Di Renjie and Ji Xu rushed back to the imperial city. In front of the Zhenguan Hall, Di Renjie unexpectedly met Gao Yanfu, "Did you not have a rest today?" Di Renjie asked with a smile.

Gao Yanfu stepped forward to see him and smiled bitterly: "The emperor wants to arrange a polo shooting game. I have to be responsible for planning. How can I have time to rest? Di Xiangguo didn't have a rest today!"

"Li Jinzhong was poisoned. I would like to remind His Majesty to increase troops from Liaodong immediately and beware of Sun Wanrong's rebellion."

Gao Yanfu nodded, "Although this matter is important, I advise Prime Minister Di not to disturb His Majesty now."

“Why?”

Gao Yanfu smiled and whispered to Di Renjie. Di Renjie was helpless. It seemed that he could only report to the emperor again in the afternoon. At this time, Gao Yanfu pointed to Mingtang in the distance and smiled: "Why don't we go and have a cup of tea and sit there? Does Di Xiangguo have such a good mood?"

Di Renjie understood what Gao Yanfu meant, and must be that Prime Minister Li Dan had something to say to him, so he smiled happily: "Drinking a cup of hot tea with Gao Fujun on the cold winter is also a great pleasure in life."

The two came to Mingtang and sat down in the rest room of the court officials. One of them served them hot tea and then retreated. Gao Yanfu took a sip of the tea and said with a smile: "I want to congratulate the Prime Minister Di for being the son-in-law of the dragon."

Di Renjie knew about Gao Yanfu and Li Zhen's relationship, and it was not surprising that Gao Yanfu knew that Li Quan came to his mansion to propose marriage.

He didn't want to talk about this more, so he smiled faintly and turned the topic to Li Dan. "I heard that the son was studying with the King of Linzi, but I wonder what the King of Linzi is doing now?"

"He is getting better and better now, and he has a great appearance. His Highness, the Prime Minister, attaches great importance to him. He told me two days ago that he plans to let the King of Linzi go to the military for some training."

"Have you seen Your Highness the Prime Minister?"

Di Renjie changed the topic slightly, and then the King of Xiang Li Dan. Gao Yanfu smiled and said, "It was the Master who asked me to visit King of Xiang. I had a few words with him. King of Xiang values ​​Li Zhen very much. He said that if Li Zhen gets married, he would ask the Master for advice and plan to attend the wedding."

Di Renjie was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Prime Minister would value Li Zhen so much. After pondering for a while, Di Renjie said implicitly: "I heard that Li Zhen and Shangguan Sheren are quite close. The Lord of the Mansion should know!"

Gao Yanfu laughed. He understood Di Renjie's meaning, not because Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er had anything to do with him, but because Shangguan Wan'er supported Luling King Li Xian, so Li Zhen should also support Li Xian, which is different from their position of supporting Prime Minister Li Dan.

"Di Xiangguo or? I know Li Zhen too well. He was activated because of Wei Tuaner's affairs. Everyone said that he was the confidant of Shangguan Sheren. I also think so, but now I don't think so anymore. It can be seen that he is seeking independence and not relying on anyone. In fact, he supports the Li royal family, not the specific prince."

Speaking of this, Gao Yanfu lowered his voice and said, "Di Xiangguo doesn't know yet! He has joined the Xingtang Association."

Di Renjie really didn't know. He was secretly surprised and asked quickly: "When did it happen?"

"Just before Lai Junchen was defeated, Prime Minister and King Luling were jointly recommended. Because Prime Minister Di was not in the court for a long time and was not very clear about many things, Li Zhen would never stand against King Gao. He would become a key figure in the revival of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty in the future, so King Gao attached great importance to him."

After pausing, Gao Yanfu said again: "Li Zhen is definitely not a woman who can get to power. The emperor has long been interested in him, but he tried every means to escape and did not want to become the emperor's male favorite. If he wanted to rely on Shangguan Wan'er to get to power, then it would be better to rely on the emperor. If not, how could there be the glory of the Zhang brothers now?"

Di Renjie lowered his head and said nothing. The conversation with Gao Yanfu quickly subsided the last bit of prejudice he had against Li Zhen.

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Two hours later, Wu Zetian met with the four prime ministers, Di Renjie, Lou Shide, Su Weidao and Zong Chuke, at Lianxin Pavilion.

Since the Zhang brothers, she gradually regained the indulgence and madness of the Xue Huaiyi era. A morning of fun made Wu Zetian look a little tired. Today was originally Xunxiu, and she didn't want to worry about political affairs, but Li Jinzhong's accident was poisoned, which forced her to start a wonderful approach with the prime ministers to discuss countermeasures.

Di Renjie stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have negotiated with the Khitan. I can see that Sun Wanrong has no sincerity in the peace talks. It is just because Li Jinzhong was captured and Sun Wanrong was forced to retreat under internal pressure.

In fact, the Khitan did not suffer a heavy blow, and their retreat to the north was just a strategy for rights and interests. Now Li Jinzhong was accidentally poisoned. Although there is no evidence that it was Sun Wanrong's attack, he has the greatest suspicion. I am sure that the Khitan will inevitably rebel again within one or two months."

Wu Zetian glanced at the other prime ministers and nodded and said, "It seems that everyone thinks that the Khitan is going to rebel again. Is there no other person's opinion?"

At this time, Zong Chuke stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the views of Wei and Prime Minister Di are slightly different."

"Speak!"

Zong Chuke bowed slightly to Di Renjie and continued: "It's mid-October now, and one or two months will be the middle of winter. Liaodong is covered with heavy snow. The northern nomadic peoples will never start wars in winter. Therefore, I feel that if the Khitan rebelled again, it will at least be after the beginning of spring next year."

"Although Zong Prime Minister makes sense, it does not fit well with the Khitan. First, the Khitan is very close to Liucheng and can launch an attack in winter. Secondly, in order to become the lord of the Khitan, Sun Wanrong proposed to avenge Li Jinzhong as his best excuse. He will not delay for a few more months. Third, winter is also very unfavorable for us to reinforce Liaodong. Therefore, I think Sun Wanrong will not delay it for a long time and will definitely rebel again recently. We cannot delay it anymore. We must increase troops to Liaodong immediately."

Although Di Renjie spoke harshly, Wu Zetian was not convinced immediately. She glanced at Lou Shide and Su Wei again, and smiled and said, "What about the suggestions of Lou Xiangguo and Su Xiangguo?"

Su Weidao hesitated and said, "Actually, both the Prime Minister Di and Zong Prime Ministers make sense. No matter how chaotic the Khitan is, it is certain, but when will the troops be sent to reinforce, I think Your Majesty should seek the military's opinions again. If the military thinks it is necessary to send troops immediately, then we should prepare as soon as possible, if..."

Before he could continue, Wu Zetian waved his hand to stop him, "I want to know your opinion, not the military opinion."

"This...this thing happened suddenly, and I haven't considered it clearly yet."

Wu Zetian was too lazy to pay attention to Su Munlen anymore, and asked Lou Shide again: "What about Lou Xiangguo's opinion?"

Lou Shide said solemnly: "Weichen fully agrees with the suggestion of Prime Minister Di. The Khitan may indeed launch another surprise attack on Yingzhou. Please ask Your Majesty to immediately order Yingzhou to prepare for war. In addition, Yingzhou is insufficient, Weichen recommends Wang Xiaojie as the main general and immediately leads his army to Liaodong for reinforcements."

"But if Wang Xiaojie goes to Yingzhou, who will defend against the Turks in Longyou?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the reason why the Turks suddenly showed goodwill to the Tang Dynasty and released all the abducted residents was because their prince died of illness and the internal struggle was very serious, which made them have no time to take care of the south. Besides, the Turkic territory was vast and the army of various tribes was very difficult to accumulate in winter, so I am sure that at least before next summer, the Turkic will not pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty."

Wu Zetian walked a few steps behind her hands, and Di Renjie advised again: "Your Majesty, you can't hesitate anymore. Time is tight. Once the Khitan army breaks through Yu Pass, Youzhou will be in danger."

Lou Shide also said anxiously: "Your Majesty, time is tight!"

Wu Zetian finally made up his mind, "Since the two prime ministers advised me so hard, I will obey your advice and appoint Wang Xiaojie as the general manager of the Qingbian Road Army, leading an army of 100,000 quickly to Liaodong, and also sent an order for the Liaodong army to actively prepare for combat and prevent precautions, and not be careless."...

While Wu Zetian and the prime ministers were discussing strengthening the defense of Liaodong, Li Zhen led dozens of inner guard soldiers to find the bodies of two suspects, the missing chef and maid in the moat outside the East City.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with the inner guards. Because of the repeated requests from the Dali Temple Chief Sun Li, Li Zhen promised to help him once, dispatching nearly 300 inner guards soldiers to find two missing suspects everywhere in Luoyang. Finally, he got a clue from a beggar. A carriage threw two sacks into the wide moat.

Several inner guard soldiers went down the river to dive into the bottom of the river, touched two sacks, tied them with ropes, and the soldiers dragged the sacks up. At this time, the shore was filled with tens of thousands of people watching the fun, and even the city was crowded with people, and more than a thousand soldiers were looking around.

As the sack was caught, the crowd suddenly exploded. Countless people rushed forward desperately, stretching their feet to the neck, all wanting to see the corpses in the sack. According to rumors, the sack was also the naked corpses of two young women, which was enough to attract the attention of most people.

However, to everyone's disappointment, Dali Temple immediately pulled up the curtain around the sack, and everyone could not see anything. Several Dali Temple officials and coroners conducted an autopsy in the curtain tent.

Li Zhen stood aside from afar. He was not interested in the case of Li Jinzhong being poisoned. This is very obvious. Or, Sun Wanrong killed Li Jinzhong, and he was the chief, either Turks or Tubo, and wanted to provoke the Khitan rebellion and put pressure on the northeast of the Tang Dynasty. It may even be the remnants of Goguryeo, trying to disrupt Liaodong.

But no matter who it is, Li Jinzhong's death will inevitably trigger a new crisis in Liaodong. This is the crisis that the court should face, and do not consider who took action.

But Li Jinzhong died of poison in the trap, which made Li Zhen think of Lan Zhenyu. Didn’t Lan Zhenyu get out of the trap and poisoned by Wu Furong? Could it be that Li Jinzhong’s death has something to do with Wu Sansi?

At this time, Sun Li walked over and shook his head and said, "These two people can't find any clues."

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Isn't the death of these two people the best clue? Sun Sicheng can check it out. Who have they contacted these two days? Find out who they are contacting them at the same time, and then follow this line to touch it. I think there will definitely be gains."

Sun Li spoke again and said, "The general makes sense, and Wang Sizhi also considers this way, but I am worried that the person who kills them will have a deep background, so I am a little afraid to investigate."

"Is this case necessary to be solved?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.

"It was pressed down by the top. If this case is not solved, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to explain it to the top. To be honest, I really don't want to care about this case."

"If you don't want to check it out, I'll teach you a simple way."

Li Zhen whispered to him and said, "Just tell the above that the poison Li Jinzhong was infected with was exactly the same as that Lan Zhenyu had in the past. I believe your boss will let the case go to nothing and will not let you investigate again."

Sun Li was shocked, "What do you mean is that the person poisoned him?"

Li Zhen shook his head and smiled, "Just speculation, there is no evidence, it's just helping you solve your problems."
Chapter completed!