Wei Tuaner gently pulled Li Zhen, glanced at the inner room, suggesting that the inner room had been arranged, with a pink hibiscus tent, a soft carpet, and a thick mattress on it.

Li Zhen could no longer control his hatred for her, broke free from her arm, and took a step back, "No! No!" He clearly rejected her.

Wei Tuaner's face changed, and immediately became dark clouds, and her eyes began to flash fiercely. She said coldly: "You go out! I will tell you that there are thirty women outside who are stronger than men. They have not touched men for ten years. If you can walk out of this attic alive, my surname is not Wei!"

Li Zhen hesitated for a moment. He was not afraid of these thirty strong women. This place was just the second floor and he could jump out of the window.

But he had to consider the consequences of completely angering Wei Tuan'er. As long as she cried in front of Wu Zetian, she would die without a place to bury her.

More importantly, it is not necessary to anger her at this critical moment when she is about to defeat this woman.

Wei Tuaner's eyes were so vicious that she could see Li Zhen's hesitation at a glance. She thought Li Zhen was afraid of the women at the door. The fierce light in her eyes faded and she looked like she was always charming.

He slowly walked forward and leaned on his chest, and said in a tempting voice: "I know you are a person who seeks progress. As long as you follow me, I promise that you will be promoted to Qianniu Captain tomorrow, and the mansion in Mingyifang will also belong to you. You can enjoy the women inside. As for the money, you can't imagine."

Just then, Li Zhen suddenly heard footsteps running towards him outside the attic. He was secretly happy, pretending to be moved, and tried to delay Wei Tuaner's time, he hesitated: "Let me think about it again, I have never touched a woman, please wait a little longer."

A happier smile appeared on Wei Tuaner's face. It turned out that this kid was still a young man.

"You think about it! I will wait for you, or I will wait for you in the inner room."

Wei Tuaner let go of his hand and was about to walk into the inner room. At this time, Gao Lishi's anxious shout came from outside the attic: "Brother Li, are you inside? I have something urgent to do!"

Wei Tuaner was furious, what did this damn little bastard come to do at this time?

"No promise to him!" Wei Tuaner ordered viciously.

Li Zhen restrained the smile on his face and tightened his lips, but he was so happy that he wanted to shout, "This little guy came too timely."

Although Li Zhen did not agree, Gao Lishi did not give up at all. He continued to shout: "Brother Li, come down quickly, my father has something urgent to ask you!"

"Brother Li, have something happened to you? I'll go find someone right away!"

Although Wei Tuaner wanted to kill Gao Lishi, she finally had no choice. If someone knew that she was doing good deeds in Jingyun Pavilion, it would probably anger the emperor if it was spread, especially Gao Yanfu, who would definitely sue him secretly.

She had no choice but to wink Li Zhen. Li Zhen understood and quickly walked to the window and shouted: "I understand, let's get down now!"

He bowed to Wei Tuaner again, "Madam, give me time to think about it again."

Wei Tuaner snorted heavily and said unwillingly: "I will give you a few more days. You must remember that you can't escape my palm."

Li Zhen bowed again, looked back at the door in fear, and ran two steps, jumped down from the window.

Wei Tuaner was stunned, then understood and burst into laughter like a silver bell. She walked to the window, looked at Li Zhen's slightly embarrassed back, and laughed in a low voice: "It's so cute, I like it very much!"

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Li Zhen left Jingyun Tower far away as if he was escaping from a fire pit. After walking away, he gently tapped Gao Lishi's head and smiled, "How come you guys, how come you are so timely?"

Gao Lishi covered his head and smiled, "It was Shangguan Agu who asked me to save you, she said you were in danger."

Li Zhen was stunned. It turned out to be Shangguan Wan'er. A warm feeling surged in his heart. It turned out that Shangguan Wan'er was always paying attention to him.

Gao Lishi took out a folded note from his pocket and handed it to him, "This is the note Shangguan Agu gave you, saying, "You know what it is?"

Of course Li Zhen knew what it was, so he quickly opened the note and saw a line of words written on it, "Yukou Town, Mianchi County."

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In the restaurant, Li Zhen seemed a little restless. After drinking a glass of wine for a long time, he didn't know what he was thinking. Di Yan, who was sitting opposite, was unhappy. From sitting down until now, he actually ignored him. She kicked him under the table, "Hey!"

"What?" Li Zhen looked at her blankly.

"I said what are you doing? I asked me to come out and drink with you, but I ignored them. If you think I'm in trouble, I'll leave now."

Di Yan got up and wanted to leave. Li Zhen quickly stopped her, coaxed and apologized, and asked her to sit down. He stopped distracted and poured her a glass of wine and smiled, "Actually, I want to trouble you with something, but I don't know how to speak."

Di Yan curled her lips, "What's wrong with opening up? I'll make me happy. Everything is easy to say. If you ignore me like this, it's useless if you kneel down and beg me."

Li Zhen sighed, "I am not ignoring you, I am really having trouble."

"What annoying thing, tell me, maybe I can give you an idea." Di Yan was just angry on the surface. She could see that Li Zhen was in a bad mood and couldn't help but feel more concerned in her heart.

"That Wei Tuaner..."

Li Zhen really disgusted with mentioning this name, and he frowned and said, "She wants me to replace the fish dragon's seat."

"What!"

Di Yan shouted out in a lost voice, with a loud voice. Several drinkers next to her looked at this side. She hurriedly covered her mouth and laughed in a low voice: "Is it true?"

Li Zhen nodded and said a little vaguely about what happened in Jingyun Pavilion today. Di Yan didn't expect that Wei Tuaner would be so dissolute and shameless. She couldn't help but show her anger, "Why is she so shameless? She actually forced others to be her face!"

Li Zhen smiled bitterly in his heart. He just said this and had not described the detailed process yet. If he said it, he would have to make Di Yan angry.

"I'm really tired of her. The most urgent thing is to bring her down, otherwise I will die at her hands sooner or later."

Di Yan was even more anxious than Li Zhen at this time. This woman was too shameless, which made Di Yan hate him, "Tell me! What did you ask me to do?"

Li Zhen took out the note that Shangguan Wan'er gave him and handed it to Di Yan, "This is Wei Tuaner's hometown address. I want to ask you to inquire about Wei Yuan'er."

Di Yan took the note and looked at it. She suddenly thought of something and whispered: "I heard that this time Dongshou is in Tianchi, Mianchi County, and Wei Tuaner's hometown is also in Mianchi County. Don't you find it strange?"

One sentence reminded Li Zhen that it was not that he was not sensitive enough, but that Wei Tuaner was upset about him today and did not notice this subtle coincidence at all.

He was also a little strange in his heart. Was it really just a coincidence? But Li Zhen knew that Dongshou was Xue Huaiyi's suggestion and the location was also Xue Huaiyi's choice.

At the critical moment when Wei Tuaner and Shangguan Wan'er were at strife, Xue Huaiyi proposed hunting and selected the location of winter hunting in Mianchi, which must have a purpose.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen felt a little vigilant.

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‘The golden saddle moves to the garden, and the jade streaks spread across the flat fields. The flags and flags are all together, and the silk is asking for it.’

Hunting has been a must-practice for emperors since ancient times. In ancient times, emperors searched in spring, sought in summer, hunted in autumn, and hunted in winter. They went out of the suburbs in all seasons to show their martial arts to the world.

Perhaps because Wu Zetian was a woman, she was not very interested in hunting. She just accompanied her husband Gaozong to hunt several times when she was the queen. She prefers to go on tours, check agriculture in the fields, and learn about people's livelihood in prefectures and counties.

This time, she went hunting at Xue Huaiyi's repeated requests, so she reluctantly agreed. The location was decided by Xue Huaiyi and was set in Tianchi, Mianchi County. Xue Huaiyi had sufficient reasons. In the 18th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong was here to hunt in winter.

The emperor hunted was a major event. Almost half of the imperial guards in the north and south yamen were accompanied, with tens of thousands of people, as well as nearly 10,000 eunuchs and palace maids, and thousands of princes and ministers accompanied. The momentum was extremely powerful, carrying a large amount of supplies, and someone wanted to go outposts, stationed in the camp in advance, drive away wild animals, etc.

There are about two hundred miles apart from Luoyang to Mianchi County, and there are a lot of supplies in the team and it takes at least three days to walk. Mianchi is located in Wushan, surrounded by towering mountains. The scenery here is beautiful, the forest is lush, the stream is clear, and countless rare birds and beasts live in it. It has been a great place for hunting since ancient times.

Tianchi is a lake in Mianchi County. The lake surface is like a mirror, with large grasslands and forests distributed around it, with a radius of tens of thousands of hectares. The Qin Zhao Mianchi meeting during the Warring States Period was held here.

It was also coincidental that as soon as Wu Zetian's hunting army arrived in Mianchi, a light snow came unexpectedly, covering the forest and grassland with a thin layer of silver.

Wu Zetian was extremely interested. On the night she checked in to the camp, she held a bonfire banquet to entertain princes and nobles and generals of various army.

During the banquet, Wu Zetian took advantage of the wine show and proposed that the soldiers who hunted the most were rewarded for the competition.

This was a great encouragement to the generals of each army. They were the palace guards and had no chance to go to war. Hunting was a rare opportunity to show off. If they could win the championship in hunting, it would be of great benefit to their career.

At night, Li Zhen, led by several soldiers, came to the big tent of General Wu Youxu, Qianniu Guard. In the big tent, Wu Youxu was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking a little worried.

Wu Youxu was about thirty years old and loved the way of Laozi and Zhuangzi since childhood. He was a person who was indifferent to fame and fortune, and yearned for the life of a pastoral hermit.

Unfortunately, as a member of the Wu clan, he was forced to have a general title by his aunt Wu Zetian. He originally wanted to be slandered and deal with it for two years, but unexpectedly, the various power struggles in the palace made him very anxious.

This time when he went hunting, the emperor proposed to compete with each army. He was not interested in this kind of reward, but his generals and generals under him were eager to try, which made him upset, but he had no choice but to be Jiang Taigong, but his subordinates wanted to eat fish.

"General, Guard Li is here!" A personal soldier whispered to report at the door of the tent.

Wu Youxu woke up from thoughts and hurriedly said, "Let him come in!"

After a moment, the curtain was lifted, Li Zhen walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "See General!"

"Please get up!" Wu Youxu quickly asked for help and asked him to get up with a smile.

Li Zhen has a good impression of Wu Youxu, he is indifferent to fame and fortune, and has a peaceful temperament. He is a rare low-key person in the Wu family.

Wu Youxu already knew that Li Zhen refused Wei Tuaner and felt a little admiration for him. He asked Li Zhen to sit down and said with a smile: "Tonight, the emperor proposed the competition between the various army, and I believe you have heard of it!"

Li Zhen nodded. This incident had spread in the army, how could he not know?

Wu Youxu smiled again and said, "Actually, I am not interested in such things at all. However, I cannot represent myself. I have to consider the glory of Qianniuwei and have to think about it.

Our Qianniu Guards are slightly weak in riding and shooting, far from being as good as the Qianqi Camp, which is famous for riding and shooting, nor are they as strong as the Yulin Army, but the guards who are weaker than us did not come this time, and it is obvious that we will be at the bottom in the end.

So I considered taking the lead personally. Gao Fujun told me that your riding and shooting is extremely powerful, and even Wang Xiaojie praised it. I hope you can perform well and give us Qianniuwei some face so that we should not be too ugly."

Wu Youxu knew very well that among the various armies accompanying him, the Qianqi Battalion and the Yulin Army were all composed of brave men with force, and the Qianqi Battalion was even more elite riding and shooting.

Most of the Qianniu Guards have embroidered pillows, each with outstanding appearance, but when they really go on the battlefield, they will immediately reveal their weak side of force. He doesn't want to win, he just wants to save face.

Li Zhen understood what Wu Youxu meant, and he immediately stood up and fisted and said, "I will do my best!"

Wu Youxu got up and patted him on the shoulder, and smiled and said, "There is no compulsory task, just do your best."

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Chapter completed!