What Fazang said was suppressed in Tang Song's heart. When he woke up the next morning, Shui Jing and others continued to finish the list, and he rushed all the way to the palace city.

The side door of the palace city in front of him was opened, but Tang Song could only wander outside the city gate, because the waist sign of the inner palace that Wu Zetian personally gave had already been returned, and he just remembered...

These days I have really made people stupid, and I have made such low-level mistakes.

The imperial guards at the palace gate only recognized waist cards but not people. Without waist cards, Tang Song could only sigh at the city gate. He couldn't even enter, let alone meet Shangguan Wan'er.

After negotiating with the imperial guards, there was no result. When Tang Song was about to go back to Princess Taiping's Mansion, the time for the imperial guards to take turns to change shifts.

After seeing clearly the imperial guards who were in charge of changing shifts, Tang Song's eyes lit up, turned around and returned to the palace gate to wave and shouted: "Brother Chen"

The commander was Chen Xuanli, who had been to White Horse Temple that day. When he saw Tang Song, he explained to his subordinates a few words and immediately walked out with a smile on his face, "Brother, are you here to find me? Let's wait for two incense sticks, and wait until I arrange the rotation of the other city gates, and then come to find you to have a drink."

"Drinking without rush." ​​Tang Song stepped forward and put his shoulders on his shoulder and walked aside, telling him about the matter of entering the palace.

Chen Xuanli held his chin in a very difficult situation, "Brother, it's not that I don't help you, I really can't help you. This is the inner palace, there are many bans and defenses, and the cross-checking is very strict. There is no passive waist sign, and it's just that you can't walk far away, and you will still be stopped."

Tang Song thought about it, so if he could let someone in casually, the inner palace would not be the inner palace. Alas, his mind was really unconscious these two days.

After thinking about it carefully, Tang Song whispered again.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuanli looked at Tang Song several times. "Look for her? And let her come out to see you?"

"Brother, don't look at me. I also stayed in the Hongwen Pavilion in the Inner Palace for a while last year and met Shangguan Kaizhao for several times. This time the matter was urgent. Maybe it's unknown whether she was willing to come out to see me. By the way, I forgot to ask, can you reach her place with your authority?" Although I had a good impression of Chen Xuanli, Jiao Qianyanshen was not Tang Song's personality, so he naturally had some reservations about his words.

"You think my good popularity is for nothing. Brother, you really underestimate me. Don't worry, as long as there is a place where the imperial guards are on duty, I can go there. I will definitely find a way to pass on it to you, but if that person doesn't come out, I can't help it. Besides, I dare not say anything about time, don't worry." Chen Xuanli finished speaking. He stopped talking to Tang Song anymore. After arranging him in a small shed at the gate, he took the other imperial guards to the next gate.

Tang Song now understood that at Chen Xuanli's current level, he could not reach the depths of the inner palace. This time he passed the message on his behalf was all due to good popularity. And he had to wait until he arranged the rotation before he could pass the message inside.

So Tang Song waited with peace of mind. The small hut he was in was similar to the doorman room of the later government compound, but the furnishings were more than the exam.

It was impossible for a group of people on duty to stand outside, and there were some rotational imperial guards left in the room. At this moment, Chen Xuanli's good popularity was reflected, and he was attracted by his glory. These people were also very enthusiastic about Tang Song. Although they had no wine, they took out all the food.

We chatted with them about Chen Xuanli's old stories in the army, and then talked about their battles on the northeastern border, and time passed without realizing it.

About an hour later, a middle-aged eunuch walked in from outside, looked at Tang Song, and the Neihun who said nothing turned around and walked out again.

Tang Song stood up and bowed to the imperial guards and gave a group salute to the imperial guards, "I'm sorry for you today. I'll be busy these two days. I'll give you a thank you at the Song and Dance Shengping Building. Brother Chen doesn't need to say anything, brothers must be here too."

"Singing and Dance Shengping Building? That's a good place!"

"Oh! Isn't that a chance to meet Shen Da Cao? If you have this good thing, the turtle grandson will not go."

Hearing this, Tang Song also smiled, "I dare not say anything if you brothers want to see someone else. If you want to see Mrs. Shen, I will fight this guarantee." After that, he stopped leaving, bowed and went there. He vaguely heard the comment behind him, "He looks good, but he speaks too much."

When I left the palace gate, I saw the inner servant in front of me without waiting for him, and walked towards a restaurant far away.

Tang Song followed him slowly until he entered the tavern before approaching.

It was still some time before noon, and there was no one in the restaurant. Even so, the inner servant still wanted a secluded Accord.

After entering the Accord, he condemned the waiter who was delivering food and food. After the Neihun bolted the door himself, he bowed to Tang Song.

In this middle age, Huan was one of Shangguan Wan'er's confidants in the inner palace - Fuxiang. Tang Song and him were also old friends.

Tang Song stood up and returned the bow and sat down. Fuxiang said nothing nonsense, "Shangguan Shuzhao cannot get rid of himself and cannot come to meet the young master. Besides, Your Majesty seems to be quite dissatisfied with the young master these days, so it is not convenient for You to arrange your meeting for the young master."

What Fazang said is true!

"Do you know why Your Majesty is dissatisfied with me?"

Yixiang shook his head, "I don't know about it, and I'm also thinking of a way to find out the reason. Because the reason is unknown, it is inconvenient to arrange for the prince to meet you."

Tang Song nodded. The emperor had an objection to you, but he didn't know why. If you were to be rash in this situation, the consequences would be unpredictable. Shangguan Wan'er's arrangement was for his own good.

In silence, he recalled everything he did after returning from the last time. Tang Song did not find anything wrong and stayed at home every day, so he really couldn't provoke Wu Zetian!

After thinking about it carefully, Tang Song simply stopped thinking about it and asked Fuxiang about the origin of Fazang.

"Fa Zang?" Fu Xiang looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to ask about this person. With his introduction, Tang Song thought to himself that this old monk was indeed not simple.

Fazang was originally from Kangju. When he was young, he lived in Chang'an with his grandfather and took Kang as his surname. He had a relationship with Buddhism. At the age of seventeen, he entered Taibai Mountain to seek Dharma. Later, he went to Yunhua Temple to study the famous monk Zhiyan as his master and listened to the "Avatamsaka Sutra" and obtained his direct teachings. In the first year of Emperor Gaozong of the previous dynasty, Yang, the wife of Rongguo, died. Wu Zetian placed his biological mother's residence in Taiyuan Temple and saved monks to plant a field of blessings. Fazang took this opportunity to get the certificate of decree and officially became a monk.

He then opened an altar in Taiyuan Temple to teach the "Avatamsaka Sutra", which was highly praised by Wu Zetian. He issued an edict to give him the full precepts to him by ten great monks in Chang'an, and gave him the name "Xianshou".

It is said that Wu Zetian personally saved the monks and personally established his position in Buddhism. Over the past few decades, Fazang has become an important figure in Buddhism at this time. The reason why he entered the capital with the order to cooperate with the eminent monk Shicha Nanda from Khotan to re-translate the "Avatamsaka Sutra" is that this time, this Buddhist matter that Wu Zetian is most concerned about is that both of them are worshipped in Dabengkong Temple in the inner court.

Wu Zetian's worship of Buddhism was well known to everyone in later generations. On the one hand, this was certainly due to political considerations. He used the promotion of Buddhism to suppress Taoism, which was designated as the state religion by Li Tang. On the other hand, it was indeed from personal belief. In any case, it was an indisputable fact that she was closely connected with Buddhism.

It is said that the identity of this Fazang is somewhat similar to that of Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er manages the inner palace for Wu Zetian, and Fazang is Wu Zetian's contact person in Buddhism.

After listening to Fuxiang's introduction, Tang Song had already understood the origin and status of Fazang. "When Your Majesty arrived at Dabiankong Temple recently, did Shangguan Guan Shuzhao accompany him?"

Yixiang shook his head, "Every time you go, your Majesty must recite scriptures and worship Buddha devoutly, and then listen to the monks who worship the teachings. It took a long time. Shangguan Guan Shuaizhao was in charge of the six palaces, so Your Majesty was sure not to follow him."

That's it! Tang Song didn't waste any more time after asking what he wanted to ask. "Eunuch Lao went back to pass on a message to Shangguan Kaizhao, and carefully checked those people who were with him when His Majesty went to Dabengkong Temple recently. Especially when he met with Master Fazang, who was there?"

Yixiang nodded to respond, and stopped again when he stood up, "Young Master must have known Master Fazang. This person is very trusted by Your Majesty. If you can walk closely with him, it will be of great benefit to your future. In addition, although Chen Xuanli, who was just passing the message, has a low status in the imperial guards, but he is brave and good at fighting, has a noble character, and is very popular among the imperial guards. This person is also a innocent person and has a bright future in the future. He is really a person worthy of the young master's efforts to win over the crowd."

Tang Song stood up to thank Fuxiang for saying this. After Fuxiang returned the gift, he stopped saying anything, opened the door and left.

On the way back, Tang Song was thinking about who the person who shot the cold arrow at him was, but there was too little information, so it was difficult to determine.

This is the capital of God. There are too many people who are qualified to enter the palace to meet the saints and follow Wu Zetian to Dabengkong Temple to worship Buddha. There are quite a few people who have offended Tang Song before, especially when he kicked the imperial list, he abolished the Jinshi who had already obtained the children of powerful families, and invisibly many people offended.

If you can't be sure, you can only have doubts for the time being and wait for Shangguan Wan'er to have new news before making a decision. However, he had already made a secret decision in his heart that if he found out who was coming this time, he must repay him ten times or a hundred times.

This is not because Tang Song likes to take revenge, but it is because this person has endangered his roots. He has offended so many people for his work before, but in the current chaos in the court, he cannot surrender to any of the two parties in Wu and Li for protection. For him, everything about him is now closely linked to Wu Zetian's trust.

Once you lose this trust, not to mention wanting to do something, your life will be difficult to protect. Everyone else wants his life. Tang Song dares to be polite to others.

Tang Song felt anger in his heart, and his face naturally turned pale after returning home. Seeing him like this, his servants became more focused on doing things. In this way, the list was done one day in advance and the next morning.

After carefully reading everything, Tang Song did not stop at all and rushed to Lu Yuanfang Mansion when he went out.

Halfway through the walk, I remembered that tomorrow would be the day of rest. Lu Yuanfang would definitely not be at home now. He immediately ordered the master to go straight to the imperial city.

It didn't take much trouble to enter the imperial city. Although he was not wearing official clothes, he is now too famous in the imperial city. Even if the guards who have been on duty here for a long time have heard of him, they have registered and let him in.

Political affairs were placed in a secluded corner of the imperial city. Although this institution was influential, the office space was nothing special from the outside except that it was larger.

When I walked into the gate of the government office, I saw a row of gatekeepers, and there were buzzing sounds from inside.

Tang Song walked into each room and took a look. Although the door was not big, it was extremely neat and elegant. Some officials wearing various official clothes sat or stood, whispering.

While Tang Song was looking, a little official in green clothes walked over with a tea cup, "What is this place? It allows you to stumble on your head? Who are you? What are you doing?"

Tang Song didn't care about his bad attitude, and bowed and said, "Luo Jia informed me, I have an urgent matter and would like to see Prime Minister Lu."

Seeing that he was not wearing official clothes and was young, his face became increasingly stinky. "If you don't understand the rules at all, you dare to come and go around. Do you think this is your home, come whenever you want, and see whoever you want..."

You don't have time to care about such a person, nor can you care about it. There are too many in the imperial city! Before this guy can continue to talk, Tang Song took out a ten-ton ticket from the eggplant bag that could be used for later wallets.

After the Qingyi glanced down at Qian Shu, his face was slightly better, and he was only a little better. He raised his hand and pointed to the second door. "If you want to see Lu, go there to wait. I am waiting here for the King of Wei. Seeing that you are not bad, I will tell you that you will come to see the prime minister in the future. First, ask him clearly about his position in politics, and then enter the door. Do not attract people to talk about it."

The King of Wei is Wu Chengsi, and he is the chief assistant. The first room in this row of bungalows was prepared for the officials waiting to see him. Lu Yuanfang's second room was naturally the second room, and the one below was so on. Tang Song nodded to the Qingyi official and went straight into the door next door.

When the Qingyi saw Tang Song leaving, his face changed again, and he lowered his head and spat, "What's the matter?"

There were also many people waiting to see each other in the second room, and a few of them clearly recognized Tang Song, but none of them came up to greet him. Some of them even had a faint hostility on their faces.

They didn't come up to greet Tang Song or approached him. After asking the rules of the Qing-style clerk who was serving inside, they took a book card to write down their name and the reasons for asking for help.

It was only after ten cents of money that his book card was sent away by one of the Qing-clothed officials.

When the Qingyi's minor official left, Tang Song also found a Hu bench and sat down, thinking in his heart about the constitution that would be reported to Lu Yuanfang later. The officials who knew him in the room looked at him playfully, while those who didn't know him were often glanced at him through curious eyes, but no one talked to him.

In just a short while, the Qing-clothed official came back and walked to Tang Song with a smile on his face, "Lu Zhuo, I'll take you in now."

Those officials stopped hearing this. Some of them came early in the morning and have not seen Lu Yuanfang yet. Why is this white-boy who is only a young man?

However, as soon as they spoke, the green-clothed official shouted loudly: "Prime Minister Lu has an explanation. I will not see anyone again this morning. If you have anything to do, you will come back when you go to the yamen in the afternoon." After that, he took Tang Song out.

The buzzing sound behind him was even louder. Finally, these officials still remembered that this place was a major political and did not dare to yell loudly.

Even so, some of the comments were still heard by Tang Song.

"Who is this person? Lu Xiang said he could meet him as soon as he saw him, and he even sent him all the others. In the past, even if the ministers of various departments came, they would not have such a face."

"Who? He is the voice that moves the world. Lu Xiang personally recommends it. Tang Song, who is appointed as the top seventh rank when he becomes an official. By the way, Lao Liu, you are the doctor under Hong Zuocheng. Isn't Tang Song, a freshly released Shangshu, just your subordinate?"

"Bah, just let me down. His contact with the Ministry of Personnel was decided by Lu Jing. Can I control such a person?"

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As the people went further and further, the discussions later became increasingly unclear. Tang Song ignored this, but the young official in green had a much better attitude towards him.

After coming in, I realized that this large courtyard with several entry has been transformed into a small courtyard of similar size and relatively closed size. Each husband occupies one, and there is a secluded path between the courtyard and the courtyard to connect.

The more you go in, the quieter it becomes. In the end, Tang Song was taken to Lu Yuanfang's office.

This office room is located in the main room of the yard. Although you can see many people busy in the wing rooms on both sides of the steps, the whole yard is quiet.

The office room is very large, but the layout inside is very simple. Except for the book case in front of Lu Yuan, it is twice as big as the normal one, the others are not much different from the study room of ordinary scholars.

"Come on tea" Lu Yuanfang said and stretched out his hand to Tang Song, "Give me a list of them."

Tang Song handed over a thick stack in his hand, and Lu Yuanfang immediately buried his head and looked.

After carefully reading the top list, Lu Yuanfang pointed to the thick stack below, "What is this?"

Tang Song was waiting for Lu Yuanfang to look at the list, carefully observing his face, but he couldn't see anything at all. It was still the case at this time.

Lu Yuanfang's face did not reveal any information, so his attitude towards this list made it difficult for Tang Song to judge, so he could only answer in a normal manner: "To choose one of three from so many archives, there must be a basis and a criterion for judgment. The following are the criteria for selection and detailed explanations for each selected person."
To be continued...