Shangguan Wan'er returned to her official room. She saw Li Zhen standing at the gate of her official room from a distance. She walked past him with a gloomy face, ignored him, and stopped when she walked to the door, without looking back, and said coldly: "Come in!"

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and followed her into the official room. He had just heard the news that a censor impeached him in the morning court to kill innocent people, which caused an uproar in the civil and military officials in the court. Although this situation was as expected by him, after all, the matter was getting big, and he was still a little nervous.

Shangguan Wan'er sat down in front of her desk and asked with a cold face: "Why didn't you report this to me in advance?"

Li Zhen thought that Shangguan Wan'er would blame him for being reckless and causing trouble in the morning, so he would accept criticism modestly and even criticize himself. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er actually blamed him for not reporting in advance, which undoubtedly hurt Li Zhen's sensitive self-esteem.

Li Zhen was also a little annoyed. If everything had to be reported to her in advance, then what was she? She really became her lackey.

"I have written it very clearly in the report. Didn't Shangguan Sheren see my report?" Li Zhen restrained his dissatisfaction.

"you--"

Shangguan Wan'er slapped the table so angry that she slapped at Li Zhen, "How dare you talk to me like this?"

Li Zhen finally had an attack. He straightened his waist, faced Shangguan Wan'er's glare, and said without fear: "It is precisely because of my respect for Shangguan Sheren that I wrote a report to you afterwards. Otherwise, I should hand over the report to Wu Youxu, or directly submit the report to the emperor. If Shangguan Sheren thinks that I have not done enough, please ask the servant to remove me from my position and ask Gao Ming!"

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes suddenly widened. She suddenly realized that she was too impatient. Li Zhen was not as easy as Sun Li to knead him. She had to use gentle means to tightly win him over to her side, otherwise she would have a good time with him and would only give up Princess Taiping in the end.

The anger in her eyes quickly faded, and she changed into a soft tone and said, "You and I are a little impatient in this matter, let's calm down first."

She waved her hand and said, "You sit down first!"

Li Zhen sat down, looked at the ground without saying a word. At this time, Xiao E served them tea. Shangguan Wan'er glanced at him for a while and said softly: "I just came from the emperor. I feel very stressed and I am not in a good mood. Commander Li, I apologize to you for the rudeness just now."

Li Zhen is a person who is surrendering but not being a tough person. If Shangguan Wan'er had been using this tactful tone, he would not have been forced to fight Shangguan Wan'er. He was silent for a moment and sighed, "I just had a bad attitude, so I should have apologized to the shepherd."

Shangguan Wan'er laughed, "We won't mention this matter anymore. I understand in my heart that you are not acting recklessly, but want to use this matter to test the emperor. Frankly speaking, you have grasped this matter well and the standards are appropriate, so that I can see through the emperor's thoughts and avoid making big mistakes."

"Li Zhen can't afford to take responsibility for it."

"I haven't had any awards."

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said, "For so many years, you may be the first person who dares to fight against Xue Huaiyi. This time, he wiped out Hu Seng, which caused a huge shock to all the guards, not only among the inner guards, but also in all the guards, and even the government and the people.

Although you will offend Xue Huaiyi completely, you will also become the hope of all the court officials who hate Xue Huaiyi. This is the result I am very willing to see."

"I didn't expect that this incident would cause a sensation in the court and add pressure to the servants. I was very sorry for the humble one." Li Zhen continued to apologize.

"It's nothing, I've handled it."

Shangguan Wan'er smiled indifferently. She pondered for a moment and said to Li Zhen again: "But I want to remind you not to act too much towards Xue Huaiyi for the time being. The emperor is still hesitating. The time for him to overthrow him is not yet ripe. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand!"

Li Zhen thought about it and asked again: "What will the emperor decide to deal with this case of Hu Monk?"

"I have convinced the emperor to leave this case to Dali Temple for investigation. You just need to hand over the evidence of Hu monk's murder and witnesses to Dali Temple, and then don't ask about it. The sins of these Hu monks are hard to write. If you have this opportunity, let the officials deal with it!"

Li Zhen nodded silently, "If there is nothing to do with his servant, he will leave if he is humble."

"Go! Go and meet your men, I guess everyone is looking forward to seeing you."

Shangguan Wan'er smiled reluctantly and watched Li Zhen slowly retreat, she fell into deep thought again. Wei Shi's plan and Hu Seng case brought heavy blows to Xue Huaiyi. He would definitely fight back with all his strength and could not delay it. The plan he had set before should be implemented as soon as possible.

.........

Li Zhen came out of Taichu Palace, and more than a dozen Qianniu prepared men from Wu Zetian immediately surrounded him. Not long ago, they were colleagues and had a good relationship. A guard named Long Zhiyi punched him in the shoulder and said with a smile: "Old Li, you did a good job! He actually burned Xue Huaiyi's Hu monk to death. Why don't you let your brothers do such a happy thing together?"

Another guard also smiled and said, "Don't pay attention to those censors. They are all full and have nothing to do. They are fair and free, and everyone supports you."

Li Zhen was moved and smiled at everyone, "Thank you brothers for your support! I'll invite everyone to drink some other day."

"Then I'm determined, I must invite us to drink, but don't forget the old brother after being promoted."

"How can it be! On the third day of the first lunar month, I will invite everyone to drink at Xiangzhulou. Everyone must enjoy their faces!"

Everyone laughed and said, "It must! It must!"

Li Zhen bowed to everyone, "Everyone, I still have something to do, so let's go first."

"Drink Xiangzhulou to have a good time. Lao Li, be mentally prepared!"

"Do some more happy things to make us all have fun!"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Li Zhen quickly left. As Shangguan Wan'er said, the incident of him burning Xue Huaiyi's Hu monk to death had spread among the guards.

Although some people would secretly laugh at him for being reckless and offended Xue Huaiyi, most of the guards supported him very much, and many guards came up to say hello along the way.

"Commander Li, you did a good job!" Several guards in the distance waved to him and praised loudly.

In just one morning, Li Zhen became a celebrity that everyone talked about, which made the guards more excited than shooting leopards in Dongzhao. After all, Xue Huaiyi’s actions over the past ten years are really hated.

"Old Li, wait for me!"

Jiuzhi's anxious shout came from behind him. Li Zhen stopped and saw Jiuzhi running up panting.

"Old Li, why don't you ask me to go with such a good thing?"

Jiuzhi pulled him and whispered: "Since I was young, we didn't go to fight together any time. This time you didn't call me. I'm so unkind!"

Li Zhen smiled and patted his shoulder, "This time it's too hasty, I don't have time to call you, I will definitely call you next time."

"What if you get hasty again next time?"

Jiu Zhixiao's eyes were flashing with a cunning light, and he looked at him with a gaze. Li Zhen immediately understood the fat man's mind. He wanted to go to the inner guard with him!

In fact, it is not bad to bring Jiuzhi to the inner guard. He is his own brother and can become his right-hand man.

"Let's do it! Let's go for dinner together tonight, call Xiaoxi, come to my house to find me."

"Then it's decided!"

Jiu Zhi smiled, and was afraid that he would regret it, so he turned around and ran away. He heard him shouting from a distance: "Old Li, at least you have to let Fat Master be a lieutenant, otherwise it would be too unfavorable."

Li Zhen shook his head with a smile. He also wanted the fat man to be a captain, but things were not that simple!

.........

The Inner Guard Office is located next to the Qianniu Guard Office in the Imperial City. It is also the smallest military yamen among the guards. It covers an area of ​​only five acres. The General Office is divided into two in the central axis. In the middle of the northernmost part is the official room of the inner guard commander. The official rooms on both sides of the central axis belong to the left and right deputy commanders.

At present, the commander of the inner guard is Wu Youxu, the general of Qianniu Guard, but he is only named, and basically only asks about the inner guard's affairs and rarely comes to the inner guard's official room.

The daily affairs of the inner guard are in charge of a chief secretary, and there are several other entrusted and chief clerks under the chief clerk, forming the civil service system of the inner guard.

But the real power of the inner guard is in the hands of two deputy commanders, one is Princess Taiping’s confidant Wan Guojun, and the other is Li Zhen recommended by Shangguan Wan'er.

The chief historian was named Cui Shaoying, from Qinghe County, Beizhou. He was born in a Jinshi. He was about thirty years old and had a beautiful beard under his jaw. He looked quite elegant.

Cui Shaoying had received a document from the Ministry of War and knew that Li Zhen had been appointed as the deputy commander of the inner guard. He heard that Li Zhen came to take office, so he led a squad of officials from the inner guard out of the front door to greet him.

"Welcome to Commander Li!"

Cui Shaoying smiled and stepped forward and bowed to him. Li Zhen also replied to him and said, "Sir, it's Changshi Cui! Li Zhen has heard of it, and I hope the Changshi will take care of him."

"Haha! Come on! Let me introduce it to Commander Li."

Cui Shaoying enthusiastically introduced several civilian officials to Li Zhen, "This is Yang Zhubu, from Xuzhou. He has been in the Neiwei for six years and has the oldest qualifications."

Yang Zhubu is a middle-aged man with a deer-headed, rat-headed man. His face is yellow and thin, with a pinch of rat whiskers under his jaw, and a pair of mung beans with small eyes as bright as leather boots that have just been wiped.

Li Zhen heard Sun Li talk about this person last night. He was not born in a professional class, but was transformed from a minor official to an official. He has been in many yamen in the imperial city. Although he is not outstanding in appearance, he is extremely smart and an extremely capable person. Li Zhen couldn't help but look at him a few more people, thinking that he looks very much like Wu Sansi.

Master Yang smiled flatteringly and bowed to Li Zhen with a flattering look, "President Li is kindly concerned."

Although Sun Li praised him a lot, the flattering smile on the face of the Yang Zhuan made Li Zhen look down on him a little. He nodded and his eyes fell on several lieutenants. Zhao Qiuniang naturally needs no need to say that she stood behind her, with a soft smile on her face, which made Li Zhen's heart feel warm.

The other two captains, one named Lu Jin and the other named Wang Zongyi, are both burly soldiers, both of whom are about thirty years old. They are full of admiration for Li Zhen in their eyes, and they are even more eager for Li Zhen to arrive. If Li Zhen does not come again, they will be cleaned up by Wan Guojun.

"See the commander in the humble position!" The two knelt down on one knee to Li Zhen and bowed with fists.

"You two don't have to be too polite, please get up!"

Li Zhen quickly helped them up, pointed to the captain with a big black mole on his chin and smiled: "If I guess correctly, you are Captain Lu."

"In Xia Lu Jin!"

Li Zhen smiled at the other person and said, "This is Captain Wang."

"With Wang Zongyi, please take care of the commander."

Everyone saw that Li Zhen was not arrogant and approachable, and they all liked him very much. At this time, Li Zhen looked at both sides again and asked with a smile: "Is Vice Commander Wan not here?"

The smiles on everyone's faces were frozen, showing a look of embarrassment.
Chapter completed!