摘要
After the death of Princess Taiping,Geshu Liancheng left Chang'an and continued westward to the Anxi Grand Prote ctorate.He was once an ice-cold weapon wielded by the empress regent Wu Zetian.He was one of many shadowy figures of the internal security system.They struck fear into the hearts of the lilylivered civil service.Their targets had included,among others,PrinceJing of Yue,the mighty general XuJingye,and the poet-bureaucrat Luo Binwang—anyone who dared challenge the sovereign.After the Shenlong Revolution,they were forced to find new masters:Geshu threw his lot in with Princess Taiping,while his comrade Yuwen Xin clandestinely offered his services to Li Longji while swearing allegiance to his father,the Prince of Xiang.
