The winter hunting was originally scheduled to take place for five days, but because Shangguan Wan'er was injured, she swept Wu Zetian's interest, so she shortened the winter hunting to three days. Three days later, the winter hunting ended, and the large group of people packed up the camp supplies and returned to the Shendu Luoyang.

Of course, Wu Zetian's forty-five personal bodyguards also had a leader, this person was Wu Chongxun, the second son of Wu Sansi, and Wu Zetian's nephew. Wu Chongxun was about twenty years old and served as the General of the Qianniu Guard. He was responsible for arranging forty-five Qianniu people on duty.

Perhaps it was because Shangguan Wan'er said hello to him, and these Tianwu Chongxun used the excuse of letting Li Zhen familiarize himself with the situation and did not arrange anything to Li Zhen. Li Zhen just followed the team back to Beijing.

He rode a horse and followed Wu Zetian's huge chariot. Wu Zetian's chariot was pulled by thirty-six snow-white horses. The chariot was exquisitely made, decorated with colorful satin silk, inlaid with countless gold, silver, pearls and jade. From a distance, it looked magnificent and shining in the sun.

Wu Zetian sat on the chariot covered with gauze, and two close-fitting maids were squatting beside him. There were twelve close-fitting Qianniu guards standing on the chariot, staring vigilantly.

Below were a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, with hundreds of people. On both sides were 360 ​​Thousand Cavalry guards, who were riding horses and following the left and right, holding a large flag in their hands, and were majestic. There were 2,000 Thousand Cavalry guards holding swords in front of them to open the way.

Tens of thousands of people stretched for nearly ten miles, with great momentum. Three days later, night fell, and there were still twenty miles away from Luoyang City. Wu Zetian was a little tired and ordered to camp on the spot and enter the city after dawn.

The temporary camp should be a little simpler. It is only possible to use the camp to encircle the ban camp, covering an area of ​​about 100 acres. Wu Zetian and the royal family and relatives were camping in the ban, and more than 10,000 guards were on duty around to protect them. The other palace maids, eunuchs and accompanying guards set up tents to rest for a simple night.

In the big tent, Wei Tuaner paced back and forth anxiously. She was a little scared these two days. For several days, the emperor did not ask her to serve. This was something she had never encountered before. The reason was that Wei Tuaner vaguely guessed that it was related to Shangguan Wan'er's attack, and the emperor had already become suspicious.

The person the emperor really cannot live without is Xue Huaiyi, and she is just a favored maid. Once she loses favor, she will be nothing.

This is also what Wei Tuaner fears the most. She does not have the position of sacrificing people like Shangguan Wan'er. Although she has a little power to defend herself, she is checked and balanced by Shangguan Wan'er, so that she cannot use her as she wishes. She actually relies on the favor of the emperor to act as a blessing. Although she claims to be powerful, she can't actually command a few people.

Besides, there are also days when pampering, Wei Tuaner knows it well, so she has tried her best to make money over the years just to leave a way out for herself.

Wei Tuaner didn't know if these two days would be the turning point of her fate. The emperor neglected herself a little. Thinking of the sins she had done over the years, she was even more scared. She had to arrange her retreat as soon as possible, and from then on, she was hiding her identity and becoming a rich rich man.

At this time, a palace maid appeared at the door of the tent and whispered: "Master, Aunt Guo is here!"

Aunt Guo is her wet nurse, currently the housekeeper of Mingyifang Mansion and her contact person outside. There must be something important to her when she arrives now. Wei Tuaner quickly took out her silver medal and handed it to the palace maid, "Take her in!"

After a moment, the palace maid brought an old woman in her fifties in. Wei Tuaner quickly came up and asked, "Auntie, what happened?"

Aunt Guo glanced at the palace maid behind him, and Wei Tuaner waved, "Everything comes back!"

The only two of them were left in the big tent. Aunt Guo stepped forward and said a few words to Wei Tuaner. Wei Tuaner was immediately surprised, "But it really?"

Aunt Guo nodded, "What I saw with my own eyes is really a night pearl, it's so surprising."

Wei Tuaner was heartbroken. She was addicted to jewelry as if she had lived. Among all her wealth, she lacked a night pearl. Although she felt that danger was approaching, she warned herself not to be greedy for money anymore, when the night pearl came, she still couldn't control her inner temptation.

‘Well, just do this last time!’ Wei Tuaner immediately walked out of the tent and quickly came to Wu Furong’s tent. Someone went in to report to Wu Furong.

In order to allow her father Wu Chengsi to make a comeback, Wu Furong tried many ways to please Xue Huaiyi and Wei Tuaner, and even took the risk of taming the beast to attack Shangguan Wan'er.

Unfortunately, she failed in the end, which also made Wu Furong feel uneasy. Once the emperor chased after her, she might not be able to escape the charge.

However, this matter did not seem to be a big deal, and was suppressed by Xue Huaiyi, which made her feel relieved. When Wu Furong heard that Wei Tuaner was visiting, she quickly greeted her and smiled flatteringly, "Why does Sister Wei have time to come to the younger sister?"

Wei Tuaner sat down and said, "Take her!"

Wu Furong knew who she was referring to, so she hurriedly went on. Soon, Wu Furong brought a young woman up. It was Wei Yuaner. She and Wei Tuaner were twin sisters and looked exactly the same as Wei Tuaner, but she now put on a little makeup and her appearance has changed.

"Little sister, is there anything wrong?" Wei Yuan'er came up and smiled.

"I have something urgent to go out. Come back at dawn, you can replace me."

Wei Yuaner was a little worried and said, "What if she wants me to serve?"

Wei Tuaner thought for a while and said, "I probably won't ask you to serve these two days. If you really want to serve, you can comb her hair like before and don't talk. Anyway, you have combed her hair a few times, what are you afraid of?"

Wei Yuaner nodded, "Okay!"

The two changed their clothes at Wu Furong. Soon, "Wei Tuaner" calmly returned to her camp, while another petite middle-aged woman hurriedly left Wu Furong's tent and took Aunt Guo out of the camp.

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Just shortly after the middle-aged woman left the camp, a round-faced palace maid walked out of Shangguan Wan'er's tent and came to a tent area outside the camp.

"Where is Li Zhen's camp?" the round-faced palace maid asked timidly.

"No! Isn't he there?" The guard pointed to a small triangle tent not far away, and he shouted again: "Old Li, if you have a beautiful little girl, you will be lonely at night."

Amid the laughter of the guards, the round-faced palace maid came to Li Zhen's camp with a red face. Li Zhen happened to get out of the tent. He recognized the palace maid and smiled and said, "So it's Xiao E. Is there anything to ask me for?"

The round-faced palace maid handed him a note, turned around and ran away. Li Zhen took the note, and he walked back to the tent to open it. There was only one sentence on the note, 'She has left!'

Li Zhen immediately understood what Shangguan Wan'er meant. He hurriedly changed his clothes and asked someone to ask for leave for him. He turned over and ran towards Luoyang City.

When Li Zhen rushed to Luoyang City, the city gate had just closed, and his guard card played a role at this critical moment. He later learned that although the main city gate was not open at night, some special tokens could leave the city through the sub-city gate, and his Qianniu silver medal was one of them.

His silver medal was verified on the top of the city, and the city gate slowly opened, and he went directly into Luoyang City through Houzai Gate.

Xishi is near Houzaimen. It is still early to close Fangmen. The streets are crowded with people coming and going, especially near Xishimen, where there are many wine shops and brothels, brightly lit and the sound of silk and bamboo, which is particularly noisy and lively.

Li Zhen slowed down his horse and found Manji Jewelry Store. The Manji Jewelry Store was closed at this time, but a ox cart was parked next to the side door.

"Hello!"

As Li Zhen was about to get close to the ox cart, he heard someone shouting in a low voice behind him. When he turned around, he saw someone waving to him behind the wall not far away. Li Zhen immediately recognized the person who called him, which was Di Yan he was looking for.

Li Zhen was overjoyed and quickly turned his horse back. Di Yan pulled his horse over and glared at him fiercely, "Are you crazy? There are people in the ox cart!"

"Who is it?" Li Zhen turned around and looked at the ox cart with a palpitation.

"It's an old woman. If she sees you, you won't want to catch Wei Tuan'er again."

Li Zhen turned over and said apologetically: "I'm looking for you, but I didn't notice anyone in the ox cart."

Di Yan glared at him for a long time, then he was slightly angry and said to him: "Wei Tuan'er dressed up as a middle-aged woman. She has just entered the jewelry shop. I have sold Ye Mingzhu to that manager Fang. I have three thousand guan. Do you want it?"

Li Zhen scratched his head, "Put the money on your side first, and then catch the person."

At this moment, Di Yan suddenly pulled Li Zhen and pulled him behind the wall, "She is out!"

Li Zhen looked sideways against the wall and saw a middle-aged woman walking out of the side door, holding a small bag in her hand. Although she put on makeup on her face, Li Zhen still recognized her petite figure, which was Wei Tuaner.

It can be seen that she is very excited, her hands are trembling slightly, and she must go to the treasure next time.

Li Zhen was originally most worried that she recognized the night pearl as the one hidden in the Ziyun Pavilion of Tai Chi Palace, but Shangguan Wan'er told him that Wei Tuan'er had never seen the night pearl, only Xue Huaiyi had seen it. As long as Xue Huaiyi was not present, there would be no big problem.

Li Zhen also became nervous. So many things happened, and it was finally the last moment.

The ox cart slowly started and headed north to Luoshui. Li Zhen and Di Yan followed them all the way. Soon, the ox cart came to Lidefang, north of the city, and saw Wei Tuaner getting off the ox cart and entering the fang gate alone, while the ox cart continued to move forward.

Li Zhen and Di Yan also slowly urged the horse into the gate, but saw Wei Tuaner walking directly towards Linzhi Temple from afar. Li Zhen was stunned. Could it be that Wei Tuaner's treasure hiding place in Linzhi Temple?

He suddenly remembered something. Before he was recuperating in the temple, the host told him that there was a forbidden house in the backyard of Linzhi Temple, which was bought by a nobleman. Is this nobleman Wei Tuaner?

Li Zhen remembered that the second time Wei Tuaner met him was in Linzhi Temple, which shows that Wei Tuaner and Linzhi Temple have a deep relationship. I am afraid that the old man from Hanoi was interested in Linzhi Temple, which was also related to Wei Tuaner.

At this time, Wei Tuaner entered the temple through the side door. Di Yan watched her back disappear, and turned around and asked Li Zhen, "Brother Li, can we do it now?"

Li Zhen nodded slowly, it was time to take action.
Chapter completed!