Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 84 Praising Po-po Qu Zhenjun’s Successful Connection

In the palace, Wu Zetian summoned Yang Yanzhang again.

"I heard from people that Nazanpo bought a geomantic treasure land outside the city at a high price and buried Qiu Shenji's head in it! Yang Yanzhang, do you know what his purpose was?"

Yang Yanzhang chuckled and said, "Isn't the Queen Mother knowingly asking this? Po Zan obviously heard the rumors you spread and is anxious to find the right person to win over so that she can try to get our cannonballs."

"In this case, I feel that the time has come to take action. What do you think?"

"My minister agrees!"

Wu Zetian was overjoyed and immediately called Qu Zhenyun, who had joined the army.

"Qu Zhenyun, how are you prepared?" Wu Zetian asked seriously.

"Queen Mother, the ministers are ready!"

Yang Yanzhang suddenly asked: "If you sell cannonballs, you will naturally have to collect a lot of money from Po Zan. How can such a large amount of money not be noticed by the court? I think Po Zan will probably ask you this question. If so, what should you do? Respond?"

Qu Zhenyun obviously never thought about this problem.

He is just a small soldier. If he sells all the cannonballs, it will be several hundred thousand taels of gold!

Such a large transaction will naturally attract the attention of others, and where to put a large amount of money is also a problem.

If you don't handle it properly, you may attract Zan Po's attention.

"I haven't thought about this yet." Qu Zhenyun suddenly became nervous.

Yang Yanzhang waved his hand to indicate that he did not need to do this, and helped him think of words to respond: "Actually, there are many explanations, as long as you are prepared. For example, if you want to take away so much gold, you will naturally have to take a lot of people with you, so why not just tell Zan Po, you all need to share the spoils together and take them home."

Qu Zhenyun couldn't help but nodded: "I will be taught by you."

Wu Zetian was already impatient: "It's late, go quickly! I want to get the gold from Tubo earlier!"

After Qu Zhenjun left, Wu Zetian couldn't help but sigh: "It is reported that Zanpu of Tubo has sent people to send a large amount of gold into our territory of the Tang Dynasty. Now it has passed Hangu Pass and will arrive in Luoyang soon!" The palace has decided that if we can't get it by trickery, we will directly send troops to snatch it! Anyway, the Tubo robbed my frontier and killed many of my soldiers, so it makes sense to use this money as compensation."

Yang Yanzhang couldn't help but smile and nodded: "That's true."

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Zan Po has met many traitors overtly and covertly in the past few days, but these people either have too low positions or belong to the civil service system. Although they are useful, they cannot help him accomplish what he wants to do most now.

"If there are officials who have access to the national treasures of Datang Town, I will have the opportunity to steal their cannonballs! Not to mention using them myself, at the very least, I can make Datang have no ammunition to use!"

Thinking about the scene where she experienced the power of cannonballs at close range with Yang Yanzhang last time, Po Zan was extremely afraid of the national treasure of Datang. If he could destroy this divine object, it would be truly a miracle!
"But we can't keep waiting like this. If we delay for a long time, someone will definitely notice that something is wrong! Once the incident happens, I may be arrested!"

But while Po Zan was waiting anxiously, Qu Zhenyun came to his residence. "Your Majesty the Envoy, I am Qu Zhenyun, and I am here to pay you a visit!"

"Oh, nice to meet you!"

The two sat down and chatted for a while. Zan Po kept praising Qu Zhenyun for his great appearance, while Qu Zhenyun kept talking nonsense about Zan Po's righteous burial in the mound.

As a result, the more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, and soon their relationship became hot and they talked about everything.

"Sir Envoy, when we first joined the officialdom, we had great ambitions to serve the Queen Mother and help her succeed! I didn't expect that we helped her get rid of countless Zhongliang of the Tang Dynasty, but now she wants to harm us! Starting from Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, and later Suo Yuanli and Qiu Shenji, these are all people I admire! As the saying goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Now they have died one by one, leaving people like me and others in the future. How could the ending be better?"

Po Zan was excited by Qu Zhenyun's half-truths, so she kept echoing and exasperated: "Yes, even an outsider like me can't stand the cruelty of Empress Wu to you! It's precisely because of her dislike of Empress Wu, That’s why I gave General Qiu a grand burial at the risk of being beheaded by her!”

When Qu Zhenyun saw him on the road, he burst into tears: "Your Majesty the Envoy is kind-hearted. If General Qiu had known something, he could have died in peace! General Qiu is a role model for us. He has received great kindness from the Envoy, and I will do it for him." Thank you!"

After speaking, Qu Zhenyun bowed to Po Zan and said loudly and solemnly: "Your Majesty, if there is any mission in the future, as long as I can help, I will do my best to help!"

Zanpo nodded happily: "Okay, okay, okay!"

However, although she was happy, Zanpo felt that she had no need to join the army now and could only leave it to another day. Maybe she could occasionally inform Tubo, so Zanpo did not reveal too much to avoid being exposed by a little person. Own.

Qu Zhenyun saw that he still had no intention of recruiting, so he had an idea and decided to retreat in order to advance: "My lord, the envoy, I have official business and it is inconvenient to stay here. I will say goodbye today! When I transport the imperial treasures back to the mountains, Come visit you again!”

When Po Zan heard this, she immediately became energetic!

He remembered what Yang Yanzhang said, weren't the cannonballs, the most precious treasure of the country, placed in the mountains?
But considering that Qu Zhenyun was a general of the Tang Dynasty, even though he might be dissatisfied with Wu Zetian, he might not be willing to give such valuables to outsiders. So Zan Po asked carefully to test: "The one General Qu wants to send back to the mountains is not that person." The most important weapon of the country, cannonballs?"

"How did you know?" Qu Zhenyun pretended to be surprised, then covered his mouth and screamed: "No! I actually leaked the secret!"

When Po Zan saw this, she was very happy: I really guessed it right!

At this time, Qu Zhenyun's position in his heart suddenly became extraordinary!

The general who escorted the cannonballs back to the mountain, although he was just a soldier, was very useful!

The key point is that this man also admired Qiu Shenji very much, and he also admired him for burying Qiu Shenji's head generously!

This made Zanpo feel that there was a glimmer of hope that she could realize her conspiracy.

"General Qu," Zan Po suddenly grabbed Qu Zhenyun who was about to leave, "I know you are a person who values ​​love and justice, so do you want to avenge General Qiu?"

"I want it! I can't even dream of it!" Qu Zhenyun nodded decisively, "It's just that I, the servant, speak softly and don't have the ability!"

"Yes, you have it!" Zan Po was so excited that her lips were trembling!
"That cannonball is Wu Zetian's darling! If that thing is lost, do you think she will be angry to death? If she gets angry, won't she avenge General Qiu?"

(End of this chapter)