The next morning, Wang Yuanbao's winery brought five hundred barrels of high-quality Gaochang wine, which made the Yashi Ice Shop lively. Li Quan and his friends were busy transporting goods, and Li Zhen and Jiuzhi joined the transport team without hesitation.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a flat scarf and a gray robe appeared in front of the wine shop, looking at the signboard of the wine shop with his hands in his hands.

Just as Jiuzhi came out of it, he felt that the man looked very familiar, so he stepped forward and asked, "Sir, it seems we have seen this sir?"

The man smiled slightly, "Of course we have seen this dagger wine, have you used to it?"

"So you are..."

Jiu Zhi jumped up in shock, turned around and ran into the wine shop like a gust of wind, shouting: "Old Li, our savior is here!"

The middle-aged man is Gao Yanfu. He has been busy preparing for the emperor's birthday celebration a few days ago. Today he has taken time to meet Li Zhen.

At this time, Li Zhen quickly walked out of the wine shop and saw Gao Yanfu at first sight. He couldn't help but feel excited and stepped forward and bowed, "See Mr. Gao Fu!"

"You are indeed here in Luoyang!" Gao Fujun nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Fu, please sit in the wine shop!"

Li Zhen quickly invited Gao Yanfu into the wine shop. Li Quan was no longer surprised by the endless number of guests who had brothers in the past two days.

At this time, she was in a hurry to unload the wine and had no time to greet her brother's guests. She was not in enough staff, so she grabbed Jiuzhi, "Xiaopang, don't go, hurry up and help my elder sister unload the wine!"

Jiuzhi had no choice but to continue carrying the wine barrel to the wine cellar. Li Zhen asked Gao Yanfu to sit down in the back hall and poured him a cup of hot tea, "I heard from Brother Gao that the mansion is very busy now."

"It's a little busier than usual to participate in the preparation of the birthday celebration of the Emperor."

Gao Yanfu looked at the wine shop and asked again: "Is this your shop?"

"This is my eldest sister's shop, and she just bought it."

"I'm telling me! You just arrived in Luoyang the day before yesterday, why did you open a shop?"

The two of them greeted each other, and Gao Yanfu had something to rush back, so he pondered for a while and said, "My listener talked about you. Yesterday I happened to meet the King of Wei, so I talked to him about this."

Li Zhen was very nervous. This matter was related to his future and destiny. All his hopes are now placed on Gao Yanfu.

Gao Yanfu glanced at him and smiled and said, "You don't have to be so nervous. Although things can't be resolved in one go, at least they won't get worse."

"What did he say?" Li Zhen asked.

"The King of Wei has agreed to cancel the case in the government, but he still needs an explanation for Wu Shun's death."

Li Zhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He finally saved his innocence in the government, and this was the top priority.

If he had a criminal record in the government, then all the future of martial arts would be ruined, and the court would never use a person with a criminal record.

"What does he want to say?" Li Zhen asked again.

"My listener said that it was an unknown person who killed Wu Shun. You didn't do anything, right?"

“That’s exactly that!”

"The King of Wei means that if you didn't kill the person, then you have to find the real murderer and give him the evidence. This matter is over. Otherwise, he can only think that Wu Shun was killed by you. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Zhen nodded silently, which means that this matter is not investigated at the government level, but is resolved privately, so where can he find the real murderer who killed Wu Shun?

Li Zhen thought of Di Yan again. Do you still have to find that mysterious man?

Gao Yanfu smiled again and said, "You don't have to worry too much. Although Wu Chengsi refused to give up, he wanted to give me a face after all. It just took time. Take your time!"

"Thank you, Gao Fujun, for solving this big trouble for the younger generation!"

Li Zhen was grateful. Gao Yanfu helped him to cancel the case in the government. This was a huge favor, and he could not ask for too much.

At this time, Gao Yanfu stood up and said, "I have to rush back to the palace and see you again in the future. If you have any difficulties, go to our mansion to find Lishi. He will do his best to help you."

"Thank you for your concern!"

Li Zhen sent Gao Yanfu out of the wine shop. At this time, a carriage drove over. Gao Yanfu got on the carriage, smiled at Li Zhen, the carriage started, and quickly drove away from the wine shop.

At this time, Jiu Zhi rushed forward and asked anxiously: "How is it?"

"Wu Chengsi agreed to withdraw the case!"

Jiu Zhi was so excited that he screamed, dancing and spinning in place, so that his parents would not be implicated in this case.

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, although the government withdraws the case, if the real murderer cannot be found, Wu Chengsi will not let them go!

...........

In the imperial city of Taichu Palace, Emperor Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty was sitting in the Zhenguan Hall for dinner.

Wu Zetian, who has experienced countless ups and downs, has reached her seventies, but she is skilled in her skin. Although her hair is full of gorgeous hair, her skin is as delicate as a girl, with no wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and her cheeks are plump and beautiful.

Wu Zetian was wearing a red and yellow nine-chapter dragon robe and a golden hibiscus crown. While eating, she was concentrating on listening to the report of Shangguan Wan'er, the female sanctuary next to her.

Shangguan Wan'er is about 30 years old this year. She is beautiful and beautiful, with a gentle and intelligent personality. She is an official in the palace and holds the power of Wu Zetian to make edicts. She is extremely powerful. She is called the Neisan and the Prime Minister by all officials.

"The King of Liang submitted a letter to lead the leaders of the four barbarians to cast Tianshu with copper and iron, and stand outside Duanmen to praise Your Majesty's merits. The Prime Minister of the Court has passed the matter. Prime Minister Su and Prime Minister Li asked Your Majesty to make arrangements as soon as possible."

Wu Zetian took a sip of the brightly colored wine, put down her jade cup and asked, "What do you say about Di Renjie?"

"He said I'm afraid there is insufficient copper material in Beijing!"

Wu Zetian laughed, "He is afraid of losing money and losing money!"

After pausing, Wu Zetian asked again: "What do you think?"

Shangguan Wan'er bowed and bowed, "Your Majesty, the heaven has not been built yet, and Tianshu is built. Wan'er is afraid that the palace staff will be mixed, which is not conducive to safety. Wan'er suggests building a paradise first and then Tianshu."

Wu Zetian thought for a while and said, "Don't make a conclusion in advance, and I will make a decision after thinking twice."

"Wan'er obeys the order!"

At this time, Wu Zetian's personal maid Wei Tuaner stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, the birthday gift from the Prime Minister of Di is presented by Ouyang Xun, who wrote Buddhist scriptures by hand."

Wei Tuan'er is Wu Zetian's personal maid. She is about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She is smart and beautiful, and is extremely smart. She is particularly well aware of Wu Zetian's living habits. She is deeply favored by Wu Zetian and has given her great power. She can even come in to report when Wu Zetian talks about state affairs.

Wu Zetian nodded and smiled, "Di Renjie is intent. Last month, I told him that I wanted to see the original works of Ouyang Xun, but I didn't expect him to take it to heart. It's great, I'll present it to me."

After a moment, a eunuch slowly walked forward with a jade box in his arms. The Diamond Sutra written by Ouyang Xun was presented to Wu Zetian by Di Renjie as a birthday gift.

Wu Zetian's official birthday was February 17th, but since she passed her seventyth birthday last year, she felt deeply that she was over 70 years old, so she issued an edict to make her birthday the seventeenth day of September 17th every year, which was the day of Maitreya's reincarnation.

Her birthday is less than a month away, and all officials are starting to get busy and prepare to celebrate the new birthday of the emperor.

Wu Zetian loved Ouyang Xun's regular script very much. She was about to reach out to pick up the scroll. Shangguan Wan'er next to her smiled and said, "Since it is a Buddhist ceremony, why don't Your Majesty let the monk recite it before reading it?"

A sentence reminded Wu Zetian that she was superstitious about Buddhism and that any Buddhist thing must be recited by a monk before it will be transferred to her. She was thinking about the original work of Ouyang Xun just now, but forgot that this was the Diamond Sutra.

Wu Zetian nodded and smiled at Wei Tuaner, "Fortunately Wan'er reminded me that Master Yunxuan was doing Buddhist rituals in Mingtang, so Tuaner could send them to him to recite for me."

"I obey the order!"

Wei Tuan'er turned around and left, but at the moment she turned around, she stared at Shangguan Wan'er with a sharp gaze like a needle. Shangguan Wan'er also looked at her coldly without saying a word.

Wei Tuaner took the eunuch away, Wu Zetian took a sip of wine and said, "You keep talking!"

"yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er made another memorial and said: "Dou Lu Qinwang, the Minister of Justice, submitted a proposal that officials above the ninth rank and above each donate two months' salary to celebrate His Majesty's birthday..."

"This is inappropriate!"

Wu Zetian interrupted her, "The low-ranking officials have low salaries, and it is difficult to support their families. If they offer their salary for two months, they will make their families even more poor. I am afraid they will resent me behind their backs. This proposal will be rejected and will not be adopted!"

"Wan'er obeys the order!"

As he was speaking, a eunuch stumbled and shouted, "Your Majesty, something happened!"

Wu Zetian's face sank and said, "What's the matter in panic? Tell me, what's wrong?"

"His Majesty!"

Huan said tremblingly: "Mr. Yunxuan, Mingtang, has an accident, his life... is in danger!"

Wu Zetian was shocked. Yun Xuan was a Taoist monk in White Horse Temple. If something happened in the palace, it was not a trivial matter. She immediately ordered: "Set up and go to Mingtang!"

Dozens of strong eunuchs hurried to Mingtang with their chariots. Mingtang is a round tower building more than 20 meters high. The top of the tower is filled with gold-plated nine dragons and phoenixes. It is magnificent. Wu Zetian's inner companion Xue Huaiyi is fully responsible for the construction.

But Wu Zetian was still unsatisfied, so he ordered Xue Huaiyi to build a fifty-foot-high paradise north of Mingtang, and shaped the statue of Maitreya with clips in the paradise. The fingernails alone could accommodate dozens of people, which cost a huge amount of money. After the casting was made, the treasury was full. It was seen that the paradise was about to be completed in half a year.

These days, Yun Xuan, a monk from White Horse Temple, was doing Buddhist rituals for the statue of Maitreya in heaven, but he did not expect that disaster would fall from heaven.

Yun Xuan was about to recite the Diamond Sutra for Wu Zetian, but an unbearable severe pain made him scream and died instantly. His body gradually turned golden and became as stiff as a stone.

All his disciples and the eunuchs around him were so scared that they could not get close to him, and at this time, a guard shouted, "His Majesty the Holy Emperor is here!"

People around him knelt down one after another, and Wu Zetian slowly walked down from the chariot. She saw Yun Xuan lying on the ground at a glance. He was golden all over and fell to the ground with his head raised. It seemed that he was dead. She was secretly surprised and asked, "What happened?"

Wei Tuaner cried and came forward to report: "I followed the order of Your Majesty and used the Diamond Sutra to chant the major events of Yunxuan. Unexpectedly, he fell down after chanting less than two sentences. I don't know what happened?"

Wu Zetian was furious and ordered: "Show me the Buddhist scriptures!"

A eunuch stepped forward, picked up the Buddhist scriptures tremblingly, rolled them up and put them into the jade box, and walked towards him quickly.

But after just after walking for a few steps, he screamed and fell to the ground. The jade box in his arms fell to the ground. The Buddhist scriptures rolled out. The eunuch raised his hands and was in great pain. After a moment, his whole body turned golden and fell to the ground and died.

The guards around were in an uproar, and countless pairs of eyes stared at the Buddhist scriptures on the ground in fear. Everyone understood that the Buddhist scriptures were painted with poison and they would die if they were touched.

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward and started a comment: "Your Majesty, the Buddhist scriptures are presented by Di Renjie, and he is the biggest suspect in assassination!"

Wu Zetian's face was extremely gloomy, and his eyes were filled with anger. After a while, she snorted coldly.
Chapter completed!