Legend of the Tang Dynasty

Several people were familiar with the road from Chang'an Anti-Monster Division to Dali Temple in the Eastern Capital, and they basically tasted the delicious food and wine in the inns along the road.

"What do you think is better in Chang'an or Luoyang?" Su Qing said casually while drinking tea

Mo Buwan rested his arms on the side of the table, looked at the sunlight shining on the table from the gauze shed and said, "Chang'an, I like Chang'an."

"How?" Su Qing asked

Mo Buwan thought about it carefully, and found that he couldn't tell the similarities and differences, and said: "It's hard to say, Chang'an is prosperous, but Luoyang is not bad, maybe it's because Chang'an has you."

Mo Buwan said casually that he thought nothing of it, but the hearts of the others softened a bit, especially Su Qing, who was used to fighting with him, patted him and said, "Why are you still sensational!"

"No, tell the truth." Mo Buwan said briefly

Several people looked at each other and smiled, then said after pondering: "Qi Ming, have you thought about what to say when we see His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven?"

"Same, tell the truth." Chen Yuming said indifferently

Su Qing looked at him and said, "Are you two talking about lovers now?"

Mo Buwan almost couldn't swallow the tea, and said, "You owe it to me again, don't you?"

"Hey, why are you talking to your brother?" Su Qing pretended to roll up his sleeves and smiled

Knowing that the two of them were joking again, Chen Yuming still stretched out his hand to block it. Seeing this, Su Qing hurriedly smiled and said: "Success, the young master will protect you, I will let you go today."

A few people chatted and laughed for a while, and they almost rested. They set off and drove for half a day, and arrived at Dali Temple just after nightfall.Di Renjie was not in Luoyang because he was out to handle the case, so he thought he could have a discussion with him, but now this situation made several people feel a little uncertain.

"Miansheng tomorrow, shall we all go, or only Jiao Ming will go alone?" Bian Zechuan asked

"The decree is to call me in for an audience, but it didn't say that I can only go alone." Chen Yuming said

He pondered for a while and said: "In my opinion, it's not good for us to swarm the past, but we don't need so many people to report on our work, and we only have Ming Ming, you have met His Majesty, so few people talk about it." It's also more convenient."

Chen Yuming nodded and said, "Then I will go by myself."

"Don't be yourself." Shen Yin looked around and said: "It's not too late to take it, there must be someone to take care of it, and it's not too late to be smart, and I'm really not afraid of saying the wrong thing."

"Well, good." Chen Yuming said

The next day, Chen Yuming and Mo Buwan had to be summoned to Ziwei Palace. Its south was Yique, and its north was facing Mang Mountain. From a bird's-eye view of the whole city, you should be able to discover the defensive terrain of this imperial city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Mo Buwan naturally didn't understand these things, but when he saw the Daming Palace before, he only thought it was luxurious and awe-inspiring, but when he arrived at the Qianyuan Main Hall, its majestic shape was more like a heavenly kingdom.

The main hall is surrounded by green trees, the red walls and golden tiles are resplendent, and the golden dragon on the eaves is as agile as if it is flying away from the clouds. The solemnity at the feet of the emperor really looks down on the grandeur of the imperial capital and the floating clouds.

At this time, they may not know that what they hear and see now is not the pinnacle of Li's energy. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Chang'an decades later, the white jade floor tiles in the Daming Palace may be the same. It's not a thing of wealth.

This time Emperor Gaozong called them here as a private call, and they did not need to go to the court to discuss the state affairs. One of the important reasons was also because the weird things that happened in the Daming Palace were naturally not good enough to provoke criticism from the court.

Arriving at Weiyou Hall, Li Zhi and Empress Wu were already sitting in the hall. Although it was only a convocation of a side hall, the majesty of the two emperors and empresses still made people look forward to it, especially Empress Wu. After years of precipitation, most of them have turned into a power that is not like a woman can have.

"My lord, it is not too late for Chen Yuming, the young chief of the Demon Suppression Division, to bring his subordinates. See Your Majesty and Queen of Heaven."

Li Zhi waved his hands and said, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the two got up, Li Zhi motioned to the palace and said: "Give me a seat."

After Chen Xunming and Mo Buwan took their seats, Li Zhi looked at Chen Xingming and said, "The last time I saw you was in Chang'an, right? It's been many years."

"Yes, many years ago, I had the honor to meet His Majesty once." Chen Yanming said calmly

"That's right, you're becoming more and more talented." Li Zhi laughed a few times and said

The originally strict atmosphere was calmed down by His Majesty's chatter, but then Empress Wu said from the side: "Your Majesty, let's ask the business first."

Li Zhi nodded and said: "Chen Qing, let's talk about it, why are there any evil things in Daming Palace?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, this matter starts with the flood in the Yangtze River eight years ago." Chen Yuming explained the reason and result of the whole case in detail, and Li Zhi nodded more and more frequently, but Empress Wu's expression made him People are hard to fathom.

Although Chen Yuming disdained playing power tricks, he still didn't forget to keep an eye on this occasion. Empress Wu hated the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu back then, and the matter of the descendants of the Liu family participating in the case was just passed on in haste.

"According to the investigation by the ministers and others, there was also the plan of the national teacher Wen Han in the matter of offering the demon spirit to His Majesty back then, but the national teacher is dead, and the ministers need to find other clues to investigate." Chen Yuming said

"You said the national teacher is dead?" Wu Zetian's eyes fell on Chen Yuming, and said coldly

Even though Chen Yuming felt suspicious, he still said firmly: "During the Yuezhou case, I saw with my own eyes that Wen Han was dead, and his bones were buried in Yuezhou."

Wu Zetian smiled inexplicably and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that he can't believe everything he says."

Li Zhi naturally knew the meaning of these words, looked at Chen Yuming and said, "Chen Qing, do you know that the national teacher is not dead, and has been quietly practicing in the palace."

These words flashed into the ears of Chen Yuming and Mo Buwan like a thunderbolt. After Chen Yuming slowed down, he looked slightly hesitant and said: "Your Majesty, the national teacher left for Chang'an to meet with the minister, and after that it was the battle of Yuezhou , the minister will never fail to observe."

At this time, a clear figure appeared from the side hall. Apart from the warm and cold appearance of this robe with cloud sleeves, it was hard to think of the second person. The eyes of Chen Yuming and Mo Buwan were already shocked. They buried the bones themselves. Why did Wen Han crawl out of the grave again?

Wen Han walked in front of them as if floating, but there was an indescribable strangeness in the glance, Wen Han saluted as usual: "See Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven."

"National teacher, please get up." Li Zhi said

After seeing Wen Han, Wu Zetian wanted to see how Chen Yuming would end up, but at this time Chen Yuming was not as calm as before, and he seemed to be in a mess, so it would be too late to see that he was silent for a long time, frowned, faced Li Zhi, and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that the national teacher died. After all, he was honored as the national teacher by the Queen of Heaven, so the ministers did not say too much about it."

Empress Wu looked at whether it was too late, and said with great interest, "Oh? Listening to your convincing words, you are saving face for the national teacher? Since the national teacher is here today, you should confront them face to face. What does your majesty think? ?”

These words obviously asked Li Zhi what he meant, but everyone knew that Li Zhi would not listen to what Empress Wu said. Li Zhi then said: "Well, let's all talk and listen."

"Yes." Mo Buwan turned around to face Wen Han and said forcefully, "Does the national teacher have anything to say about the monsters in Daming Palace?"

"Never knew." Wen Han said indifferently

Could it be too late to respond, turned around and took out the lamp brought back from Liu Zhai, and said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, this is the lamp that His Majesty kept in the palace, and the owner of this object personally confessed that Zeng and the national teacher Colluded in this."

"It's nonsense." Wen Han said a little impatiently than before: "The lamps stored in the palace are inlaid with rubies, and this lamp is made of jasper. Where did you find this fake thing to try to disturb His Majesty's sight and hearing?"

Wen Han thought that he had already caught Mobuwan, but he didn't expect Mobuwan to change the subject: "The national teacher just said that he didn't know anything about what happened back then, so dare to ask, but His Majesty told you about it specially, and Did you also show you the glazed cup in the Palace of Longevity?"

Wen Han's heart sank suddenly, he didn't expect this to be a trap dug by Mobuwan, and of course Li Zhi hadn't shown it to him, let alone said anything to him, he suddenly wondered: "National teacher, this What's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am proficient in calculations in the world. After monsters appeared in the Daming Palace, I will naturally be concerned. It is not uncommon to be able to figure out what the glass cup is." Wen Han hastily argued.

Mo Buwan smiled sarcastically and said: "The national teacher is really capable of sophistry."

"Your Majesty and the Empress asked you to confront me here, not for you to use these indecent means to slander me." Wen Hanyu said solemnly

Mo Buwan smiled and said: "Okay, then dare to ask the national teacher, before the battle of Yuezhou, you went to Chang'an and told us the hexagram that the sky is about to fall, trying to lead us astray, do you recognize this?" recognize?"

Wen Han still said in a lukewarm manner: "I have been to Chang'an, and I have told you about the hexagrams, but there is a mistake in the hexagram of Tianjixue, can it be controlled by my teacher?"

Mo Buwan smiled as expected: "The national teacher said just now that he is proficient in all kinds of calculations, how can he only calculate what the glazed lamp of a family looks like, but it is not the real important thing. The teacher is unable to control the luck of the country, so it is hard to be entrusted by His Majesty and Queen of Heaven!"

Faced with Mo Buwan's aggressiveness, Wen Han realized that Mo Buwan knew that the evidence they had was not enough to pull Wen Han down, so he avoided the truth and let Wen Han misinterpret his point.

While Wen Han was shocked, he knelt down and said, "I... I am not"

If Wen Han didn't explain it, then it would be like what Mo Buwan said was 'beyond the ability of a national teacher', but when he was about to speak, Mo Buwan stood beside him and said intimidatingly: "Still, the national teacher is not incomprehensible, Instead, he deliberately concealed the safety of His Majesty and Empress Dowager."

Wen Han suddenly raised his head to look at him, now Mobuwan's real goal is actually in this difficult situation, if Wen Han admits incompetence at this time, he will lose his position as a national teacher, if he does not admit that he is mediocre, he will be detained Intending to kill the king is a capital crime, and Empress Wu, who has always trusted him at this moment, seems to have doubts in her heart and doesn't say a word.

The voice in the hall has long been changed, and Wen Han, who was speechless, finally had no choice but to admit: "The case of Zeng Yuezhou is due to my ineffectiveness, but the case of the demon in the palace has nothing to do with me, I hope your majesty The queen will see."

Wu Zetian seemed to have made up his mind and said: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"In this case, let's remove his position as a national teacher." Li Zhidao

Wu Zetian glanced at Wen Han, and then said to Li Zhi: "Since your Majesty has made an order, let's do it this way, but although Wen Han has made mistakes, he is not incompetent. According to my concubine, let him live temporarily in Tongyun Temple." , use it later.”

After Li Zhi heard about it, he said in agreement: "Well, let's listen to you about these trivial matters."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager." Wen Han said in a soft voice, and when he looked at Mo Buwan again, a beast-like glare appeared in his eyes.