Suzaku Fury

Just after noon, Empress Wu woke up from a nap and called a maid to wash and dress her.

More than a dozen skilled maids took turns to put on the gold-painted nine-phoenix back robe for her; the hair-combing maid held an agarwood comb, and three thousand black silks were criss-crossed in a high bun, decorated with golden phoenix headdresses; Eyebrows straight up.

No need for words or actions, already powerful and powerful.

Empress Wu looked at the bronze mirror, raised her hand to straighten her temples, and called the internal guard: "Lao Taiyi."

Mrs. Lao had been waiting outside the curtain, when she heard Empress Wu calling him, she hurriedly opened the curtain and came in, cupped her hands and said, "The servant is here."

Empress Wu glanced at him: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Mrs. Lao hurriedly said: "The empress forgives the sin. It's all because the auspicious time has not yet arrived. I feel that it is too early, so I dare not disturb it."

"Why don't you dare, it's a big mistake to miss the auspicious time." Empress Wu waved back the maid, as if she was about to get up, Lao Taiyi quickly stepped forward to support her.

Empress Wu stood up and asked as she walked, "What did the Taibu Office say?"

Mrs. Lao nodded and stood beside Empress Wu, respectfully said: "Everything is ready, just wait for the Queen of Heaven to drive."

Empress Wu raised her head and raised her eyebrows and walked out of the bedroom, only to see that there was a golden-roofed cloth chariot waiting under the stone steps outside.

Mrs. Lao supported Empress Wu as she stepped down the stone steps and said, "The matter of tortoise divination and divination has always been handled by the Taibu Ling. Why bother?"

Empress Wu paused, and looked at Mrs. Lao sideways: "What do you know? Sincerity leads to spirit, and the ceremony of rain sacrifices must not be neglected."

Mrs. Lao clapped her hands quickly, then said with an apologetic smile, "I am a dull slave."

Empress Wu let go of his support, turned around with a flick of her sleeves, and boarded the chariot alone.

Lao Taiyi stood still next to the cloth chariot, and shouted angrily: "Let's drive to the Taibu Office."

At three quarters, there was a slight breeze on the observatory of the Taibu Department.The maid stood behind the armchair with a barrier fan in her hand, and the feathers on the fan moved with the wind, making a slight rubbing sound.

The sandalwood carved long table is full of offerings for worshiping the gods, and in the center of the long table is an incense burner with a dragon pattern, in which a pillar of incense sticking up to the sky is about to burn out, and the cigarette smoke curls up with the wind.

Taibusi counted with his fingers, then stepped forward and cupped his hands, saying: "Tianhou, the auspicious time has come."

Empress Wu stood up from the chair, looked at the five-element array on the table, and ordered: "Zhuo Qi."

When the maid and Mrs. Lao saw that Empress Wu was about to move forward, they hurried forward to support her.

"I obey the order." Taibusi took the order to stand up, and walked up the stone steps to the observatory.

Trinity pills made of charcoal powder, lead powder, and jujube paste, as well as carefully selected tortoise shells, have already been prepared on the table.Taibusi took the incense stick and lit it again, respectfully inserted it into the incense burner, took a copper coin and put it in a white jade bowl filled with water three-thirds full, then placed a ruler across the bowl, and then held the three-one pill with his left hand, Pick up the tortoise shell with the right hand, place the tortoise shell on the boundary ruler, ignite the Sanyi pill and burn it inside the tortoise shell.

Everyone on the observatory held their breath and stared at the burning fireball in the center of the tortoise shell without saying a word.

It didn't take the time for a cup of tea, the wind on the stage was getting stronger, but no one heard the wind.I only heard the faint sound of the tortoise shell cracking in the wind, which was the language of the tortoise in the fire.

Seeing that the fire in the tortoise shell's three-one pills was getting more and more intense, Taibosi was about to reach out and take the boundary ruler to drop the tortoise shell into the water.Unexpectedly, the red-burning Sanyi pill suddenly made a strange noise, and before Taipusi reached out to take the ruler, he heard an explosion, and the tortoise shell that had been scorched to a high temperature and the white jade bowl filled with dew were "bang" It exploded with a bang.

Taipusi couldn't dodge in time, his right hand was immediately blown to a bloody mess, and his face was also stabbed by the debris from the sudden blast.With a scream, he fell to the ground and wailed endlessly.

Several maids and Mrs. Lao who were waiting beside Empress Wu hurriedly stood in front of her: "Be careful, Empress! Protect Empress!"

The originally calm and solemn observatory suddenly screamed and panicked.

Empress Wu hurriedly retreated a few steps, angrily broke free from the restraints around her body, advanced instead of retreating, and rushed to Taipusi whose face was covered in blood and tears.

Mrs. Lao quickly ran up to stand in front of Empress Wu: "Be careful, Queen of Heaven!"

"Get away!" Empress Wu pushed Lao Taiyi away with a flick of her sleeves, then looked down at Taipusi who was screaming in front of her, and finally her eyes fell on the broken tortoise shell fragments on the ground.

"Urgently announce the imperial doctor. Send the Taibu Cheng again, and call me all the people in the Taibu Department! If there is any delay, all of them will be killed!" Empress Wu turned around, stood on the edge of the high platform and looked down at a group of panic-stricken attendants, "Lao Taichi?"

"exist!"

"Take him down!"

When the people under the observatory saw Empress Wu fly into a rage, they were so frightened that they knelt down.Only Mrs. Lao, who had been by Empress Wu's side for many years, answered "obey" wittily, and quickly dragged the bloody Taipus off the stage, and kicked a few people below, telling them to pass the news quickly.

But after a while, the Taibu Department rushed over from Taichang Temple and knelt down in front of Empress Wu.

"Come up." Empress Wu turned her gaze and looked at the messy observatory, "If your Taidi Department can tell the reason today, I won't pursue it anymore. If you can't tell..." Her expression changed instantly, Looking at the crowd again, his eyes were already more sinister: "I, Da Tang, don't raise waste."

"Your servant will obey the order!" Tai Bu Cheng responded, and hurriedly called the rest of the people to climb up to the observatory platform, kneel down on the platform and take a look, their faces turned ashen-colored in an instant.

Empress Wu walked to the other side of the observatory: "How?"

Tai Bu Cheng's legs went limp, he threw himself on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Report to the Queen of Heaven..."

"Say!"

"The instrument of tortoise divination... the shell of the tortoise exploded during the burning contract, for, for..."

Empress Wu said displeasedly, "Why!"

"After returning to heaven, it's for, it's for the great evil!"

When Empress Wu heard this, her brows were furrowed, and she was about to attack when she heard someone kneeling near the long table yell.

"There's something on the table!"

Empress Wu and people from the Taibu Department hurried to the table and found that there was only a fragment of tortoise shell left on the long table where the white jade bowl had been placed.

"What is this?" Empress Wu asked the person kneeling on the ground sideways.

The leader, Tai Bu Cheng, took a few glances, then knelt on the ground with a 'plop': "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, this is the part of the Eight Diagrams engraved on the back of the turtle."

"Does it have meaning?"

"What is engraved on the fragmentary board is Li Gua. The guide to Li Gua, controlling the fire of the five elements, Li flourishes in summer and declines in four seasons."

Empress Wu reached out to pick up the broken board on the table, looked at it several times, and asked: "Since there are scraps of tortoise board left on the table, it must be God's intention. Tell me, if you use this as a tortoise language, why do you explain it?" Does it have any impact on the Rain Sacrifice Ceremony and the Naval Army Celebration Banquet?"

"The Li hexagram is prosperous in Xia, and this hexagram is beneficial and harmless to Li Xia Yusi. It's just that the navy returned to the south, and the tortoise shell exploded just now. I'm afraid... I'm afraid, the return journey will be unfavorable, and there will be more troubles." After Tai Bucheng finished speaking, there was nothing for a long time Hearing Empress Wu's reply, she couldn't help but look up.Unexpectedly, when he saw it, he was frightened to death by Empress Wu's unsmiling expression, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry about it, the Li Gua declines in the four seasons, and it will definitely weaken before the beginning of autumn. However, the Li Gua is the main fire, and you only need to pay attention to it during this period of time." If there is a fire, especially the fire in the south, it will not be a serious problem."

Empress Wu put the broken board in her hand back on the case, looked down at Tai Bucheng and said, "According to what you mean, my [-] navy troops from the Tang Dynasty will stay in the north for nearly two months before we can leave for Beijing?"

"Exactly..."

Empress Wu thought for a moment, then called again: "Lao Taiyi."

"The slave is here." Mrs. Lao hurriedly ran up to the observatory.

Empress Wu turned around and stood in front of the sundial, looking south as far as the eye could see: "Is there anything going on in the capital recently?"

Mrs. Lao was taken aback, knowing that the matter could not be concealed, so she told the whole story: "Reporting to Tianhou, I heard the report from the guard of the Vermilion Bird Gate. Last night, the Holy Beast of Vermilion Bird appeared on Tianjie Street..."

"Suzaku?!" Empress Wu was startled, and turned to stare at him.

Mrs. Lao panicked, knelt on the ground and continued: "There is one more thing... I heard that Honglu Temple suddenly caught fire last night, and the minister of Honglu Temple died in the sea of ​​flames."

Empress Wu angrily scolded: "Why didn't you report it?!"

"The Queen of Heaven calm down, don't dare to disturb such trivial things..."

"Absurd! Is it a trivial matter that my Tang Dynasty official died for no reason!?" Empress Wu was furious, and she glanced at the broken board on the case from the corner of her eye, and asked, "Where is Honglu Temple located?"

Mrs. Lao was beating the drums in her heart, but now she can only answer truthfully: "The Empress Dowager is located just south of Chang'an City..."

After hearing this, Empress Wu almost frowned, and she tightly grabbed the cuffs of the phoenix robe embroidered with gold thread. Before she knew it, the gold thread had cut through her fingertips, and blood quickly stained the cuffs.

When Mrs. Lao saw it, she was shocked and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Empress Wu took a deep breath, loosened her cuffs, and said calmly, "Show me back to the palace."

"Yes!" Mrs. Lao quickly stood up and shouted to the people below, as if she had been pardoned, "Show me!"

The people below immediately huddled together, and while running, one of the crowd quietly left, came out from the side gate of Taichang Temple, rode on a fast horse, and fled to the west...

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After Di Renjie and Yuchi Zhenjin found traces in the dense forest outside the city, they hurried to the capital.

The two horses galloped along Tianjie from Mingde Gate to Dali Temple.The two of them got off their horses when they heard Sha Tuo rushing out from the inner hall shouting Di Renjie's name all the way.

"You guys, you're finally back!" Sha Tuo stopped his footsteps and threw himself on Di Renjie.

Di Renjie hurriedly supported him: "We'll talk when you're breathless."

Sha Tuo swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva before grabbing Di Renjie's lapel and gasping, "Everyone in Dali Temple is looking for you two! Ouch, run, run, kill me!"

Yuchi glared at him, and said impatiently, "Get to the point!"

"Heaven, the Queen of Heaven is calling urgently." Sha Tuo held his breath and said in one breath, "Dali Temple Qing Yuchi Zhenjin and Di Renjie, enter the palace quickly."

Di Renjie asked again: "Why is the empress in such a hurry?"

"I heard that today Tianhou personally went to the Taibu Office to ask the hexagram, but who knew that the tortoise shell used to ask the hexagram was not successful, and the tortoise shell used to ask the hexagram was blown up instead!" Sha Tuo said panting, "I also heard that Taibusi was bombed to the point of death. Seriously injured, the mess on the observatory is horrible. The Queen of Heaven was furious, and sent someone to order you to enter the palace as soon as she returned to the palace."

Di Renjie and Yuchi Zhenjin looked at each other, both of them knew something was wrong.

Sha Tuo was stared at by Yuchi, and he didn't dare to make any more twists and turns, so he let go of Di Renjie and said, "Lao Taiyi, who was sent here, is still waiting in the temple. The Queen of Heaven has an urgent order, and it is an oral order!"

Yuchi rolled his eyes, knowing the seriousness of the situation, he hurried into the temple.

Seeing that Sha Tuo also wanted to follow in, Di Renjie quickly grabbed him, took out the things wrapped tightly in cloth from his arms, and unfolded them in front of his eyes.

Sha Tuo looked at it for a long time before asking blankly: "What is this?"

Di Renjie held the things in front of him, and coaxed him: "Have you heard and seen?"

Sha Tuo glanced at him a few times, then cautiously leaned over to sniff, and jumped away quickly.

Di Renjie quickly put away the cloth bag, and asked, "Did you smell what it was?"

Sha Tuo showed embarrassment, first nodded, thought for a while, and shook his head.

"Do you really know?"

Sha Tuo struggled and said: "I seem to have known each other... I feel that the smell of these ashes does not seem to be something from the Central Plains, but I can't explain why..."

Di Renjie didn't give up, and asked again: "Your master, the imperial physician Wang Pu has read all the medicines in the world, and he has a deep knowledge of Qimen Dunjia and strange skills. I wonder if you can bring us to visit again?"

Sha Tuo shrank his shoulders and said with an embarrassed expression: "Master, he said that as long as he doesn't bring him a hand back for a day, he won't see me."

Di Renjie couldn't help sighing when he heard this, and wiped his face vigorously again.

"Di Renjie get on the horse! Enter the palace quickly!" Yuchi walked in front of Lao Taiyi, and got on the horse immediately when he came to the horse.

Di Renjie frowned, handed the cloth bag in his hand to Sha Tuo, and ordered: "Be sure to keep it safe until we come back."

Sha Tuo squeezed the cloth bag tightly and nodded heavily.

Di Renjie saw that his expression was unusually dignified, so he smiled and patted him on the shoulder before turning around and getting on his horse.

"Hey!" Sha Tuo ran a few steps after him.

Di Renjie and Yuchi both paused, tightening their reins and looking back at him.

"You..." Seeing Yuchi's sharp eyes, Sha Tuo swallowed the words again, "Be careful."

"Don't worry." After Di Renjie finished speaking, he clamped his horse's belly and rushed to the imperial city with Yuchi.

In less than a cup of tea, Di Renjie and Yuchi Zhenjin were already kneeling on the Xuanzheng Hall, waiting for Empress Wu to issue an order.

Empress Wu slowly walked down from the hall, paced around the two of them, and said slowly: "I believe Dali Temple already knows about the unexplained fire at Honglu Temple in the south of the city and the Suzaku in Tianjie. Have you found anything?"

Yuchi Zhenjin cupped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the Empress, the incident happened suddenly, and it has not yet..."

"Don't just talk nonsense." Empress Wu stopped beside Yuchi, "The rain ceremony and the celebration ceremony are coming soon, and it is inevitable that some people with ulterior motives will use this matter to make a big fuss and damage our official prestige in the Tang Dynasty. I would like to see, it is you Dali Temple who solved the case The speed is so fast, it is the Ministry of Criminal Justice who seized the opportunity."

"I order you Dali Temple to find out the whole story before the rain sacrifice ceremony, and investigate the case of the fire and the incident of Suzaku in Tianjie. Although there is plenty of time, if the Ministry of Criminal Affairs first finds out the truth with you, then it is not a loss of Dali The face of the temple is so simple."

Yuchi Zhenjin clenched his fist tightly, gritted his teeth and replied, "I obey the order."

Empress Wu was very satisfied, and said, "Di Renjie."

"The minister is here."

"Before you handled the case of the Dragon King in Shendu, you solved the case quickly, with both wisdom and courage. I will order you and Yuchi Zhenjin to handle this case together regardless of official rank."

Di Renjie glanced at the people kneeling beside him from the corner of his eye, and quickly responded, "I obey the order."

"Take orders and step back." Empress Wu flicked her sleeves, and Lao Taiyi assisted her to leave.

After Empress Wu left for a while, Yuchi Zhenjin stood up quickly, and left the Xuanzheng Hall quickly before Di Renjie got up.

"grown ups!"

Di Renjie hurriedly got up and chased after Yuchi, unexpectedly, Yuchi went faster and faster, without waiting for him at all, he walked down the stone steps first.

"My lord, my lord." Di Renjie jumped a few times and stopped in front of Yuchi, "Why didn't your lord say a word?"

Yuchi Jinlan narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted coldly, bypassed Di Renjie and continued on, but fortunately he was willing to speak:

"Di Renjie, you are really the disaster star of my Dali Temple. You said that you encountered the Dragon King case when you first reported to Dali Temple a year ago. Why did you add trouble to me within a year?"

Di Renjie secretly thought that this was the case, so he suddenly said: "My lord's words are wrong. The cycle of cause and effect has its own destiny, how can you blame all this on your subordinates? Don't you still remember the matter now? Remember what Huo Yi said on Bat Island?"

Yuchi Zhenjin paused, turned around suddenly and glared at Di Renjie angrily: "Hmph! How can I be an idler who writes nonsense about a thief all the time!?"

Di Renjie cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Of course not."

"Your Excellency Yuchi is wise and martial, with excellent fists and feet, and it is difficult to have an opponent in the Tang Dynasty. With your lord's wit, you must have thought of using this incident to attack the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Di Renjie's eyes fixed on himself, and Di Renjie laughed even wider, "Although Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Law are in charge of the world's criminal law, it seems to outsiders that they are indeed two indispensable institutions, but the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice has always been self-confident. The temple makes a comparison. Master Yuchi must be very troubled by this matter, if this matter can be used to dampen the spirit of the minister of punishment, wouldn't it be great?"

After hearing this, Yuchi Zhenjin turned around holding the hilt of his sword, walked down a few steps, and then muttered to himself: "But this case, is it as easy as you said?"

"Yes..." Di Renjie jumped down several stone steps and came to Yuchi's side, "To solve this case, how easy is it?"

"...I'm afraid that the things we have to face this time are a million times more troublesome than we can imagine."

Di Renjie stood on the stone steps and looked south.

His slightly squinted eyes seemed to have seen thousands of miles away...

The author has something to say:

This chapter is intended to show Wu Zetian's crazy profits.This chapter has been completed, and the master checked the information again, and I feel that it can make Di Renjie and Mrs. Yuchi fly~

[Daily life of idiots] Attached is Yuchi in today's mind: