After Di Renjie and Wu Zetian finished their pleasantries, it was time to report the case.
However, before that, Wu Zetian did not forget to let Xiao Qingfang stand up and introduce her to him.
Di Renjie had no interest in this female spy leader of the Internal Guard Manor.
Fatty Di, who had once been caught by the internal guards, was quite afraid of the internal guards. He was afraid that he would avoid them as soon as possible, so he only greeted them briefly and was not willing to talk too much, especially now that they were in front of the Emperor.
However, when Zhang Dingguo heard that the female general kneeling before him was actually Xiao Qingfang of the Snake Spirit, he was shocked and subconsciously stared at Xiao Qingfang for a while.
At this time, Xiao Qingfang was already in her thirties. However, because she was a high-ranking official in the country, her salary was high and her treatment was good, so she took good care of herself. She could barely be described as fair and beautiful.
But who would have thought that this seemingly loyal big sister was actually the leader of the world's largest anti-martial force?
Di Renjie first briefly explained how he was attacked at Tiger Cage Pass, and then directly asked about the mysterious person in the earthen kiln.
Fortunately, although this question was confidential, it was not sensitive, so Wu Zetian told him everything about Liu Jin.
To put it simply, ten years ago, in order to snatch back power from Wu Zetian, King Li Zhen of Yue and Duke Ai of Huang held a secret meeting in Xiangyang. They gathered more than 130 uncles of the princes and old ministers of Li Tang to discuss the matter of attacking Wu Zetian.
The list of participants was in the hands of Liu Jin, the secretary of the Yue King's Office.
Although many people were unknowingly lured to Xiangyang by the King of Yue, as the saying goes, if yellow mud fell into the crotch, it would become shit. Since they had already boarded the pirate ship of the King of Yue, it was impossible for them to come down again.
Moreover, in order to eliminate Li Tang's influence, Wu Zetian had already begun to purge some of Li Tang's imperial clan members and capable officials loyal to Li Tang.
Many times, a person's false accusation was enough to throw an important official into prison without any evidence and hand him over to cruel officials like Lai Junchen for interrogation. If he confessed, he would die. If he didn't confess, he would die. The only difference was whether he would die in the prison or in the market.
After all, not everyone was as intelligent as Di Renjie and had a smart, filial, and courageous son. He was lucky enough to survive being captured by Lai Junchen and was only demoted to Jiangnan as a county magistrate.
If they ended up like this without evidence, wouldn't those who participated in the rebellion assembly die even more miserably?
After all, Wu Zetian would not listen to these people's explanations. She only wanted to slowly remove Li Tang's power.
For this reason, if those without evidence could fabricate evidence, wouldn't those with evidence save more trouble?
Besides, didn't those people who were tricked by the King of Yue want to snatch back the power in Wu Zetian's hands? In fact, they were only afraid that they could not win against Wu Zetian and that their families would be destroyed if they failed.
However, with someone taking the lead, they were still willing to add icing on the cake and support the King of Yue when he had the advantage.
It was a pity that the King of Yue's army was too hasty and he was defeated too quickly, causing these people who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to retreat in fear.
To put it bluntly, under Wu Zetian's high-pressure rule, many people did not dare to rebel, not because they did not want to!
It was under this background that Liu Jin was able to rely on the name list to stir up trouble everywhere and collude with the participants to rebel.
Although Wu Zetian was speaking nicely now, it seemed that she would not care about the crimes of those who were deceived to participate in the Xiangyang Conference. However, as long as she got the list in Liu Jin's hands, she would definitely carry out a major purge. Then, who knew how many of Li Tang's relatives and ministers loyal to Li Tang would die!
Knowing this, Di Renjie finally burned the list and did not dare to show it to Wu Zetian.
It was also for this reason that those border officials who had been threatened by Liu Jin to hand over the name list to the court if they did not cause trouble together so that everyone's family could be confiscated and destroyed agreed to raise an army.
In any case, these people had long been dissatisfied with Wu Zetian. Since they rebelled now, they would die. If they didn't, they would die! Then why not take a gamble? Perhaps he could make a contribution by following the dragon?
Under Liu Jin's connections, there had already been a rebellion against Li Yuangui (Li Yuan's 14th son).
However, Liu Jin's escape skill seemed to be maxed out, allowing him to escape again.
However, three years ago, Liu Jin was caught by the internal guards in Youzhou due to an accident.
Wu Zetian, who received the news, immediately sent Liu Jin back to the capital and imprisoned him in the prison for interrogation.
However, Liu Jin was quite loyal and seemed to be a diehard fan of Li Tang. Although his way of doing things was questionable, he did not betray the ministers on the list under torture and preserved Li Tang's strength. This was still worthy of recognition.
Unlike Zhou Xing, who was also a cruel official, he was frightened by Lai Junchen's torture and directly admitted to the crime of treason.
While Liu Jin was imprisoned, the rebels who wanted to get the name list and the ministers who were on the name list had to save Liu Jin at all costs. As a result, more than a dozen groups of people broke into the imperial prison in two months, and they did not seem to belong to the same faction.
In view of this situation, Wu Zetian pretended to order Liu Jin to be executed, but in fact, he was secretly transferred to the earthen kiln to continue interrogation.
From this point, it could be seen that Wu Zetian wanted to purge everyone on the list. Otherwise, she could just follow Cao Cao and kill Liu Jin, making the list disappear forever. Wouldn't it be better to end it all once and for all?
After listening to Wu Zetian's description of Liu Jin's case, Di Renjie began to explain his deduction of the case one by one.
However, he was very careful when he said it, afraid that he would say something wrong and make Wu Zetian have a bad impression.
After Wu Zetian understood that the purpose of this mission was to rescue Liu Jin and then use this list to rebel and even collude with the pro-war factions in the Turkic countries, his expression immediately became grim.
If they knew that there was a traitor in the court, how else would the Turkic diplomatic mission have been exposed? Why was the secret of Liu Jin being imprisoned in the earthen kiln exposed? Why was Di Renjie intercepted and killed when he returned to the capital?
He realized the seriousness of the problem and that only Di Huaiying could handle this matter!
Therefore, Wu Zetian immediately ordered Di Renjie to be reinstated as the director of the Phoenix Pavilion and Yingtai, fully responsible for the case.
As for what to do, he still needed to see if Tiger Cage Pass could get some useful information from the captives…
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