Lai Junchen's heart suddenly jumped. The emperor asked about this, but he was prepared for it, so he said calmly: "Report to Your Majesty, Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen are going to inspect the southeastern states. This is the custom of the Censorate. Two Censors must go with them. Yangzhou is their first stop. Then they will cross the Yangtze River to Runzhou and Suzhou, as well as Shengzhou, Xuanzhou, Yuezhou and other places. This was what Your Majesty gave at the beginning of the year."

Lai Junchen took out a volume of documents from his arms and presented them to Wu Zetian with both hands: "This is the plan for the two of them to this Eastern Tour. Please check it out."

Shangguan Wan'er took the document and handed it to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian opened it and looked at it. It was indeed a very meticulous inspection plan. She had to admire Lai Junchen for remedy. Since Lai Junchen refused to admit that it was sent to Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen to Yangzhou for the sake of Li Yuanjia, Wu Zetian no longer mentioned this matter. She put the document aside and said lightly: "Get up first."

"Thank you Your Majesty"

Lai Junchen stood up and felt quite proud. He knew that he had successfully remedy and the emperor could no longer attack him about Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen. He said sadly: "But I didn't expect that the two of them would actually suffer a war in Yangzhou and die in a foreign land."

"Let's talk about this matter"

Wu Zetian changed the topic and said, "The rebellion of Li Yuanjia has been investigated now and has nothing to do with other royal families for the time being. Let the investigation of Xingtang Association temporarily release the cases you have accumulated. You must clear them in the past few days and release them if they should be released. In addition, their property must be returned together and handled properly. I don't want to hear anyone shouting for justice at Yingtianmen again."

Lai Junchen's heart became heavy again, and he nodded silently, "I obey the order."

"There's nothing else, go ahead."

Lai Junchen bowed and retreated. Wu Zetian looked at Shangguan Wan'er and asked, "When will Li Zhen be back?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it should be only two days."

"If he comes back, let him come to see me immediately, and I will reward him well."

There is a small house covering an area of ​​three acres in Gong'anfang, Luoyang. This is the mansion of Gao Jian, who had just been appointed as the Dali Temple Sizhi. Since Princess Taiping fell in love with Zhang Changzong, she felt quite ashamed of her old lover Gao Jian, so she used her influence to put pressure on the Ministry of Personnel. Gao Jian was transferred to the Dali Temple Sizhi, in charge of the law.

Although Gao Jian was busy with affairs, he was also very fulfilling. Princess Taiping also agreed to transfer him to the Ministry of Justice next year, which made Gao Jian full of expectations for his future.

At night, Gao Jian was reading a book in the study. At this time, his wife Gu said at the door: "Husband, Doctor Qiao is here."

Gao Jian immediately stood up and smiled and said, "Please invite him in."

After a moment, a young official walked into the study. The man was Qiao Zhizhi, the doctor of the Right Department. He was implicated in the Su case not long ago and was imprisoned. He was just released yesterday and was restored to his post. Qiao Zhizhi and Gao Jian are classmates and friends. He passed the imperial examination three years earlier than Gao Jian and has the best relationship with Gao Jian.

Qiao Zhizhi apologized with his fists: "I'm really sorry to disturb my brother so late."

"It should be that I'm going to visit Brother Qiao, please sit down first."

The two sat down, Gu served them tea, Gao Jian smiled and said, "Congratulations to Brother Qiao for being released from prison and being restored to his post."

Qiao Zhizhi sighed, "How could I be happy?"

"What's going on?"

Seeing that he was worried, Gao Jian asked, "Is there anything else going on at home?"

"What happened to Bizhu."

Gu's side was shocked, "Didn't Bizhu go back to her parents' home?"

"I thought she had returned to her parents' home, but she didn't go back at all. I asked the people in the mansion again. Some people said that when Bizhu was forcibly taken to a carriage, it was when Lai Junchen searched my mansion, I went to the Censorate today. They denied that they had arrested my wife and said that all the property had been returned to me, but that was not the case."

Gao Jian's face gradually became solemn. He knew that Qiao Zhizhi's wife Bizhu was extremely beautiful and very young, and Lai Junchen had the reputation of occupying official positions and concubines. Bizhu's disappearance at this time was very likely related to Lai Junchen. Qiao Zhizhi went to the Censorate, and of course they would not admit it.

Qiao Zhizhi said angrily again: "I counted the returned property and found that the ancestral Xueyu of my Qiao family was gone. Xueyu has been hidden in my study. As a result, the study was searched by them, and Xueyu has disappeared. It must have been taken away by them. It was the treasure of the house-keeping that passed down from the five generations of my Qiao family."

Gao Jian knew that the Qiao family's snow jade was a piece of extremely white and rare treasure jade. It is said that it is of the same kind of jade as Heshi Bi. Needless to say, it must have been searched by Lai Junchen or his subordinates. But compared with the Xueyu, Gao Jian thought that the Bizhu was more important, and that was Qiao Zhizhi's wife.

"Brother Qiao, don't worry about this. The situation in the court has been very strange recently. First, it was the Great Xing injustice and investigate the Xingtang Association. As a result, Li Yuanjia rebelled and investigate the Xingtang Association stopped again. I guess the emperor was afraid that pursuing Xingtang would cause more rebellions. Anyway, I feel something will happen."

"But Bizhu is missing for one day, and it will be dangerous for one day. If you ask me to wait for me, when will I wait?" Qiao Zhizhi said anxiously.

"Husband, just help Brother Qiao," Gu couldn't help but persuade him.

Gao Jian sighed helplessly. He knew that Qiao Zhizhi came to him, but in fact he wanted to ask Princess Taiping for help, but he really didn't want to ask Princess Taiping, but in trouble with classmates and friends, how could he stand by and watch? Gao Jian nodded, "Okay, let me think of a solution."

At this moment, a hurried knock came from outside the gate. Gao Jian was startled and hurriedly sweared! With a loud noise, he quickly walked into the yard, "Who is it?"

"Sir, it's me, Zhang An, Taiping Prefecture."

It turned out to be Zhang An, the butler of Taiping Mansion. Gao Jian felt a little relieved and stepped forward to open the door, "Is there anything wrong with Butler Zhang so late?"

Zhang An bowed to him, "Princess asked Mr. Gao to go home quickly and discuss important matters."

Princess Taiping had just received Li Zhen's report and read it carefully twice, but still failed to relieve her inner confusion.

She also spent this period of time in a state of fear. She knew what she had done. She signed her name in the Xingtang oath and pressed her fingerprint. The oath was in the hands of Li Yuanjia. If the oath was known by her mother, she would be completely finished in the second half of her life. Her mother might forgive her two brothers, but she would never forgive her.

It is precisely for this reason that Princess Taiping used her husband's relationship to let Li Zhen go south to Yangzhou to help her brother Li Dan in name, but in fact, it was for her own benefit. Although she hated Shangguan Wan'er very much, she always believed that Li Zhen would not betray her to Shangguan Wan'er.

In the room, Princess Taiping was pacing back and forth with her hands behind her back. At this time, Zhang Changzong hugged her from behind with her upper body naked and put his hand into her skirt. If it were normal, Princess Taiping would soon be triggered by him, but she was not in this mood at this time. She slapped Zhang Changzong's hand heavily, like slapping off a fly, "take off his hand" she shouted angrily.

Zhang Changzong was so scared that he let her go and stood aside with his hands down. Princess Taiping glanced at him and suddenly felt a little disgusted with Zhang Changzong's charming face. Apart from that face, he was just a fool. Needless to say, he could not even solve the problem at least.

"You go back to your room first, I'm in a bad mood today."

"It's Liulang who went back first."

At this moment, the butler Zhang An reported outside the door, "Your Highness, Mr. Gao is here."

"Please come in quickly"

Princess Taiping said anxiously, her voice full of excitement.

Zhang Changzong, who had just walked to the door, hesitated for a moment, and showed an expression of jealousy on his face. Princess Taiping drove herself away like a dog. When she heard Gao Jian's arrival, she was like a female cat in heat. She was so excited. He secretly gritted his teeth and lowered his head and went out.

Zhang Changzong walked out of the room and happened to meet Gao Jian walking quickly. Zhang Changzong showed a grim smile on his face and hit Gao Jian's chest with his shoulder. This time it hit very hard, almost breaking Gao Jian's ribs. Gao Jian was immediately bent down in pain. Zhang Changzong pretended to be concerned and supported him, "Brother Gao, are you sick?"

Gao Jian held back the pain, stared at him fiercely, shook his hand away, and walked into the room. Seeing that he was not fooled, Zhang Changzong couldn't help but curse and had to leave in disappointment.

As soon as Gao Jian walked into the room, Princess Taiping threw herself into his arms, hugged his neck and complained: "Gaolang, why haven't you come to see me for so long?"

Gao Jian hugged her and sighed, "I really don't have time, please forgive me."

Princess Taiping bit her lip gently and pulled him into the inner room quickly. Gao Jian knew it clearly and a fire ignited in his heart. The two of them closed the door and hugged and rolled onto the bed.

I don't know how long it took, but the two of them stopped. Gao Jian hugged her and smiled, "The princess said there was something important to me, it wasn't it for this matter, right?"

Princess Taiping curled up in his arms like a cat. She moved gently and laughed in a low voice: "Is this matter not important?"

She sat up and put on her clothes slowly. Although she was satisfied, her worries were still pressing on her heart like a stone. She gave Gao Jian a blank look and said coquettishly: "Do you really think I came to you for this? Why don't you put on clothes quickly?"

Gao Jian put on his clothes, followed her to the outside room, and smiled and said, "It's time to play the role of a military advisor."

“That’s right”

Princess Taiping took Li Zhen’s report and handed it to Gao Jian, “This is a copy I just got from the palace, you can take a look first.”

Gao Jian took the document and found that it was Li Zhen's report. He was secretly surprised and his face became serious. He slowly unfolded the report and read it carefully. After reading it twice, he nodded and said, "If what he said was the truth, this person is really a powerful character. He took a hundred inner guards to Yangzhou and wiped out Li Yuanjia's rebellion that had been prepared for a year."

"He is a talented man. I have discovered it a long time ago, and I am unwilling to be inferior to others. However, I am more concerned about the matter of Xingtang Association. His report is very vague. Do you think he is deliberately covering it up?"

Gao Jian pondered for a moment and said, "The last time the princess told me that he went to Yangzhou was to take the dual tasks of Li Dan and Li Xian. I think he obviously completed the task. He should have obtained the list of Xingtang Associations or destroyed it by him, but he said in the report that he had been destroyed by Li Yuanjia, which was obviously deceiving the emperor.

"But it seems that the Lord of the Lord was not angry, and was still preparing to promote him to the commander of the inner guard and reward him more. Does the Lord of the Lord believe his words and think that the evidence was really destroyed by Li Yuanjia?"

Gao Jian sighed, "Have you not discovered that the princess actually doesn't want to dig deeper into Xingtanghui?"

Princess Taiping is a fan of the authorities. Gao Jian immediately woke her up with one sentence. The mother's case of Xingtang meeting this time made her look a bit like giving up.

She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, feeling all the troublesome. She didn't know which clue to catch. Princess Taiping sighed softly, "Then what should I do now?"

Gao Jian was waiting for her words, and he smiled faintly and said, "Actually, the opportunity is right in front of him."

"Opportunity?" Princess Taiping looked at him in confusion.

“Yes, chance”

Gao Jian pondered the current situation for a long time, and he felt that he had read it correctly. He looked at Princess Taiping and said, "Princess still remembers that I once made your suggestion? Who needs to kill the Lord most to calm the wrath of the courtiers?"
Chapter completed!