Chapter 20: Smoke of gunpowder (1)

On the Ganliang desert, a horse was running wildly towards Liangzhou City. White foam had appeared on the corners of the horse's mouth, but the postmen were still trying hard to whip. The walls of Liangzhou City were just in front of him, but the city gate was slowly closing. The red sun set in the west was as beautiful as blood, hanging from the end of the desert from afar, and was left behind by the man and horse running wildly.

"Eight hundred miles of battle report! Eight hundred miles of battle report!" Yi Ding roared desperately. In fact, his voice was already hoarse. The soldiers guarding the city could not hear what he was calling, but the panic and murderous aura on the man was so clear. So the door that had just been closed halfway was so scared that he flashed to the side. The Yi Ma jumped into the city gate with a long roar, and flipped forward to the ground, throwing the Yi Ding into the mud. He immediately rose up, ran forward with the bag on his body, ran out for a hundred steps, and finally fell to the ground.

The soldiers guarding the city surrounded him and saw the postman sweating like slurry, his eyes rolled up, and he murmured: "Hurry, hurry, war report..., Guazhou, Suzhou fell; Shazhou is dangerous, critical!" Before he finished speaking, he fainted in the arms of a soldier. A leader in the crowd shouted loudly: "You should treat him quickly, I will send the war report to the governor's mansion!" He put on the bag and turned over the horse, and while running towards the governor's mansion in Liangzhou, he was still confused: About three days ago, a flying post passed through Liangzhou, but the postman did not stop, he had just changed.

The Yima went towards Luoyang again. From the inscription bag on the waist of the Yiman, you can see that he breathed a sigh of relief from the distant Tingzhou, raised his hand to stroke Zhang Changzong's head, and sighed: "I am much better, Liulang, I have been so bored these days. I stayed in this bedroom all day long and could not go anywhere..." Zhang Changzong curled his lips: "Liulang doesn't want to go anywhere, Liulang just needs to be with the emperor." "You are so insincere." Wu Zetian smiled and patted Zhang Changzong's handsome face: "Don't let it go, this wonderful spring scenery."

Zhang Changzong was happy: "Master, it seems that the elixir presented by Hu Chao, the Taoist priest of Hongzhou, is quite effective. You are much better." The two were talking intimately, and Zhang Yizhi walked in from outside the palace. When he saw this scene, he was also very happy and came to the dragon couch to make fun of him: "Master, I have just walked along the way, and the peonies in our Shangyang Palace have bloomed to the extreme. I thought there must be a happy event, which is indeed fulfilled by Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian was satisfied with the head of the earth, and then frowned slightly: "I am so drowsy these days, I have not been concerned about state affairs, there is nothing major, right?" Zhang Yiyi waved his hand: "It's okay, the lord of your Great Zhou world is peaceful." Wu Zetian sighed and murmured: "The world of the Great Zhou, the world of the Great Zhou... I am confused these days, I always dreamed of the original Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong. They all looked worried, as if they were worried about something, which made me uneasy, and I always felt something was going to happen..."

Zhang Yizhi sat sideways on the dragon couch and smiled and said, "What big thing can happen? Master, you are too worried. It's hard to make the dragon body more refreshing. Let's talk about how to go out and enjoy the flowers. Didn't you just say, don't let the spring light be disappointed?" At this moment, a female official in a breeze flashed into the palace and lowered her head to report: "Your Majesty, Master Di asked for a visit outside the hall and said that there was something extremely urgent."

As soon as the female official finished speaking, Zhang Yizhi changed color: "Nothing! The dragon body of the priest is not seen, don't you know? Why don't you send someone away? Why do you still come to report it?!" "Wulang!" Wu Zetian raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, whispered: "It was my order. Master Di asked for a visit, and he must report it to me." Zhang Yizhi's eyes wandered and panicked, and he muttered: "This Master Di, is he going to disturb Master Di's rest for the sake of a scientific examination? He is too polite to be kind."

Wu Zetian was slightly angry: "Yizhi, Di Huaiying is a very considerate minister, otherwise I would not rely so much on him. He would be so urgently asking for a meeting at this time, so he would never be just for the scientific examination." Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong looked at each other, and both pouted and lowered their heads without saying a word. Wu Zetian looked around, his eyes filled with pampering expressions, and sighed: "Oh, my body just felt better, I really don't want to be too busy. Let's do this, Wulang, you should go and meet Mr. Di on my behalf and ask him what urgent matters are there. Unless there is a national security, you don't have to report anything else to me. You can arrange it yourself."

Zhang Yizhi walked slowly to the hall and saw the old but still tall body of His Highness at a glance. He swallowed without hesitation, trying to curb the fear and resentment in his chest. Since the last conversation in the corridor, Zhang Yizhi has never had the courage to face Di Renjie. At this moment, he was so calm that he came to Di Renjie with a bluff.

"Ge Lao." Zhang Yizhi said hello, Di Renjie slowly turned around and replied faintly: "It's you." Zhang Yizhi gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile: "The Master asked me to ask why the Master asked for a visit. If the Master's meaning is not related to the safety of the country, there is no need to report it to her. She is still very weak and needs to rest..."

Di Renjie still had a faint expression and tone: "This cabinet will not say anything to you." "You!" Zhang Yizhi could no longer control himself, and the veins on his forehead burst out, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Di Renjie, don't toast and not eat and drink, don't think that our brothers can't deal with you!"

Di Renjie ignored him, but turned to the direction of the bedroom, sighed and said softly: "Your Majesty, this time is really a major matter that concerns the safety of the country. You must not take it lightly." Turning around, he faced Zhang Yizhi again, saying word by word: "I have said some things last time, and I don't want to say more. Now I will just repeat: How can the eggs be completed when the nest is destroyed. The safety of the Great Zhou world is crucial to the saints and the people, and you are also crucial to you! Never treat all this as a joke, otherwise you will suffer the consequences."

Zhang Yizhi's face turned blue and white, and he stomped his feet and said, "Di Renjie, what do you want to say so uneven or uneven?" Di Renjie stared in his eyes: "This cabinet reports to the priests about the survival of the country, please report to the priests!" Zhang Yizhi vented his anger: "Hmph, is it that Master Di exclaiming to meet the priests? Is it important to meet the priests? What kind of important things are related to the survival of the country? Is there a military report? Is there an enemy situation? Master Di, you can't just tell us what you say, right? As long as you can come up with the proof, I will report to the priests immediately!"

Di Renjie took a step forward, and tightly held the military newspaper from Tingzhou in his right hand, which was wrapped in his sleeve. In an instant, his heart was overturned. It took him a long time to slowly say: "Some people are throwing their heads and sprinkling their blood, and they are alone and risking themselves, while others are having ulterior motives and secretly hiding evil spirits. It's really sad and lamentable..." He raised his head and sneered at Zhang Yizhi: "Even if we have evidence, we won't hand it over to you. If you don't report to the emperor today, we will come again tomorrow. If you don't report to the emperor tomorrow, we will come again the day after tomorrow! This cabinet is sure that the emperor will summon me within three days."

Zhang Yi raised his hand: "Then, Master Di, please come back first." After watching Di Renjie's figure disappearing into the numerous palace walls, he walked back to his bedroom and lay in front of Wu Zetian's bed and smiled happily: "Your Majesty, Master Di said it's nothing, I'm just thinking about your body, so I'll visit you." Wu Zetian looked at his expression carefully and sighed for a moment: "Oh, I heard that Master Di's health is not very good. Wulang, let the imperial doctor go to Di's mansion in a few days to see the doctor and prescribe the prescription. Although Master Di is a master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he can't see his own illness..." "Yes."
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