Lai Junchen was taken into an iron cage carriage by the inner guards. Four warriors sat beside him to prevent him from committing suicide. The battle of the Thousand Cavalry Camp in the distance was also over. Dou Xianyun ran over and smiled at Li Zhen from a distance, saying, "A group of mobs has been solved. What else does Commander Li need me to do?"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I still need to clean up the manor. Please ask General Dou to escort Junchen back to Beijing in the future and hand it over to Dali Temple to be detained."

Dou Xianyun knew that Li Zhen was still in charge of the emperor's secret decree, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a step first."

He immediately ordered his men to gather and escort the carriage containing Lai Junchen and the captured gangster warriors back to Luoyang, and two thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the capital.

When Dou Xianyun left, Li Zhen immediately ordered the women and maids and servants in the manor to be concentrated in the fish-watching building. There were only four hundred guards left in the manor. At this time, So Ying brought a manager up and introduced to Li Zhen: "Commander, this is Pei Jinyuan."

Pei Jinyuan hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed, "Liar Pei Jinyuan, kowtow to Commander Li."

Seeing that he was about forty years old, he was gentle and gentle, but he was thin and looked a little like Yao Xi, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Mr. Pei, please get up."

At this time, Lu Jin stepped forward and whispered to Li Zhen: "This person is a famous master of the government in the capital. He built the secret rooms of many princes and nobles. Last year, he heard that this person was missing, but he didn't expect to be in Luming Villa."

Li Zhen nodded, walked up to Pei Jinyuan and smiled: "We are ordered to dig out Lai Junchen's treasure, and please give me more advice."

Pei Jinyuan created a treasure house for Lai Junchen last year, but Lai Junchen wanted to kill him. Fortunately, there were too many treasure houses, and Lai Junchen almost failed, so he left his life and put him under house arrest in the manor. Pei Jinyuan heard that Lai Junchen had been arrested and felt relieved. He said happily: "Please follow me, Commander Li."

Lai Junchen's treasure house is located at the bottom of the lake, made of huge stones, and there are thirteen mechanisms. The last one is extremely dangerous. If there is a slight mistake, the entire lake water will be poured into the treasure house and completely swallowed the treasure house. Unless the lake water is discharged, it will be difficult to see the light of day again.

Dozens of inner guard warriors followed Pei Jinyuan carefully cracked the mechanisms one by one, and it was not until dawn that they completely cracked all the mechanisms. The warriors began to transport the huge amount of wealth that Lai Junchen had collected in the past decade.

Boxes of gold and silver, various priceless jewelry, mountains of copper coins, as well as more than a dozen corals about meter high, and land deeds of tens of thousands of hectares of fertile fields, which shocked everyone. Li Zhen initially estimated that gold and jewelry alone were worth more than 300,000 jin, not to mention the value of tens of thousands of hectares of fertile fields, which was simply rich enough to rival a country.

Li Zhen couldn't help but sigh softly. Lai Junchen had made so much wealth, but finally made a wedding dress for Wu Zetian. Perhaps Wu Zetian was waiting for a moment.

Just as dawn, Lai Junchen committed a serious murder and was arrested by the inner guards began to spread in the tavern near Nanshi. The news was like a storm. It swept across Luoyang in just one morning and became the focus of attention. Countless people cheered and countless people cried and knelt down to thank the sky for opening their eyes.

Even inside and outside the court, the ministers had no intention of handling the court affairs, and gathered together to whisper, and everyone was very excited. Soon, news came out of the Ministry of Justice that Lai Junchen had been escorted to the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple. The rumors were finally confirmed, and there were cheers inside and outside the court.

Li Yuan, the minister of Dali Temple, quickly walked to the official room of Prime Minister Lou Shide, and happened to meet Lou Shide who was cleaning the fallen leaves in the courtyard. Li Yuan smiled and said, "How come Lou Shide still has the heart to clean the fallen leaves?"

Lou Shide was about 60 years old. His long-term experience in the Western Regions made him dark skin, but he was tall and extremely energetic. Lou Shide put down his broom and smiled: "Sweeping the floor can calm me down so that I won't forget it."

"It's rare to be such a happy event, so what if you're wild for a while?"

Li Yuan took out a bottle of fine wine from his arms and blinked at Lou Shide. Lou Shide laughed, "Please please Li Siqing."

The two walked into the official room, Lou Shide ordered the tea boy to bring a cup. Li Yuan filled two glasses of wine, picked up the glass and smiled, "For today's good news, we have this cup

Lou Shide raised his glass and touched him. The two of them drank it all in one go. Li Yuan still had a little concern in his heart and asked again: "Does Lou Xiangguo think Lai Junchen will be pardoned by the emperor?

Lou Shide smiled and said, "If Lai Junchen was arrested by Dali Temple, there might be such a possibility, but he was arrested by the inner guard. Whose will does Li Siqing think this is?"

Li Yuan nodded. In fact, he also thought that the inner guard must have taken action by the Lord. He sighed and said, "It's just that good things came too suddenly, which makes people unbelievable. The Lord of the Pilgrim was furious for our petition yesterday."

Lou Shide filled the wine glass again and said with a smile: "A lot of things happened yesterday. In the morning court, the emperor had actually shaken his mind, but she finally made up her mind to persuade Princess Taiping and Shangguan Sheren. Especially Li Zhen seized Lai Junchen's handle so that Lai Junchen could be convicted specifically. The emperor decided to eradicate Lai Junchen."

"But the case of Qiao Zhizhi's wife being killed?"

Lou Shide nodded and sighed: "Lai Junchen has insulted many officials' wives and daughters, but these cannot convict him. After all, these women ended up following him because of fear. However, Qiao Zhizhi's wife was extremely strong and would rather die than follow him. She was killed by Lai Junchen and buried her body in the back garden. Li Zhen grabbed this handle and pursued her relentlessly, with all her evidence and physical evidence. In the end, Lai Junchen was arrested for murder, and the emperor also had a step forward."

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "The thing I worry most is that Wu Sansi is Lai Junchen's alliance. Will he come forward to protect Lai Junchen?"

Lou Shide laughed, "Didn't Li Siqing see it? Liu Guangye exposed Lai Junchen, wasn't it Wu Sansi who took action behind his back?"

Li Yuan was shocked, then her face turned red and she smiled bitterly: "I really didn't expect it--"

"Actually, I didn't expect it at the beginning, but today Wu Sansi recommended Liu Guangye to the emperor as the chief censor. Then I suddenly realized that Wu Sansi abandoned Lai Junchen and was ready to support Liu Guangye."

Lou Shide's smile disappeared, and his face showed a look of worry, "Liu Guangye is also a famous cruel official. I am worried that if one Lai Junchen goes, another Lai Junchen will come, and it will cause even more disasters."

"What should I do?"

Lou Shide's eyes gradually became severe. He held the wine glass, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Yuan asked carefully: "I heard that the Prime Minister is preparing to recommend Xu Yougong as the Chief Censor?"

Lou Shide sighed for a while: "Xu Yougong was promoted by Prime Minister Di, upright and strict, and upright. He was the Chief Censor of the Censor, and a blessing for all officials and the country. We must convince the emperor to choose Xu Yougong as the Chief Censor."

Having said that, Lou Shide thought of Wu Sansi's power and thought that the Mingtang was about to be completed, Wu Sansi would definitely be favored. The situation was very unfavorable to them, which really made him worried.

Lai Junchen's interrogation was very fast. Just as dawn, Sansitang, composed of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate, completed the first interrogation. Although Lai Junchen refused to admit that he killed someone, Lai Junchen had no way to defend himself in front of a large amount of evidence and witnesses, so he had to reluctantly admit that Qiao Zhizhi's wife died of suicide, and it was definitely not his intentional murder.

During the afternoon trial of the Three Divisions, several presiding officials reached an agreement that Lai Junchen, a military officer in the Tongzhou, was charged with two charges of kidnapping a wife in the court and intentional homicide, and should be sentenced to the extreme. The Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall immediately passed the trial and sent the memorial requesting the execution of Lai Junchen into the palace.

In the imperial study room, Wu Zetian read the memorial requesting Lai Junchen to be executed several times, but the red pen could not be hooked. At this time, she put down the pen and asked, "Is the inner guard commander Li Zhen back?"

A eunuch bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the front palace just came to report, Li Zhen has come back, waiting for Your Majesty to summon him outside the palace."

Wu Zetian was stunned and said a little dissatisfied: "Why don't you inform me earlier and call him in to see you quickly?"

The eunuch ran away in fear and soon reported outside: "Your Majesty, Li Zhen has been brought here."

"Supreme him in"

"Your Majesty has an order to announce Li Zhenjin's meeting--"

Hearing a burst of rapid footsteps, Li Zhen walked in quickly, bowed and said, "My minister, Li Zhen, I will give your order to Your Majesty."

"Thank you for your hard work in Li Aiqing."

Wu Zetian smiled and saw the golden plate held by the eunuch. The eunuch immediately presented the golden plate. The plate was her gold medal for the transfer of troops and the record of searching Luming Villa. Wu Zetian received the gold medal and picked up the scroll and slowly unfolded it. It was filled with detailed search details, including 55,000 taels of gold, 47,000 taels of silver, 53,000 stagnant of money, 10,000 hectares of fertile land, and countless treasures.

Wu Zetian narrowed his eyes with a smile. Although Lai Junchen's wealth was beyond her expectations, the money combined with Li Yuanjia's huge wealth before completely solved the huge military expenditure gap. She put away the list and asked, "Are they all here?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it's all here, the money has entered the treasury, and the Wei ministers and their subordinates have not withdrawn a penny."

"well done"

Wu Zetian said to Li Zhen with full praise: "General Li is really my blessing. How should I reward you?"

"It is my duty to serve Your Majesty, and I dare not and should not ask for rewards."

Wu Zetian nodded, "Li Qing is my good general and has made great contributions to me. Although some people say that you have a little experience, I would rather be able to be a minister than be foolish. You go down and rest first, I will have a reward."

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

Li Zhen retreated, Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, picked up his pen and drew a circle on Lai Junchen's memorial for execution.

It was gradually dusk, and the left bank's tavern was noisy and lively, with guests full of guests, and almost everyone was talking about the case of Lai Junchen. An old man said, "It is said that Lai Junchen has been convicted of death. I wonder if the emperor can approve it."

"It should be no problem. Everyone in the world shouts to kill Lai Junchen. The emperor will not lose the hearts of the people for this cruel official."

"Brother Liu, everyone knows this principle, but the emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so she may not understand the people's sentiments."

Everyone talked, and someone shouted: "Even if we don't consider the ideas of us ordinary people, what about the officials of the court? The emperor always has to consider their opinions.

While everyone was talking, a bartender suddenly rushed in like a gust of wind and shouted excitedly: "Latest news, Lai Junchen has been hanged outside Duanmen.

The winery suddenly became boiling, slamming the table and shouting, slamming the cup and discs, hugging and crying, an old man cried to the sky, "My son has to take revenge, and the sky finally opened his eyes."

In an elegant room on the third floor, Li Zhen and Di Yan were sitting opposite each other and drinking. When they heard a boiling scream outside, Di Yan smiled and said, "Guess what happened?"

Li Zhen smiled faintly, "If I had no idea, it should have been the news that Lai Junchen was killed."

"Now you have become the hero in the hearts of Luoyang people. Come and give you a cup, little girl." Di Yan raised her glass and said with a smile.

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and said leisurely: "It's not just the hero in the hearts of Luoyang people, but the hero in the hearts of all the people in the world."

"Go to your cheeky face, I will punish you three cups."

Li Zhen poured three glasses of wine, drank one sip after another, and laughed and said, "I won't drink others toast, but I will drink your punishment wine. Isn't this just toast or not?"

Di Yan covered her mouth with a sneer and said happily: "If my father is here, he will definitely toast you with a glass of wine. Even my mother praised you for your ability. When will you go to see her?"

Di Yan's eyes fluttered and she looked at him with anticipation and asked.

Li Zhen was overjoyed and asked quickly: "When will it be better for me to go?"

"My grandmother is not here tomorrow, why don't you come to my house for dinner the night after tomorrow."

"Then what kind of meeting gift should I buy? Or just buy a piece of silk and silk?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.

Di Yan's face suddenly turned red. According to Luoyang customs, her future son-in-law needed to offer a piece of silk to her mother-in-law for the first time, but she was very happy in her heart and lowered her head and whispered: "Since you want to give it to me, just do whatever you want."

Li Zhen's heart was beating. He slowly moved his seat and approached Di Yan. He was about to hug Di Yan's shoulder, but at this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open. The shopkeeper of the wine shop walked in with excitement on his face, knelt down and kowtowed to Li Zhen, "Commander Li eliminated Lai Junchen, please be bowed by the villain."

Li Zhen hurried to the door and helped him up, and asked with a smile: "Did Lai Junchen do anything harmful to the shopkeeper?"
Chapter completed!