Xue Shao was about to smash the teacup in his hand at the voyeur, when Wu Zetian came.

The voyeur disappeared as a result.

Xue Shao glanced outside the door, and the thousand cavalry guards were very tightly guarded. The eunuchs and palace maids who followed Wu Zetian were also like Yang Siqiao and Linlang, and there was not much to worry about in terms of safety.

Who is that hostile voyeur?

Wu Zetian seemed to have noticed the strangeness in Xue Shao's expression, and asked, "Chengyu, what's wrong?" ”

Xue Shao replied truthfully: "The minister just found out that there was someone hiding and peeping in the compartment. The minister feared that he was an assassin. ”

As soon as Wu Zetian raised his hand, the four little palace maids beside her neatly showed their swords and shot into the compartment like four rays of light. A moment later they came back together, saying nothing out of the ordinary.

Xue Shao paid a little attention to the "micro-expressions" of the four little palace maids, they were lying. Apparently they found something "unusual" in the cubicle, but they didn't dare to say anything.

So Xue Shao took the initiative to laugh at himself: "Your Majesty, maybe it's just an illusion of Weichen." ”

"A little more vigilance is a good thing after all." Wu Zetian didn't mind, motioned for Xue Shao to take a seat, and then asked him what was the matter?

Xue Shao told Wu Zetian what he had just encountered at the entrance of the palace gate.

"Ashina Hu Thro was imprisoned, is there such a thing?" Wu Zetian's reaction was a little surprised.

Xue Shao's heart lit up, it seemed that this matter was not instructed by Wu Zetian, but came to Junchen to do it privately. So he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers should not interfere in judicial matters, but Ashina Hu Seluo once commanded the five crossbows and lost five parts, and he was quite famous in the Western Turks. Our dynasty has just recovered the Western Regions by force and reshaped the four towns of Anxi, and is in an important stage of subduing the hearts of the people and returning to the king. At such a juncture, the impact of throwing Ashina Hu Thero into Lijingmen Prison is extremely unfavorable to our dynasty. If this provokes the dissatisfaction and even rebellion of the Western Turks, then it will take 100,000 troops to carry out a 10,000-mile expedition to solve the problem. ”

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, "That makes sense. ”

"I don't know if Ashina Hu Sero really committed the unforgivable crime of rebellion, and even if it was, it shouldn't be dealt with in such an open and radical way now." Xue Shao said, "Ashina Fu Nian back then is a lesson from the past. ”

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment again and said, "Are those chieftains who came to ask for the life of Ashina Hu Sero still at the palace gate?" ”

"Yes." Xue Shao said, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and it is the ministers who make their own decisions and let them wait at the palace gate for a while." His Majesty suggested that His Majesty might as well meet them. If Ashina Huthro does rebel, it is also necessary for us to stabilize the mood of these chiefs in order to avoid the situation from escalating. If Ashina Hu Thro had not rebelled, perhaps some clues could be seen from the words and deeds of these chiefs. ”

"Chengyu, you did the right thing." Wu Zetian stood up and said to the eunuchs beside him: "You go to the palace gate to pass the decree and let those chiefs go to the Vientiane Divine Palace." I will meet them overnight. ”

The eunuch hurriedly took the promise and left.

"Chengyu, I want to ask you for something." Wu Zetian said.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"You take my hand and go to Lijingmen, and go to Ashina Hu Seluo and Lai Junchen respectively to question them face to face." Wu Zetian said, "After asking the reason, come and talk back to me." ”

"Yes!"

Xue Shao walked out of the imperial study, turned a corner of a corridor, and happened to meet the two men opposite.

Both men are very young, with well-proportioned figures, delicate facial features, and bewitching, Tu Zhu and powder, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a strong fragrance on their bodies.

Such a man can be described as "beautiful". If you are born in the 21st century, it is a typical beautiful man, put on makeup and hum a little song on your face, you can have a large number of brainless fans.

But Xue Shaoda was annoyed by this kind of sissy play in his heart. Therefore, his reflexive face sank, revealing a look of disgust.

When these two dou ran saw Xue Shao's expression, they were all stunned, lowered their heads in panic, walked around Xue Shao's side without saying a word, and walked away quickly.

Xue Shao looked at their fleeing backs and knew who he had met. Wu Zetian's two new faces, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong.

"I don't have to eat tonight......" Xue Shao really felt a wave of nausea, probably from the strong fragrance of fat powder on their bodies. Then I thought that Princess Taiping once said that these two fools who eat soft rice until their bones are soft, they love to imitate their every move when they have nothing to do, and they are the ones who peep in the compartment?

So he was even more disgusted, and he got goosebumps all over his body!

"I need to get out of here!"

Xue Shao strode away, almost as if he was running, and thought as he walked, "In the future, I won't break into the Forbidden Palace at night if I am killed!" ”

He rode straight out of the palace, and when he thought about it, he was fucking disgusted by these two idiots and forgot all about business!

So he re-entered the palace and went straight to Lijing Gate.

A few bad people guarding the door of Lijing were a little drowsy, and they were suddenly awakened by the sound of horses' hooves and looked up, all of them were so frightened that their legs and stomachs were weak and they were covered in chaff.

"Why is he here again?!"

Xue Shao was stunned, am I so terrible? Is it necessary for you to be like a ghost in the underworld and see the Monkey King?

"Come back, don't run!"

Xue Shao jumped off the horse and shouted, finally stopping the two little guys.

"Xue, Xue Gong...... The door is open, please take care of yourself! ”

Xue Shao stepped forward and showed the empress's hand, "I am ordered to come on business today, and I will not be embarrassed." Guiding the way, I am going to see Ashina Huthro. In addition, I immediately sent someone to summon Junchen and asked him to wait for me in the court. ”

"The villain obeys!"

Xue Shao urged a bad guy to lead the way, and walked all the way to the prison unhindered, and came to Ashina Hu Sero's cell.

It was Hou Sizhi who was "on duty" in the cell today, as soon as he saw Xue Shao, he subconsciously shrank into the corner and covered his mouth.

Xue Shao hooked his finger at Hou Sizhi, "Come here, open the door." ”

Hou Sizhi dared not listen, hurriedly stepped forward to take out the key, and hurriedly opened the cell door.

Xue Shao walked in, and Ashina Hu Sero was suspended in the air, covered in blood and scarred, obviously fainting from torture.

"Put the person down and wake them up. I'm going to ask. Xue Shao said again.

Hou Sizhi hurriedly called a few jailers to help liberate Ashina Hu Thero, pinching people and splashing water, so as to save Ashina Hu Thero.

Ashina Hu Sero thought in a daze that he was going to be punished again, and shouted with difficulty in a non-standard Chinese: "I really didn't rebel...... There is no rebellion ......"

"Stand down. No snooping. Xue Shao gave an order, and Hou Sizhi and the others hurriedly withdrew from the prison door and walked away.

Ashina Hu Sero came back to his senses and looked Xue Shao up and down. Being able to be the leader of one side of the five tribes, Ashina Hu Sero is not lacking in experience and eyesight, and he asked in surprise: "Your Excellency's appearance is extraordinary, and it is definitely not a cool official. Dare to ask, your Excellency's surname? ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I can decide your life and death." ”

Ashina Huthro's eyes widened slightly, and he took a breath, "What do you want?" ”

"I want to know, why are you in jail?" Xue Shao asked.

Ashina Hu Thro frowned, "I didn't rebel!" There's no way I'm going to rebel! ”

"You haven't answered my question yet." Xue Shaodao.

Ashina Huthro lowered his head and gritted his teeth, "It's hard to speak." ”

"It's not hard for you to say it, you can't trust me." Xue Shao said indifferently, "I don't tell you my identity, I just want to hear the truth." If you don't want to say it, you're going to die. ”

"What if I did?"

"Maybe I'm going to die. But you also have hope of life. ”

Ashina Huthro took a deep breath, "Unless you can offend Junchen, I won't say it." ”

Xue Shao smiled, "So, you still can't believe me." ”

With that, Xue Shao turned around and left.

Ashina Hu Sero was not stupid, and after a few temptations, he expected that the "extraordinary" man in front of him might really be a person who could offend Junchen. So he hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, slow down! ”

"Say."

Ashina Huthro glanced outside.

"Don't worry, they don't have the guts to eavesdrop." Xue Shao said, "Unless, they don't want to live." ”

Ashina Hu Sero gritted his teeth and whispered: "Lai Junchen has taken a fancy to one of my beautiful concubines, and he came to ask for it in front of him. I couldn't bear to give up, so he gathered his henchmen to accuse me of rebellion and threw me into prison. ”

Xue Shao's brows furrowed, "That's all?" ”

"Yes, indeed, that's all!"

Xue Shao was puzzled, "Then why don't you dare to tell the truth?" ”

Ashina Husero sighed, "It seems that Your Excellency still doesn't know the ruthlessness of cool officials and the poison of cool officials. I haven't suffered from it, and I haven't been harmed by the cool officials. ”

"How?"

Ashina Hu Sero whispered: "Whoever enters the Lijing Gate will die for life." There is no royal law here, everything is decided by Lai Junchen. If I can't bear the punishment and confess to rebellion, I will definitely die. If I am tortured to death, I will have to accept my fate. I can only endure the torture in the hope that I can see Lai Junchen, and then beg him for mercy in person and be willing to sacrifice Mei Ji to give all her family property, only in this way, maybe there is a glimmer of hope for survival. Even if I honestly escaped today's catastrophe, it would be equivalent to suing him. In the future, if he wants to seek revenge, I will still die. ”

Xue Shao's eyebrows furrowed, Lai Junchen was arrogant to such an extent?!

"Your Excellency's magnificence is majestic and awe-inspiring, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary laymen. Your Excellency should be a relative of the royal family, right? Ashina Hu Sero asked tentatively, "In this world, only a few royal families of the Wu clan don't have to fear the obscenity of cowardly officials. ”

Xue Shao's brows furrowed even tighter, "I don't have a surname Wu." ”

Ashina Hu Sero actually laughed calmly, "It seems that I am saved." ”

Xue Shao was curious, "What do you say?" ”

"If you don't have the surname Wu, then you can only be alone." Ashina Huthro said, "The kings surnamed Wu are not afraid of cool officials, but they may not be willing to save me. But you might be willing to do it and save my life! ”

Xue Shao didn't say a word, turned around and walked out.

Ashina Huthro knelt down, raised his hands and kowtowed to the ground with his forehead, "Thank you for saving your life!" Thank you for saving your life! ”