Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 86 Possible existence, the Qin family will last for thousands of years!

The head of the Longxi Li family, who was still leisurely waving a feather fan to get some wind, realized something was wrong, stopped waving the fan, stood up, and looked serious.

"problem occurs?"

The voice was low and uneasy.

"Ah."

Jia Wei nodded and sighed, "Li Shimin, he...he got a batch of books from somewhere. The quantity is huge, enough to supply the scholars in Chang'an City."

"what!"

The head of the Longxi Li family widened his eyes.

Aren’t all the books in Chang’an City in their hands?
He personally supervised this matter and was very clear about it.

How come Li Shimin still has a batch of books in his hands?

Where did this come from?
Damn!

More than ten years of planning and the joint efforts of the former and current heads of the family were easily thwarted by Li Shimin?

Although shocked and unwilling, the head of the Longxi Li family quickly adjusted himself.

He is the head of a family and has seen many ups and downs. He should be able to accept it.

He took a deep breath and tried to make his tone calm.

"Now that things have come to this, since we can't stop it, then let all the bookstores in Chang'an City open again."

"Books are durable enough to be passed down from generation to generation. If a person buys a book, they may not need to buy it in the next few years or even decades. We need to reduce our losses."

The head of the Longxi Li family issued an order.

Since blocking or physically making the books disappear is no longer effective, then let's clear the blockage. At least we can get the gold and silver back.

Jia Wei sighed again and said, "Master, I'm afraid it won't work. Our books are not competitive and it's already difficult to sell them."

The head of the Longxi Li family was stunned, with a look on his face, "You're kidding me," he said, "Books... all the books in Chang'an are the same. Not to mention Chang'an, the books in the entire Tang Dynasty are the same. Why are they not competitive?"

Jia Wei said helplessly: "Master, the books released by Li Shimin all have punctuation marks that we cannot understand, which can make the content of the books simpler. Our bookstore does not have it. Master, please take a look."

He took out a copy of "The Art of War" from his arms.

Open the first page and let the head of the Longxi Li family see it.

The head of the Longxi Li family saw this and understood the meaning of the punctuation mark within a cup of tea.

"This... Damn it, who on earth is helping Li Jia Erlang!"

The eyes of the head of the Longxi Li family were red. With these books, how could the bookstores of the major families sell books?
He threw the book down fiercely and said through gritted teeth, "Immediately send all the idle wind-exploring guards in Chang'an City out to track down the case!"

"Use all your abilities to investigate. The family will support you in whatever you need!"

"I want to know, even the Five Surnames and Seven Families, who is singing against us!"

The guard was startled and half-knelt down and said, "Master, I understand!"

After saying that, he stood up and left quickly.

After he left, the angry head of the Longxi Li family began to think about the ins and outs of the matter.

First of all.

Li Shimin certainly didn't know that his own family, including the Five Surnames and Seven Families, had been planning for more than ten years.

The former heads of the Five Surnames and Seven Families spent a lot of money to conceal their identities and whereabouts when they were planning, just because they did not want the emperor of the time to know about their little moves.

They succeeded, and have maintained this routine for more than a decade.

He has been silent all this time, so Li Tang definitely doesn't know.

Moreover, during the more than ten years since the establishment of the Li Tang Dynasty, they had never paid attention to books and printing. These things had always been controlled by the five surnames and seven families, and the Li Tang royal family had never even mentioned it.

So how come a large number of books emerge at this critical juncture?

Who on earth is this expert who has such great abilities?
The head of the Longxi Li family narrowed his eyes slightly.

His brain was working quickly, thinking about any capable person around Li Shimin.

Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng…
In an instant.

A name comes to mind.

Wangyun Inn, "Qin Wenyuan"!
Recently, the character "Qin Wenyuan" suddenly appeared. I have never seen him before. Could they be related?

"Could it be that he is really the person behind Qin Wenyuan?"

The head of the Longxi Li family spoke in a deep voice, as if he was suppressing endless anger.

"Qin Wenyuan",
He had recently discovered this name from the Lu family in Fanyang.

Fanyang Lu family,

They attached great importance to that "Qin Wenyuan", as if they were devoting all their family's strength to investigate him.

This information about the Lu family's dealing with "Qin Wenyuan" was obtained by him sending secret guards to investigate.

At first, he didn't know much about "Qin Wenyuan" and didn't care even though he became famous for his poetry. After all, he was just a writer.

The reason why I keep it in mind is,
This is because of the importance attached to Fanyang Lu family.

Through Fanyang Lushi,

It doesn't matter if this is not checked, but once it is checked, a big problem will arise.

The Lu family of Fanyang actually mobilized the entire clan to thoroughly investigate a small scholar!

The disciples of Fanyang Lu family are the best in the world, but "Qin Wenyuan" is just one person, and he needs to be fully armed.

How outrageous!

"Perhaps, this was really done by someone behind Qin Wenyuan."

"Haha, Patriarch Lu, Patriarch Lu, I now understand why your Lu family is so...concerned about Qin Wenyuan."

"The Li family has a new capable helper! I just don't know who he is. He seems to be related to the ancient tomb."

"The people who are related to the ancient tomb, are they not ordinary people?"

"The path to immortality that you have been pursuing for a long time, could it be... in that ancient tomb of divine artifacts, in Qin Wenyuan?"

The head of the Longxi Li family narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then, he suddenly laughed.

The smile was sinister.

I don't know whether he was laughing out of happiness or anger.

then,

It took a long time for the head of the Longxi Li family to come back to his senses.

He picked up the copy of "The Art of War" that had fallen on the ground and opened it to read again.

When I see those punctuation marks, I feel mixed emotions.

Very complicated!
Very helpless!
Also very confused!

"The imperial examination is unstoppable."

"The great families, the poor students, and even the common people from all walks of life, could compete on the same stage in the imperial examination after the appearance of punctuation."

"Could it be that... the accumulation of our great families, some of which have accumulated wealth for thousands of years, and some for decades, is really going to be defeated by this piece of paper?"

"Several generations, or even dozens of generations of hard work, can't defeat a piece of paper in the imperial examination?"

........................

With the addition of these books by Qin Changye, the imperial examination became unstoppable.

The time has also been set; the first Tang Dynasty imperial examination will be held in three months.

During this period, people who did not have books could go to nearby schools, where there were teachers arranged by the court who specialized in teaching the contents of this book.

in addition,

The second, third, and other batches of books are also being produced overnight.

All students saw hope.

Many scholars bought books from the imperial city and spent two months studying for the exam, ready to make a big splash.

And because of the presence of the imperial city's books, not many scholars and common people visited those bookstores after they opened.

The city of Chang'an and major bookstores stored books, which became real real estate.

Imperial City.

Morning Dew Palace.

Little Sizi pouted, clasped her hands together, and walked back to the palace angrily.

"I'm so angry. Father gave my second brother such a small reward. It's like a ghost!"

"Hehe, if I had known that my bad father was so stingy, I would not have asked my second brother yesterday and would have lent A-da to my father!"

"No, Sizi will continue to go to the emperor to polish his words later. Who can we give such a small reward to?"

Little Sizi was full of resentment along the way.

After returning to the palace, he skillfully drew circles on the ground to blame Li Shimin.

at this time.

As for the Twelve Giants of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Changye delegated the power of the machinery to Xiao Sizi for control.

Little Sizi was playful by nature, so he moved them all to Chaolu Palace.

now.

The twelve giants of the Qin Dynasty stood in the Chaolu Hall, bringing great glory to the hall.

Little Sizi was also very satisfied. Now that he had twelve giants to accompany him, he would not be lonely anymore.

"What, Your Highness Xiao Sizi, you want to go to the twelve-meter giant? This is not allowed! His Majesty will not allow it, and moreover, this is too dangerous!"

"Your Highness, I hope you can take back your decision. If His Majesty knew about this, he would definitely blame me!"

The maid who was in charge of her master's food and daily life was frightened out of her wits when she heard that her master was going to climb a twelve-meter giant.

Twelve meters, that’s twelve meters!
Adults are fine.

If a small child, especially a newly weaned one, climbs up there, there is a great possibility that something might get wrong!

If something happens to Xiao Sizi, do these servants and maids still want to live?
Something completely impossible.

So we try every means to stop it.

But alas, Xiao Sizi had made up his mind.

"Oh, it's okay! I'm very powerful, if you don't believe me, come and see!"

The little Sizi waved his Qilin arm in a clever way.

No flexion in the biceps.

But still have to show.

The maid tried hard to suppress the twitching of her lips and advised again: "Your Highness Xiao Sizi, I know you are powerful, but..."

"Hehe, being powerful is enough. Okay, okay, Xiaoqin, don't worry. Sizi just went up to see the scenery that father was looking at at that time. A-da is still controlled by Sizi, so he won't be hurt."

"If you still don't believe me, then Sizi will show you a set of boxing techniques. This is what my second brother taught me. You are in for a treat!"

Little Sizi started boxing.

The appearance of those fancy moves made people even more worried.

While doing the third set of punches, he accidentally tripped himself and fell straight down, with his whole body parallel to the ground, leaving only his legs stretched straight.

“Ouch, that hurts.”

Little Sizi couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Your Highness Xiao Sizi!"

The maid Xiaoqin was frightened and hurried forward to help Xiao Sizi up.

I checked her wound and saw only a minor abrasion on her knee and no other serious injuries, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh, it's not too bad, Your Highness Xiao Sizi, you better not go up this time, I think it's still too dangerous."

"Even if we go up, General Li Junxian should accompany us."

The maid Xiaoqin tried to stop her again.

"Wow, Xiaoqin, Sizi was just careless just now, don't worry... Wait, forget it, all of you go, Sizi wants to be quiet! I won't climb up Ada anymore!"

Xiao Sizi suddenly changed his mind.

The maid Xiaoqin was a little skeptical, but Xiao Sizi insisted that she really would not go up, so she asked them to leave as soon as possible.

The princess gave an order and they dared not disobey.

soon.

They left in groups of three or four, leaving Xiao Sizi alone on the field.

"Hehe, Xiaoqin and the others have all left. Now there's no one to stop the clever Sizi!"

"However, General Li Junxian is watching outside. They will definitely tell General Li, and then he will come in. Hurry up and leave. We have to get to the top of Ah Da's head before General Li comes."

Little Sizi's eyes rolled around, and he did what he said. He immediately ran to the twelve-meter giant staircase and began to climb slowly.

It was fine at first.

But when he climbed to three meters, Xiao Sizi felt his hands a little sore.

then.

In an instant, without paying attention, my right hand loosened.

"what!"

Little Sizi's mind went blank.

The whole body fell backwards.

To fall to the ground.

however.

Just when he was halfway down, little Sizi saw an incredible advance in his backward vision.

"Oh!"

There was a sound of someone grabbing the stair railing and she held on tightly again.

"Huh? What happened? Why do I feel like someone is pushing Sizi?"

Little Sizi only had a vague idea, and looked back at the ground, but didn't see anything.

……

This!
Your Highness Xiao Sizi!
Li Junxian arrived late and saw Xiao Sizi lying on the stairs alone.

Pupils dilated!

Panicked!

Your Highness Xiao Sizi, she has just been weaned!

How could he climb the stairs that were extremely difficult for even adults to climb? If he made a mistake, Li Junxian didn't dare to think about how the Queen would punish him.

Throwing down his saber, he ran away at full speed. Li Junxian came to the bottom of the 12-meter giant with big strides, and then said to the top: "Your Highness Xiao Sizi, please come down quickly, it's too dangerous up there!"

"If you make any mistake, I...I will be blamed! Please don't move for now, I will pick you up right away!!"

Little Sizi looked down and said in a baby voice, "Ah, Li Junxian, why are you here so soon? Sizi hasn't climbed up yet. Oh~ Sizi doesn't want to go down..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Junxian had already jumped down holding her in his arms.

This is the power given to him by Empress Chang Sun, who said it in person in front of Xiao Sizi, that as long as Li Junxian thinks you are in danger, he can take action on his own.

"Wow, Li Junxian! Sizi wants to go up to Ada's place! Please, the scenery over there must be great!"

Little Sizi was busy begging for mercy.

She really wanted to look down from a height of twelve meters.

"This...I will accompany you."

"If His Royal Highness Xiao Sizi does not agree, then I will have no choice but to go to the Queen."

Li Junxian also backed down.

After all, she is Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the most beloved daughter of His Majesty and the Queen. He will only do his best to fulfill everything that Xiao Sizi wants.

"Ah, you must not look for the Queen Mother. Humph~ A lot of super simple things will be drastically changed if you look for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother will definitely not agree to let Sizi go up. You can't look for her, you can't look for her."

Little Sizi shook his hands quickly.

For this playful girl, her own mother can be said to be her natural enemy.

Sometimes even playing in the mud is not allowed.

Much more annoying than my father!
"Then... Your Highness Xiao Sizi, do you agree to my proposal?!"

Li Junxian's eyes flickered and he asked tentatively.

"Yes, thank you very much. Take Sizi up there to have a look."

Little Sizi nodded quickly.

"It's not a bother, it's not a bother. Working for His Highness Xiao Sizi is what I want to do."

Li Junxian laughed.

Her Royal Highness the Princess is quite polite. Apart from her playful nature, she is actually a very good person.

Li Junxian planned to carry Xiao Sizi on his back and wrap both of their bodies tightly with white cloth while climbing.

This would consume a lot of physical energy, but he tried it yesterday and found no problem.

As a general who can protect the Queen, he still has this ability.

Just when he was ready to climb.

As if sensing something, he turned around quickly with Xiao Sizi on his back and snorted coldly, "Who! Who is there!"

His gaze is like a sword.

He glanced at the pavilion in front of him with extreme coldness.

however.

The pavilion was silent, without any movement, as if Li Junxian had felt it was all wrong.

"Ah, Li Junxian, what's wrong?"

Little Sizi had nothing to do, so she kept swinging her little feet.

"No...it's just that I felt like there was someone nearby just now, and I guess it was a mistake."

Li Junxian smiled and shook his head, not taking it seriously.

then.

He began to climb the stairs carrying little Sizi on his back.

I wish….
It is my fault.

On the way, Li Junxian was full of worries.

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Lu family, main residence.

backyard.

today.

Something big happened.

Li Shimin got a lot of books! The imperial examination can be re-established!
Shall not.

The Five Surnames and Seven Families, the top families in the Tang Dynasty, except the Wang family of Taiyuan, gathered together again to discuss how to respond.

They were the only noble families participating this time, which also meant that the matter was extremely serious.

This matter is indeed serious.

Imperial examination!

It can give students from poor families the opportunity to enter the court.

How come their family can control most of the imperial court? !

It was because most of the officials in the court came from aristocratic families that they dared to challenge Li Shimin and even tried to make Li Shimin a puppet.

Once students from poor families enter the court, the uniqueness of the aristocratic families will no longer exist.

in fact.

Now the uniqueness is gone.

Aristocratic families control all the books in the world, and children from young families can receive a good education.

If ordinary people wanted to learn, they either had to spend a lot of money to buy books, or join a noble family as a retainer and thus be labeled by the family.

This is the uniqueness of the aristocratic family, and also the basis for their arrogance.

just now.

Li Shimin sold books at half the price and added punctuation marks to simplify the contents of the books.

foreseeable.

In the near future, the number of scholars in the Tang Dynasty will increase several times!
"Damn it, damn it! How dare Li Jia Erlang sell books like this! He doesn't know how he got to the top back then? If it weren't for our support, even if there were ten of him together, they wouldn't be able to completely control the entire Tang Dynasty! What, now that you've secured your position, you're planning to get rid of me?"

"Humph! An ungrateful bastard! As early as when he launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident and massacred all of Li Yuan's direct descendants, we can see how cold-blooded and ruthless he is! It's too late to regret. If we had known that Li Shimin would be like this, we, the Zhaojun Li family, would have chosen to support Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of the Li family!"

"Alas, it's too late now. The imperial examination has to be launched. Let's think about how to remedy the situation."

"I have thought about the remedy for a long time, but I can't think of a solution. Now that Li Jia Erlang has books with punctuation marks, there is no way that the books of our family can't be sold."

"Damn it, how could he invent punctuation?"

"...."

Except for the head of the Lu family and Lu Ning, the other family heads were very angry.

Punctuation is such a damn thing.

Which wicked person came up with this?

So terrible!
So exquisite!

So magical!

It made the original books simple and easy to understand, and also eliminated all their books.

anger!
They wanted to capture the author of the punctuation mark and the person who supplied books to Li Shimin, and have them all executed by slow slicing.

"Everyone, listen to me."

At this time, the head of the Longxi Li family stood up.

In an instant.

Several family heads stopped talking and looked at the head of the Longxi Li family.

He said, "As for the author and supplier of this book, my Longxi Li family's Tanfeng Guard has already found out who they are."

"Come up here and tell me who it is."

The head of the Longxi Li family made way, and then a masked man walked up.

"It's Qin Wenyuan, Qin Wenyuan from Wangyun Inn."

The masked man's voice was a little hoarse, as if he was disguising his original voice.

Qin Wenyuan? Who is that?
Several family heads were stunned.

Then, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang tried to probe: "The amazing person at the poetry meeting, Qin Wenyuan!"

Since his family's reputation plummeted because of this person, the head of the Zheng family was deeply impressed by Qin Wenyuan.

But he was not sure either. After all, to be able to control the affairs of books, one must at least be on the same level as aristocratic families like him, which means the power of an entire family.

Does the family behind “Qin Wenyuan” have such power?

This made him very unconvinced.

After the head of the Zheng family said this, the other heads of the families also reacted.

"It's him?"

"Unlikely?"

"If it is true, then the family behind him should not be underestimated!"

"...."

They didn't quite believe it.

The masked man nodded and said, "Master Zheng is right, it is that Qin Wenyuan!"

This!
This statement shocked everyone. They could never have imagined that such a young man had such power.

The Qin family...
Which family is this? Why haven't I heard of it before?
The head of the Zhaojun Li family narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but say, "The surname Qin... I have never heard of such a noble family. If it really exists, it has been hidden for a long time and has not been known to others. Now it has been exposed by his family member Qin Wenyuan, and we know about it. I think the head of the Qin family will be very angry if he knows about it, right?"

The head of the Qinghe Cui family snorted coldly and said unhappily, "Now we all know that this was done by the suspected Qin family. What should we do? Could it be that... we should send people to sneak into the imperial city and various colleges and burn down the mansions and books?"

The head of the Zhaojun Li family narrowed his eyes and said, "Patriarch Cui's suggestion is good. How about... we send troops to burn all these books?"

The head of the Cui family of Boling shook his head and said, "This plan is not feasible. Not to mention that the place where the book is stored is near the imperial palace, the military talent of Erlang of the Li family alone is enough to make us give up the idea of ​​using troops."

"Even though I am one of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Men, I am talented as a general, but I am far inferior to the Second Brother of the Li Family. Unless it is absolutely necessary, you must not mobilize your troops to burn the mansion."

"Not only these books cannot be moved, but Qin Wenyuan is also surrounded by many Jinwu Guards who are protecting him."

"We cannot touch Qin Wenyuan, who is suspected to be a descendant of the Qin family."

Many family heads were silent.

A big part of the reason they supported Li Shimin's ascension to the throne was that they valued Li Shimin's military capabilities. So they all knew that when it came to talking to Li Shimin about the art of war, the generals under the major families were not even worthy of carrying shoes!
Now that the place of books has been found, Li Shimin probably already thought of what would happen if their noble family mobilized troops to destroy the Chu Palace, where the books are located.

estimate….
All the places where books are stored,
Li Shimin already has countless personal soldiers, just waiting for them to fall into his trap, right?

"Damn it! Using troops to burn books is not a good method. We can't eliminate all the signs. This won't work. That won't work. Are we just going to sit back and watch Li Shimin hold the imperial examination?"

The head of the Qinghe Cui family was extremely annoyed.

The other family heads remained silent because they had no idea of ​​a solution.

The head of the Longxi Li family looked at the head of the Lu family meaningfully and asked seriously, "I wonder... Head of the Lu family, do you have any advice?"

Since entering the mansion, the head of the Lu family has been smiling, squinting his eyes, sitting there with his hands hidden in his sleeves, and not participating in any topic.

Being asked at this time.

Even if several family heads were looking at him together, he showed no reaction.

really.

You asked the wrong person.

Several family heads sighed.

Letting the Lu family come is just following the usual practice.

They didn't expect the head of the Lu family to say anything useful.

Although... the Lu family does know a lot about the Qin Wenyuan family and the ancient tomb, their entire family is now no less mysterious than the Qin Wenyuan family and the ancient tomb.

however.

Just when they were about to ignore Patriarch Lu and start discussing again, Patriarch Lu spoke.

"In this matter, the Lu family does have a way to break the impasse."

Patriarch Lu said calmly.

Although it is a very simple sentence.

but!
One stone caused a thousand waves!

Several family heads, including the head of the Longxi Li family, looked at him with fiery eyes.

"Master Lu, what do you think about the imperial examination?"

The head of the Longxi Li family asked calmly.

But inside.

I've been extremely excited!
The imperial examination is a big matter, and it concerns the survival of the entire aristocratic family. As long as there is a solution, even the slightest possibility of a solution, they will hold on to it tightly.

The head of the Lu family narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The Lu family has no way to solve the imperial examination."

The head of the Longxi Li family was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Then...what did the head of the Lu family mean just now?"

Lu Yuntian continued to talk eloquently, "Everyone, the person who tied the bell must be the one who can untie it."

"I believe that the Li family's wind-exploring guards also found out about this book. In fact, it was not Li Shimin's work, but Qin Wenyuan and Li Shimin's beloved daughter Li Mingda who found it."

"Not only that, it was Li Mingda [Little Sizi] who was bullied at the poetry gathering, so the Qin family came to her aid. She... has won the attention and protection of the Qin family."

"It can even be said that she is the bridge between the Li family and the Qin family."

"In order to prevent similar imperial examinations and poetry gatherings from being cracked by Li Shimin again, we should assassinate Princess Jinyang Li Mingda."

The words fell.

stunned!

Shock!

Can't believe it!

Stab...assassinate?

Assassinate Li Shimin's beloved daughter?

And he is only a few years old!

crazy!

This is really crazy!

What kind of person would associate recent national events with a baby who has just been weaned?

Are they too stupid, or is the Lu family too crazy?
Have your own selfish motives?

So they want to use this imperial examination to gather the power of all their families to deal with the trouble Li Mingda wants the Lu family to deal with?

(End of this chapter)