Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties

Chapter 82: Wisdom Thorn (Part )
A smile appeared on the face of Anagui, the King of Rouran, who was sitting on the side of King Qinghe. He held a dagger in his arms, ready to cut his arm in the chaos to create the illusion that he was injured and increase the bargaining chips for causing trouble in the Northern Wei court.

But what Anagui didn't expect was that Su Ze, who was standing opposite King Qinghe and answering questions, suddenly strode forward and shouted, "Protect King Qinghe!"

Immediately afterwards, Su Ze rushed forward and knocked down Qinghe Prince Yuan Yi who was behind the table.

Wang Hui, who had been standing behind Su Ze, immediately shouted, "Someone is trying to assassinate King Qinghe!"

Just when everyone was still in shock, Su Ze hid one hand in his clothes, took out the [Exquisite Dagger] from the system warehouse, quickly cut his arm, and hid the dagger back into the warehouse.

There were traces of blood on the white robe. One arrow hit the tent pillar, and another arrow shot out of the tent and disappeared.

Someone outside the tent shouted, "Kill that bastard Yuan Yi!"

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent. The white-clad scholars in the palace reacted quickly and rushed out of the tent to look for the assassin.

"The assassin is here!"

A servant with an ordinary appearance shouted as he tightly grabbed a guy dressed as a servant. The guy was holding a short bow in his hand and looking around blankly.

The white-clad scholars stepped forward quickly and immediately subdued the fellow. The ordinary attendant said again: "Quick! He has a poison pill in his mouth!"

The scholars in white reacted immediately and quickly took the poison pill out of the guy's mouth.

"There's another person!"

I only heard someone shouting not far away. It was a guy with a wretched appearance, and I didn't know whose servant he was. He was holding a guy holding a short bow tightly.

The scholars in white came forward one after another and took out a poison pill from his mouth.

With a short bow and poison pills, the assassin was finally caught red-handed. The leader Liu Bozhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, finally preventing him from escaping.

At this time, the tent was under control of the scholars in white, and the princes, ministers and nobles present all remained in their seats.

The doctor from Qinghe Palace had already bandaged Su Ze's arm, and he was now sitting beside Qinghe Prince, holding his shoulder with his hands.

The face of the Rouran King Anagui was very ugly. He saw his trusted assassins being held in the hall. The two did not take the poison pills to commit suicide as planned. The Rouran King had a bad premonition.

Fortunately, these two people are his personal assassins. They have been wearing masks since entering Luoyang. No one in Wei should know that these two people are his subordinates.

Anagui also believed that they would not betray him, but he did not expect that the assassination attempt that was clearly disguised as an assassination against himself would suddenly become an assassination attempt against King Qinghe.
But the next thing made King Ruru's heart completely hang in the balance.

Su Ze, who had just made a contribution, covered his shoulder and said to Qinghe King Yuan Yi: "Your Majesty, I have seen these two people in the Four Barbarians Hall. They are the subordinates of the Rouran King."

Anagui stood up suddenly, pointed at Su Ze and said, "You are slandering me!"

But when everyone looked at the two assassins who were being held captive, although they were dressed as Han Chinese, their facial features were somewhat similar to those of the Rouran people.

In fact, the appearance of the Hu people in the Northern Wei Dynasty was very common at that time, and the entire Chinese land was undergoing a large-scale ethnic integration.

Even the concept of the Northern Wei royal family is a mixture of several ethnic groups.

The so-called Dai people and Xianbei are a division based on tribes and in-laws. In terms of blood relationship, there are a large number of Rouran people and Gaoche people in the Six Garrisons today, and their appearance is very similar to that of the Chinese.

Su Ze said calmly, "Your Majesty, when I was investigating the Siyi Pavilion case, I followed Li Zuoling of Henan Prefecture to investigate at Rourou Pavilion. I may have lied, but Li Zuoling can't lie, right?"

Speaking of Li Daoyuan, the Prince of Qinghe immediately said, "Quickly invite Li Zuoling!"

Li Daoyuan, who was outside the tent, was invited into the tent by the scholar in white. Li Daoyuan saw the two assassins being held on the ground. After listening to the description of King Qinghe, he crossed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I cannot make a definite conclusion."

The Rouran King Anagui breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Li Daoyuan was a pedantic scholar who would not frame him casually.

But Li Daoyuan's next words made Anagui feel anxious again.

Li Daoyuan said, "Your Majesty, the assassination took place in Henan Prefecture. Please allow me to bring the two assassins back to Henan Prefecture for detailed interrogation!"

"The assassin is suspected to be the attendant of the King of Rouran. Please allow the King to ask the attendants close to the King of Rouran to go to Henan Prefecture to assist in the investigation."

After saying this, King Ruru's expression changed immediately.

He was the one who arranged the assassination. Although the target was not Prince Qinghe, who could believe it?
Everyone present was a smart man. Su Ze was aggressive and confident. He was also a hero who protected King Qinghe.

Li Daoyuan's image in the court has always been upright and objective, and the solutions he provided were also the best.

The Rouran King had been arrogant and domineering since he came to Luoyang, but now he looked speechless.

Anger also welled up in the heart of Qinghe Prince Yuan Yi. He had only stopped Jiangyang Prince Yuan Yi from submitting petitions requesting the release of Rouran Prince a few times, but Rouran actually tried to assassinate him when he was about to be selected as a member of the imperial court?

Prince Qinghe immediately said, "Let the people be handed over to Henan Prefecture for handling."

"Please ask the Rourou King to return to the Siyi Pavilion to rest, and send Yulin to protect the Siyi Pavilion."

Things had come to this point, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the outcome. Princess Chenliu, who was watching the show from the sidelines, tried hard to hold back her laughter; she had not expected that Su Ze would actually break the situation with this trick!

Li Daoyuan saluted with his hands crossed, and under the protection of the scholars in white, he led the assassins away from the mound and returned to Henan Prefecture.

The frightened King Qinghe looked at Su Ze and asked, "Thanks to you today, I declare."

Su Ze knelt down with his hands folded and said, "Your Majesty, I want to continue to stay in the Yulin Army."

King Qinghe looked at the wound on Su Ze's shoulder and appreciated his talent. He asked, "Since you want to stay in Yulin, why do you want to participate in the selection of frontline soldiers?"

Su Ze said: "My humble father was injured recently. After my grandfather passed away, he treated me like his own son. Su Ze wants to stay in the army to take care of him."

"Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and filial. Su Ze's participation in the selection of the frontline was also his father's wish, and requesting to stay in the Imperial Guard was also Su Ze's choice."

Since the Han and Jin Dynasties, the imperial court has advocated filial piety, and the Northern Wei Dynasty inherited the legal system of the Han and Jin Dynasties. Su Ze gave this reason, and Prince Qinghe was at a loss to continue.

He said: "It is difficult to be both loyal and filial. Your filial piety is enough to prove that you are a loyal and righteous man!"

Prince Qinghe was compiling the Xianzhonglu, and was even more satisfied when he heard Su Ze's answer. He said:
"I just saw that you got the most prey in this hunting trip. You must be good at horse riding and archery. The Yulin Cavalry Battalion is short of a brigade commander. You can take up the position after you recover from your injury."

"Liu Bozhi, ask the pharmacist of the palace to go to Su Ze's house to see the patient and give him some medicine."

Prince Qinghe held his forehead and said, "I am tired. This selection of strikers ends here. Let's go back to the palace."

At the same time, Su Ze's system popped up a prompt:

[Complete the mission "Princess Chenliu's Expectation", level +1, rewards: Qinghe King's favorability +10, Princess Chenliu's favorability +10, Yulin Army reputation +20, obtain the position of Tunqiying Brigade Commander. ]

(End of this chapter)