Description:Before she ascended the throne, Wu Zetian built a three-hundred-foot pagoda. Before its completion, however, homicide cases occurred- Jia Yi, President of the Ministry of Works, and Xue Yong, President of the Minister of Justice, burned themselves one after another. Supervisor Sha Tuo claimed that the two men were punished by heaven for moving the talisman of Tongtian column. Pei Donglai, Vice President of the Minister of Justice, and Shangguan Jing’er, Empress Wu’s right-hand woman, were ordered to investigate the homicide cases. However, Minister Lu Li pointed out that the cases should be investigated by Di Renjie. With Empress Wu’s permission, Di Renjie, who had been in prison for eight years, was released and appointed as the imperial envoy in charge of the cases, but was attacked by assassins...
