man wearing a bamboo hat and black clothes.

The big man in black whistled, and countless men in black jumped down from the tree "Shua Shua Shua". The big man in black asked in a low voice, "Why hasn't Li Yuanfang come yet?"

A person next to him replied: "The time should have come long ago!"

The big man in black thought for a while: "Could something happen?" Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Follow me."

After a while, the gang of big men in black came to the streets of the county town, and the corpses were lying on the street in disorder.

The big man in black and the killers looked at the corpses on the street quietly, and one killer asked, "Boss, what should we do?"

The big man in black was silent at first, then touched the corpse, and said: "We must not let them escape, especially Di Renjie, otherwise we will be in a very bad situation. The corpse is still warm, they can't run far, follow me Chase."

As soon as the words fell, the big man in black led the people to chase outside the city.In the blink of an eye, the group disappeared into the night.

After the big man in black and others left, the three "corpses" lying on the street suddenly started to move. After the three stood up, it was Di Renjie, Wang Mang, and Li Yuanfang who the man in black was going to hunt down.

Li Yuanfang asked anxiously: "My lord, what should we do?"

Di Renjie thought for a while and said, "Leave the city immediately."

Wang Mang shouted, "Let's go!"

Saying that, the three of them walked towards the road where the man in black came, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

……

Chang'an, Imperial Garden.

Accompanied by her entourage, Wu Zetian watched the scene in the imperial garden.The autumn wind is bleak, and the leaves are falling.

Wu Zetian sighed suddenly: "Fuqiu, the criminal officer, what a majestic image!"

Next to Wu Zetian, an old man in official robes with a gloomy expression said, "Your Majesty, are you still thinking about the killing of the Turkic mission?"

Wu Zetian said: "The peace between the two countries is hard-won. There are two forces in the Turks, the peace faction headed by Shibi Khan and the main war faction headed by Modu Khan. The two factions are fighting openly and secretly. Jili followed Shibi's advice and sent Shibi to negotiate a peace, but he was killed in Shihechuan. Once Jili learns, the Modu faction is bound to rise, and the prospects for the two countries are bleak!"

The old man snorted: "Could it be that we are still afraid that his little Turk will fail?"

Wu Zetian gave him a stern look: "The flames of war are rekindled, the people of the Li people suffer, and those rebels who want to restore Li Tang's world will take the opportunity to make trouble, and the country will never have peace. Have you ever thought about this, thanks to you, you are still a dignified prime minister!"

Terrified, the old man hastily bowed and said, "It's the minister's slip of the tongue."

It turned out that the old man was Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi, the prime minister of the dynasty.

Wu Zetian snorted and asked, "Di Renjie hasn't arrived yet?"

Wu Sansi replied, "Not yet."

Wu Zetian was dissatisfied and said, "This Di Huaiying, why is he so procrastinating? It's really unreasonable!"

Wu Sansi was very dissatisfied and said: "Your Majesty, I don't understand why you want Di Renjie to come back?"

After Wu Zetian glanced at him, he said, "Why don't I hand over this case to you? The time limit is three months, and you will be severely punished if you exceed the deadline."

Wu Sansi stammered: "This... this..."

Wu Zetian looked at Wu Sansi and said with a smile: "You don't have this ability, I will not force you. The former prime minister Wei Baice once said to Emperor Taizong: "The minister who founded the country, as long as he has a skill, he can use it, regardless of his character; But a minister who governs the world must have both character and talent before he can be used. Di Huaiying's talent and character are praised by the world, and you can't compare with this."

Wu Sansi touched his nose and said embarrassingly, "Yes."

Wu Zetian glanced at him and said: "You are very loyal, that's good. But you must understand that you must never be jealous of the virtuous and capable. You are outside the prime minister, and you must think about sharing my worries and the country. You can't always think about forming a party for personal gain. Eliminate dissidents. Now that I am in charge, no one dares to touch you. However, what will you do after a hundred years? At that time, I think your head will move sooner or later."

Wu Zetian spoke a few words and Wu Sansi broke out in cold sweat, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, yes, Sansi understands."

Wu Zetian sighed: "Now the situation is urgent, no one can take on this important task except Di Huaiying."

As soon as the words fell, a servant came over and said, "My lord, Zhang Jianzhi, please see me."

Wu Zetian said "Call", and after a while, Zhang Jianzhi came hurriedly.

When Zhang Jianzhi walked to Wu Zetian's side, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian smiled and said, "Admonition, is Di Huaiying here?"

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Your Majesty, something has happened. It is like this. This morning, I received an urgent document from Jiangzhang County. The document said that last night, Qianniuwei in Beijing went to the Jiangzhang Post Office to deliver an order and took Di away. grown ups."

Wu Zetian's face changed when he heard the words, and he said, "I didn't send Qianniuwei to Jiangzhang to pass the decree."

Now it was Zhang Jianzhi's turn to be surprised: "Why, Qianniuwei was not sent by you, Your Majesty?"

Wu Zetian said with an ugly face: "Of course not, what's going on?"

Zhang Jianzhi replied: "This morning, Jiangzhang County Yamen servants discovered that the dozen or so Qianniuwei who delivered the decree last night were all killed, and Master Di is missing."

Wu Zetian yelled in shock and retreated three steps, Wu Sansi was also startled.

……

At night, in Chang'an Tai Chi Hall, Wu Zetian was sitting behind a desk and meditating quietly.

At this time, Zhang Jianzhi and Hu Jinghui came in and said: "Your Majesty."

Wu Zetian raised his head and asked, "How is it?"

Zhang Jianzhi replied: "The imperial guards and the Habayashi guards did not find Lord Di."

Hu Jinghui also said at this time: "The minister checked Qianniuwei all over, and no one left Beijing last night. It seems that those Qianniuwei are fake."

Wu Zetian sighed and said, "It seems that Di Huaiying has already been killed."

Zhang Jianzhi sighed: "It is unexpected that Di Huaiying's generation of famous officials would die by these young people."

Wu Zetian blamed himself, "It's all my fault for my lack of consideration. I didn't expect these rebels to be so mad!"

Zhang Jianzhi said: "They even dared to pretend to be a Turkic mission, what else would they not dare to do?"

Wu Zetian stood up slowly and said, "What's ridiculous is that we don't even know who our opponent is?"

Zhang Jianzhi lowered his head and said: "The incompetence of the ministers has made His Majesty exhausted."

Wu Zetian slowly started pacing, and after a while, said: "Okay, you don't have to blame yourself, and you can't blame you for this. It seems that we are going to start a war with the Turks. I advise you to strike first, We're going to attack aggressively."

Zhang Jianzhi nodded and said, "This is the end of the matter, and there is no other good way."

Wu Zetian turned around and said, "Immediately draw up an order to designate General Zuobaotaowei Wang Xiaojie as the chief commander of the Northwest Road Marching, and transfer the main forces of the left and right Weiwei to Liangzhou. We must launch an attack before winter, and we must hurry up." Quick decision."

Zhang Jianzhi responded: "Yes, and, Your Majesty, the pilgrimage to Yuanjue Temple will be three days later, do you want to reschedule?"

Wu Zetian thought for a while and said, "As usual, I'm tired, you guys go down."

(End of this chapter)