Li Zhen returned to Luoyang at noon the next day. Wu Chengsi's accidental appearance was just a small episode for him. He just had to stare at Wu Chengsi and then slowly consider how to use him. This was not a matter of time. Li Zhen handed this matter over and over again.

What he is facing now is the expansion of the inner guards. This is not just a problem of increasing 500 people, but will completely change the nature of the inner guards. It turns out that the inner guards are just an organization and are under the jurisdiction of Qianniu Guards. Once the number of people exceeds a thousand, it will become an independent army and officially become a guard who is tied with Qianniu Guards and Yulin Army.

The inner guard general has undergone a series of changes, firstly, the title will change. Li Zhen has changed from commander to general, and secondly, the title of samurai under his command will also be called soldiers or guards. The most important thing is that the inner guard will have independent military camps, rather than borrowing the Qianniu Guards as before.

But what made Li Zhen most happy was that the promotion problem that had always troubled him was also solved. The Ministry of War approved his military plan, set the army into three battalions, promoted three Lang generals, each battalion of 300, and another hundred were directly under his control, and led by Liu Honglie, who followed him to Liaodong and made contributions.

In this way, his promotion troubles were solved. Zhao Qiuniang, Lu Jin and Zhang Li were promoted to Lang General, and another veteran lieutenant Wang Zongyi was transferred to Qianniu Guard and was also promoted to Lang General.

The next step is to recruit new guards. Li Zhen decided to recruit among the guards in the capital as before. This matter was taken care of by three generals. Li Zhen did not have to worry about it. As the general of the inner guard, he was only responsible for building a framework, determining the rules, and then taking the hands to implement the rules.

In the evening, Li Zhen booked the entire Left Bank restaurant to invite all the inner guards soldiers to celebrate the official formation of the inner guards.

Five hundred inner guards gathered together, drinking happily, laughing constantly, and making a very noisy one.

In a spacious elegant room on the third floor, seven or eight lieutenants and generals sat together, drinking and chatting, and were in great interest.

Li Zhen glanced at Jiuzhi sitting at the lower head and asked with a smile: "Lao Jiu, I heard that you were beaten by your wife on your wedding night. What is the reason?"

The reason why Li Zhen did not bring Jiuzhi to Liaodong was because Jiuzhi's wedding date was set in August, which was decided by both parents. So when Li Zhen led his army to fight with the Khitans in Liaodong, Jiuzhi also welcomed his life gift. He married the woman he liked as his wife and became the first person among his young partners to get married.

The incident of being beaten by the bride on the wedding night of Jiuzhi has long been spread throughout the inner guards and Qianniuwei, which has become a big interesting talk. As soon as Li Zhen came back, he heard people talk about it. At this time, he finally couldn't help but feel curious. When he asked about this, the room suddenly became silent, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at Jiuzhi.

Jiuzhi's face was flushed and muttered, "This is not the case at all, don't listen to them talking nonsense?"

"Old wine, is it really nonsense?"

Zhang Li held the wine glass and smiled, "The brothers who went to the bridal chamber all witnessed with their own eyes that you were pushed out of the bridal chamber by the bride and fell heavily to the ground. Lao Pan, you also saw it, right?"

Li Pan nodded and smiled, "It's true, I've got a bag on my head, old wine, that's the case, it's wrong for you not to admit it. Did your brother and sister know about the brothel visit?"

Jiuzhi had no choice but to smile bitterly and explained to Li Zhen: "I blamed me for this. I promised A Ling that I would not get drunk, but I was still drunk. A Ling got angry. As for shopping in brothels, it was nonsense. I haven't been to brothels for at least half a year."

Li Zhen was still a little puzzled, "Actually, I can understand that I was beaten when I was walking in a brothel, but isn't it normal to get drunk when I get married? Why is A Ling angry? What else can you hide from me?"

"I was a little drunk at that time, so I took my brothers into the bridal chamber to drink, but the result was that."

A burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the room, and Li Zhen patted his shoulder and smiled, "No wonder you are going to be beaten, how can you share the matter of entering the bridal chamber with others?"

Lu Jin also held back his smile and said, "I heard that Laojiu was sad after his life. All the money was under the control of my wife. My wife only gave him three stagnant of pocket money every month and had to report the account. Now she is living a desperate life. She runs home after paying her every day and asks him to drink. She says that there is something at home, but in fact we all know that it is my wife who is not sure."

Everyone laughed again, and Jiu Zhi was a little angry and embarrassed, "I won't drink anymore!"

He slapped the wine glass heavily on the table, got up and left. Li Zhen grabbed him, pulled him down forcibly, and smiled at everyone, "Everyone give Laojiu some face, don't laugh anymore."

This made people laugh again, but they were embarrassed to laugh again, but turned their heads and laughed softly. Li Zhen poured a glass of wine for Jiuzhi and comforted him, "Everyone knows that your biggest weakness is that you can't control yourself. Having a wife who can control you will only benefit you. Your home is just a joke with you, don't take it to your heart."

Jiuzhi felt a little better and sat aside to drink. At this time, Li Zhen asked Yao Xi, who had been silent again, and said, "Doctor Yao seems to be in a bad mood, why?"

Zhang Li gently touched Li Zhen with his feet and winked him. Li Zhen was stunned and asked quickly, "What happened?"

Yao Xi sighed, "Brother Li doesn't know yet! My master is missing."

“Missing?”

Li Zhen was a little confused. Shen Nanmiao was actually missing. Isn’t he Wu Zetian’s favorite lover? Why did he suddenly disappear? Li Zhen asked quickly: “How long have he been missing?”

"It's almost a month since the master went back to the ancestral land to burn incense, but he didn't come back as soon as he went there. The master's wife and her daughter also disappeared. The emperor sent people to find them everywhere, and he went to all places he could think of, but there was still no news."

"Did you implicate?"

Yao Xi nodded gently, "I was suspended for review. They wanted to track down the whereabouts of my master from me. I really don't know at all, but the review was over yesterday. I guess it has something to do with your return, so they let me go."

Li Zhen probably guessed it. It was probably because Shen Nanmiao was unwilling to be Wu Zetian's face anymore, so he took the opportunity of worshiping his ancestors and escaped. They made preparations in advance. They should have hidden their names in a certain place. With the greatness of the world, where did Wu Zetian find him? Moreover, Shen Nanmiao's excellent medical skills can make a living?

Although Shen Nanmiao's disappearance was a very interesting topic, no one dared to discuss it in public, so everyone pretended to have nothing to hear, and each drank and chatted, not daring to mention Shen Nanmiao's disappearance.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the wine shop hurried in and whispered a few words in Li Zhen's ear. Li Zhen nodded and said to everyone: "You drink slowly, I'll have something to go out."

He got up and followed the shopkeeper out, and went all the way to the backyard of the restaurant. He walked into a room and saw a person sitting in the room, dressed in black, sitting calmly at the table drinking tea. It was Li Chongjun who had not seen for several months. When Li Chongjun saw Li Zhen coming in, he quickly stood up and bowed and smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm disturbing General Li's drunkenness."

"Where! I'm just trying to find an excuse to come out and have some breath."

Li Zhen smiled and waved his hand, "Please sit down!"

The two sat down, the bartender served them tea, and Li Zhen asked with a smile: "Is Lingzun's health good?"

"My father is in good health. He heard that the general made great contributions in Liaodong. He was very happy and asked me to congratulate you on his behalf."

To be honest, Li Zhen does not want to hear about the Xingtang Association now. He got a conclusion from his master that was extremely shocking. He was actually a royal family, and even after it was built, which really made him a little difficult to accept. He tried not to think about this matter, but when he saw Li Chongjun, this matter inevitably jumped out of his heart.

Li Zhen picked up the cup and took a sip of hot tea to hide a trace of anxiety in his heart. Li Chongjun did not see Li Zhen's anxiety and smiled and said, "My father and the fourth uncle followed your advice and canceled all activities related to the Xingtang Association. I told my father that it was a very wise decision to recruit General Li to the Xingtang Association."

Seeing that he did not mention his life experience, Li Zhen felt a little relieved. Li Chongjun seemed to have no idea about this. Even Li Chongjun didn't know about it, so there would be even fewer people who knew about it. This would be good, so it would save him some inexplicable troubles.

Li Chongjun came to Li Zhen for another purpose. Li Zhen's strong performance in recent months has made the Li royal family look at him with admiration, so Li Chongjun said that it was a very wise decision to recruit Li Zhen to the Xingtang Association. At the same time, Li Zhen was deeply trusted by the emperor and actually allowed him to command Lu Long's army and was not controlled by Wu Youyi, which gave the Li royal family another kind of hope.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Zhen had just returned to Luoyang and Li Chongjun came to find Li Zhen. This was actually Li Xian's impatient situation. He was afraid that Li Zhen would be pulled over by Li Dan first. Li Chongjun slowly said: "My father asked me to ask General Li if he is interested in developing in the military?"

Li Zhen immediately understood the profound meaning of Li Xian asking his son to come to find him. He wanted to lead the army and lay the groundwork for the future Li royal family to regain power from the Wu family. The news came a little suddenly, making Li Zhen unprepared. Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's not up to me to decide this! If the emperor wants me to lead the troops, he will let me stay in Liaodong."

"?The general doesn't need to consider this issue. My father is just asking for the general's personal opinion. If the general wants to, my father will find a way to arrange it."

What Li Xian could do was nothing more than convince Wu Zetian through Shangguan Wan'er. At this time, Li Zhen thought of Shangguan Wan'er. He had not seen her after he came back. If it were the past, when he met the Queen of Saint yesterday, Shangguan Wan'er's personal maid Xiao E would appear, hinting that she would go to find her, or send Xie Ying directly to find her. Until now, Shangguan Wan'er has no news, and she seemed to be deliberately avoiding herself.

Could it be because of the Supreme Master? In the past, Shangguan Wan'er had a close relationship with her, but on the one hand, she certainly wanted to win over herself.

On the other hand, it was also to help herself get rid of Wu Zetian's peeping. Now that she is in a prosperous career, Shangguan Wan'er will win over her. How could she deliberately avoid herself? It must be that she saw something.

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly remembered what Yao Xi said just now. Shen Nanmiao had escaped for more than a month, and remembered that Wu Zetian was particularly enthusiastic about him yesterday and actually gave Baique Villa to him.

At that time, he thought Wu Zetian was trying to make up for Wu Youyi's robbery, but now it seems that Wu Zetian seems to have a deep meaning, and Li Zhen was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat on his back.

"How is it? Is General Li willing to take the military route?" Li Chongjun asked in a low voice again.

Li Zhen felt a little upset, and he said silently: "Let me think about this matter again, and then give the prince another answer!"
Chapter completed!