"Oh? Tell me." Li Mingxian changed his position and sat in a comfortable position, and said to Bai Chu.
"That's it. City Lord, do you know a girl named Shangguan Wan'er?" Bai Chu asked.
"Shangguan Wan'er? I seem to have some impression. What's wrong? Is there anything special about this person?" Li Mingxian asked.
"It's like this. Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather was once a minister in the imperial court. He died in prison because of an unjust case. All his family members were also affected. In the end, only his granddaughter survived. He is Shangguan Wan'er.
Son." Bai Chu said softly.
When Li Mingxian heard what Bai Chu said, he looked at Bai Chu in surprise, but soon he regained his composure and said to Bai Chu: "I know who you are talking about, it turns out to be a member of the Shangguan family. Alas.
, there is nothing we can do about it.”
Bai Chu saw Li Mingxian sighing and realized that things might not be as simple as he thought, so he asked: "City Lord, do you know something?"
Li Mingxian thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and said to Bai Chu: "Actually, I don't only have a son, Li Bumie, but he also has an older brother."
"Ah?" Bai Chu was shocked when he heard Li Mingxian say this, and he didn't recover for a while.
"That's right, I made my immortal brother the crown prince and asked him to manage a border area. If managed properly, he will be the next city lord of our Chang'an City. It's a pity that he was brainwashed by Wu Zetian, which led to a bad ending.
." Li Mingxian recalled.
"Wu Zetian? City Lord, do you also know this person?" Bai Chu became more curious as he listened and asked Li Mingxian.
"How could I not know her? I have been fighting with her for the ownership of Chang'an City for all these years. Unfortunately, our power is still a little behind, so every year I invite your Jixia College to come to Chang'an City for exchange and study. In fact, it is more
I want to invite the old master and the other two elders to discuss countermeasures. Wu Zetian has been making more and more noise in the past few years, constantly making noises in Chang'an City, and her people are also increasing, like Di Renjie of Daming Temple,
It was directly managed by Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian did put a lot of effort into Chang'an City when it was first built, and the prototype of Chang'an City came into being. But for more than a hundred years, our Li family continued to build it.
We worked hard to get what we are now, and when we were managing this area, Wu Zetian made an agreement with us that while we were in charge of Chang'an City, Wu Zetian was not allowed to interfere in internal affairs. But recently Wu Zetian has been acting secretly, not only interfering in internal affairs
, and he continues to brainwash our people, and many people in the royal family have been brainwashed by him." Li Mingxian said angrily.
"Then what happened to Shangguan Wan'er? Is there any relationship between this? Bai Chu asked puzzledly.
"Shangguan Wan'er belongs to the Shangguan family. There used to be a man named Shangguan Mu Yan in the imperial court. If I guess correctly, he is Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather. Since I think he is older, I
The plan was to send him to assist the prince and retire there for the rest of his life. But who knew that at that time, Wu Zetian suddenly appeared and completely brainwashed the prince's mind, making him feel that the sooner he captured Chang'an City, the sooner he would ascend to the throne.
Because the prince's character is impulsive, he quickly developed a rebellious mentality during Wu Zetian's secret preaching. It was at this time that I transferred Shangguan Mu Yan." Li Mingxian said.
said.
After listening to Li Mingxian's explanation, Bai Chu finally put the whole story together. He also roughly understood how Shangguan Mu Yan was unjustly killed.
"In other words, Shangguan Mu Yan had just been transferred to the prince's side when he met the prince who was being brainwashed. He couldn't persuade him no matter how hard he tried. So he had no choice but to leave, and the news of the prince's rebellion was also learned by the palace.
City Lord, you also know that all this was instigated by Wu Zetian, but in order to show that you are not a vegetarian and you can't confront Wu Zetian head-on, you found an excuse, a scapegoat, to let Wu Zetian know that you are not easy to mess with.
Put the prince and Shangguan Mu Yan in prison. This way Wu Zetian will have one less person to help her complete her plan, right?" Bai Chu analyzed.
"That's right, this is like killing a chicken to scare the monkey. I don't even want to have my own children. You and Wu Zetian are nothing. I did this to prevent the people from being brainwashed by Wu Zetian. Later, we sentenced the prince to death and the Shangguan
Mu Yan stayed in prison forever, unable to see the sun outside. Only in this way, Wu Zetian stopped taking action and stayed for a while. Alas, it was just a pity for such a good minister. I originally thought of letting him go to a
There aren’t many places where people fight overtly and secretly to live in peace of mind, but who would have thought that something like this would happen. Shangguan Mu Yan also made a lot of contributions to Chang’an City during his lifetime, but in the end he had to die unjustly in prison. It’s a pity.” Li Mingxian sighed.
After taking a breath, he stood up and said.
"In that case, Shangguan Mu Yan was indeed wronged, and it was not that he wanted to rebel. But in order to handle this matter safely, he must find a scapegoat, right?" Bai Chu asked.
"Yes, in fact, it was Wu Zetian who was causing trouble in secret from beginning to end and hurt many people. Our Li family just wants the management rights of Chang'an City. After all, we have managed this city for so long. But Wu Zetian
He suddenly came back after all these years, as if he was plotting some plan. Recently, heroes from all walks of life in Chang'an City have also gathered together. Chang'an City seems to be calm now, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging in the mainland. Everyone seems to have a common goal.
Target." Li Mingxian said to Bai Chu.
"A common goal? Is there anything desirable in Chang'an City? So many people are moved by it. City Lord, how much do you know about this?" Bai Chu asked curiously.
Li Mingxian sat back on the stool, took a sip of tea, calmed down, and continued to talk to Bai Chu: "You probably still don't know what Mr. Mozi used to support this city when he created it.
The functioning of a city, right?”
Bai Chu thought for a while, how much energy would be needed to support the entire city of Chang'an from rising and falling? Bai Chu was also very curious about this, how did Elder Mozi build this great city. Bai Chu couldn't think of it.
Understood, he shook his head at Li Mingxian.
Li Mingxian smiled and said: "After Mr. Mozi completed the construction of this city, he used something called an energy cube. This thing is very powerful and has endless energy in it."