Tang's dining table

There were many people in Luoyang City who wanted to kill Wu Chengsi.

He Lan Minzhi felt that he had just made a start. As long as he made a start, the assassins following Wu Chengsi who wanted to kill him but did not dare to do it for various reasons should have the courage.

Helan Minzhi felt that the price he paid for Wu Chengsi's head was a little low. Those who specialized in assassination wanted the two thousand dollars, but they did not dare to do it in broad daylight.

The impulsive assassination just now was a signal to urge the killers to take action. After all, he didn't kill Wu Chengsi just now, so those killers should start taking advantage.

In just a moment, Helan Minzhi changed from a killer to a righteous righteous man. He could not let those killers take Helan Minzhi's life, and he did not want to pay two thousand dollars.

All he wanted was Wu Chengsi's name as his savior.

Therefore, he walked very quickly. At this time, the smoke after the explosion of the thunder and fire bombs had not completely dissipated. The tall war horse that Wu Chengsi was riding fell to the ground. Its stomach was exploded by the thunder and fire bombs, and its intestines were flowing. On the ground, just on the other side of the war horse, were seven or eight innocent passers-by, as well as some injured people, crawling out in panic. Wu Chengsi fell behind the war horse, screaming loudly.

He Lan Minzhi glanced at Wu Chengsi. He was very measured when he threw the thunder and fire bomb just now. With the war horse blocking him, Wu Chengsi should not be killed.

The four guards surrounded Wu Chengsi in fear and looked around for the assassin with their swords raised.

The guards were seriously injured, one of them had blood all over his face, and he didn't know whether it was his or someone else's.

A woodcutter who was watching the excitement approached the injured guards rashly with a load of firewood. The guards shouted loudly, but he seemed not to hear them and continued to approach with a smile on his face.

The guard slashed his head with a knife, but was blocked by the woodcutter with firewood. Immediately, the woodcutter's pole pierced the loose firewood like a spear and pierced the guard's abdomen.

The guard was very brave. His abdomen was pierced, but he held on for the last breath and chopped the woodcutter on the shoulder with a horizontal knife. The woodcutter screamed and was beheaded by another guard.

Helan Minzhi looked at Wu Chengsi's legs that were badly damaged by the thunder and fire bombs, and did not rush forward, because two more assassins, one on the left and one on the right, slowly approached Wu Chengsi.

One guard died, and the other three guards were like crazy tigers, refusing to let anyone get close to Wu Chengsi. However, more and more people came closer to Wu Chengsi.

Seeing the sound of knives in front of him, Wu Chengsi stopped screaming and helplessly looked at the ferocious-looking killers through the gap between the three guards.

At this moment, Wu Chengsi was not thinking about his own safety, but he inexplicably remembered the way Chang'an City managed the city's foxes and rats.

The weapons in the hands of Chang'an people are numbered, and Chang'an City only accepts numbered weapons into the city. If someone hurts someone with a numbered weapon, it will definitely not be excused by just saying that the weapon is lost.

In the past, Wu Chengsi despised Chang'an City's policy. He felt that it was meaningless. Who would use numbered weapons to commit murder? Moreover, it would not help if the weapons were numbered or not.

Now, he finally understood why Chang'an had this request. They did not seek to eliminate the killings in Chang'an City, but they just hoped to reduce the killings as much as possible.

At least the weapons that people in Chang'an City can wear during the day must be numbered, which is very effective in reducing vicious crimes.

Another guard fell on Wu Chengsi with blood spurting from his mouth. Wu Chengsi could see clearly that it was his guard Wu Xiong. In the past, he always felt that this Wu Xiong was too sneaky and unworthy to be his guard.

When Takeo's body covered his body, Wu Chengsi felt that Takeo was actually quite competent.

Seeing the blood pouring out from the bodies of his two remaining guards, Wu Chengsi leaned his head on the ground in despair. At this moment, he suddenly saw a face that he felt disgusted with.

So Wu Chengsi shouted: "Brother Helan, help me!"

Helan Minzhi nodded, roared, jumped forward, and smashed an assassin's throat with one punch. Before the assassin fell to the ground, he grabbed the horizontal knife and killed the dying assassin with a backhand knife.

Carrying the two assassin corpses to cover Wu Chengsi's body, Helan Minzhi joined the battle group with a smile.

He Lan Minzhi, who fought in the rebel army, protected Wu Chengsi behind him, and those improvised assassins could no longer take a step forward.

Not only that, Helan Minzhi can also come and go freely in the light of swords and shadows, and can take away one or two assassins in every raid.

As the bad guys from Luoyang swarmed in, the leader of the assassin shouted and turned around to run away. However, Helan Minzhi did not allow him to escape and threw out the horizontal knife in his hand. The horizontal knife was like a rotating guillotine, and finally it was firmly embedded in the On the back of the assassin leader's neck, he ran forward two steps and fell to the ground.

With just this delay, the other assassins disappeared without a trace.

The two injured guards could no longer hold up and fell to the ground with a thud. Helan Minzhi walked over with a smile, as if he wanted to help the two seriously injured guards, but unexpectedly, the small knife in his left hand quickly struck their chests. Seven or eight violent stabs.

The two guards had disbelieving looks in their eyes, staring at Helan Minzhi before he fell to the ground and died.

He Lan Minzhi chuckled lightly, removed the corpse covering Wu Chengsi's body, and said to Wu Chengsi, who had a sallow face: "A certain He Lan Minzhi, for the sake of our relationship, draw your sword to help, but thank you The etiquette cannot be omitted, what does Marquis Wenshui think?"

Although Wu Chengsi's arm was blocked by armor and had no external injuries, Helan Minzhi's previous blow used all his strength, causing his arm that was protected by the armor to break.

Hearing what He Lan Minzhi said, Wu Chengsi said: "I know who you are. When this matter is settled, I will personally come to thank you."

Helan Minzhi laughed loudly and said: "In this case, a certain family will sweep the bed and wait for it."

After that, he swaggered away from the scene of the incident.

A moment later, Wu Sansi arrived on horseback after receiving the news. Seeing Wu Chengsi's legs still bleeding, he asked, "Who did this?"

Wu Chengsi endured the severe pain and said, "We don't know, but one day the truth will come out."

Wu Sansi supported his brother and gritted his teeth and said, "We must find out."

Wu Chengsi said: "Then let's investigate He Lan Minzhi first."

Wu Sansi said in surprise: "Didn't he save his brother?"

Wu Chengsi said: "Without He Lan Minzhi's help in this assassination, I would not have survived."

Wu San thought: "Do we still need to investigate?"

Wu Chengsi said: "We must investigate, and we must investigate him first."

"why?"

"Because I have been thinking about it for a long time and can't think of anyone who would assassinate me in Luoyang."

"But you were wearing underwear when you went out today."

"That's because we are close to Yunchu... plus someone died just this morning."

By the afternoon, no one in Luoyang city knew about Wu Chengsi's assassination.

The Queen's nephew Wenshui Hou was assassinated, and the whole city of Luoyang was in a state of excitement. The City Guards, Luoyang Order, Dali Temple, and Baiqisi quickly took action and quickly figured out the reason for Wu Chengsi's assassination.

Someone is spending two thousand guan to kill Wenshui Marquis Wu Chengsi.

Luoyang is the place with the most assassins in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is also the gathering place for assassins in the entire Tang Dynasty.

In the past, the Yun family also had an assassin organization in Luoyang, but it gradually disappeared after Xue Changfeng went to Japan.

However, Yunchu still knew very well about the news in Luoyang.

After Yun Chu learned that He Lan Minzhi was involved in the assassination of Wu Chengsi, he said gently to the left minister of the Tang Dynasty household department who lived in his house: "It must be He Lan Minzhi who did it."

Gentle said: "He Lan Minzhi is in decline now, why did he kill Wu Chengsi?"

Yun Chu tapped the table with his hand and said: "I was frivolous and crazy when I was young, but now everything is over. People like him naturally want to stand up again, but a tiger is a tiger. Even if the tiger falls to Pingyang, it can still survive after eating a few people." It’s not a big deal.”

Gentle said: "Since you mentioned He Lan Minzhi, shouldn't you also pay attention to Xu Jingye?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "No need...it has already been lost to everyone."

Wen Wen nodded. In the past, the British Duke's House was unparalleled. Nowadays, its talents are withering very miserably. Li Chengxiu hasn't grown up yet. The few bastards who stayed in the British Duke's Palace have almost destroyed the power of the British Duke's Palace.

Xu Jingye also gradually withered from a warlord in charge of power to a robber leader.

Over the years, the old nobles have withered badly. The emperor is just waiting for these old guys to die one by one, and then immediately rearranges the titles. Now, it's almost done.

The influence of Li Shimin's Zhenguan Dynasty on Li Zhi's Tang Dynasty is about to disappear completely, and the entire Tang Dynasty is now like Li Zhi's.

Yun Chu didn't want to stay in Luoyang and waste time. He felt very bad here and always had a sense of frustration that his time was wasted.

Since the last time he beat up those officials, he has been an absolutely isolated existence in Luoyang. Although he has a high position and power, not many people are willing to get close to him.

However, he is still waiting. After Yun Jin fully obtains the emperor's approval, he will return to Chang'an and continue the work of building Chang'an.

As for the assassination of Wu Chengsi, Yun Chu felt that it was a small matter and would even be beneficial to him in taking the Wu brothers to Chang'an.

Therefore, Yun Chu knew that the murderer was 80% He Lan Minzhi, but because there was no further evidence, he did not mention He Lan Minzhi when he visited the injured Wu Chengsi.

"Junhou, why do you want to kill me now?" Wu Chengsi hung one arm and leaned on Jin Tao and asked Yun Chu who came to visit him.

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Congratulations to Marquis Wenshui, you have finally changed from an insignificant person to a thorn in others' eyes. I heard that the secret flower that took your life was two thousand strings, which is amazing.

A certain family only has 500 guan, which is far less than Wenshui Hou. "

Wu San thought: "The old pious lady of the royal family of Zhao County will take the five hundred hidden flowers seriously?"

Yun Chu asked: "Who paid for the two thousand guan hidden money?"

Wu Sansi thought: "There is a merchant named Zhao Yuanli. However, he is dead and the two thousand hidden flowers are missing. It seems that this person is just a cover."

Yun Chu nodded and said to Wu Chengsi: "It's better to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. The medical treatment in Luoyang is not good."

Wu Chengsi said with a gloomy expression: "Unless I find the murderer who murdered me, I will have trouble sleeping and eating."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "In the past, you brothers jumped out of Chang'an and looked back at Chang'an, and finally succeeded. I think you brothers should jump out of Luoyang now and look back at Luoyang. You will find that many things that are puzzling will be clear. Exposed in front of you.”

Wu San thought: "Your Majesty, do you think our brothers should jump between Chang'an and Luoyang?"

Yun Chu pulled up the blanket for Wu Chengsi and said, "This is the process of learning."

After sending Yun Chu away, Wu Sansi returned to Wu Chengsi and asked, "Could it be Yun Chu who forced us to leave Luoyang?"

Wu Chengsi looked at Wu San and thought: "How did you go about checking He Lanmin?"

Wu San thought: "At the time of the incident, He Lan Minzhi just met by chance."

Wu Chengsi said: "I have never believed in chance encounters now. A group of assassins are all killers with no foundation, and there is no one who can find the hidden secret. But he, Helan Minzhi, appeared in the right place at the right time. Place. Do you believe this is a coincidence?"

Wu Sansi frowned and said, "Is it really not Yun Chu who did it?"

Wu Chengsi said: "Absolutely not. He might have been so sinister when he was young, but not now."

Wu Sansi asked in confusion: "Why?"

"Because it's unnecessary. His plans are big, and small conspiracies will only do bad things and won't make it to the table."

"Brother, are we going to Chang'an?"

"Go, when you get to Chang'an, look back at what we have done in Luoyang over the years, and review the gains and losses."

He Lan Minzhi never waited for Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi to come to express his thanks.

So, he came to Wu Chengsi's mansion again and prepared to ask to see Wu Chengsi.

It's a pity that the new doorman still didn't help with the report after taking his money.

He Lan Minzhi stood under the big locust tree in front of the Wu family's residence and waited for another day. He did not wait for Wu Chengsi's summons, but only waited for the news that Wu Chengsi was going to Chang'an to serve as the Chang'an Order.

When September arrived, Wen Huan, Di Guangsi, and Li Chengxiu happened to be in Luoyang, so they took the opportunity to participate in a scientific examination.

This scientific examination is fundamentally different from previous scientific examinations. Although the methods of name anonymity and paper copying have begun to be used, cheating methods are always more advanced than prevention.

Wen Huan and the three of them became the new Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty fifteen days later without any surprise.

One is second, one is sixth, and one is eighth, all rankings are very good.

There was nothing that could be done about it. One was that the three of them were very knowledgeable. Furthermore, the person who set the examination questions was Prince Li Hong, and the examiner who marked the papers was also Prince Li Hong.

It was no problem for Li Hong to find his three junior brothers from the more than 300 examination papers. The main reason was that compared with other people's papers, the way the three of them described, explained, and extended things was so unique. .

Pei Xingjian disliked this kind of scientific examination which was almost child's play. He went to court for several days and was determined to reform the scientific examination. Among them, the most important one was to reform the marking officers... instead of one person making the decision, it was changed to multiple People criticize red, and the one who criticizes more red wins.

In this regard, Yunchu felt that Pei Xingjian was right. He also felt that Li Hong's attitude towards the scientific examination was too childish.

"This is not a child's play for disciples, but there is a problem with the examination questions. Reading, policy analysis, and poetry are too biased to determine talents.

Therefore, among the more than 300 papers selected by the examiners, there are not many papers that can make the disciples' eyes shine. The papers of Wen Huan, Guang Si, and the three students who are studying are very informative and can penetrate the truth. Things were explained clearly and the disciples felt comfortable watching.

If it weren't for the worries of the officials, the disciple would be prepared to give one, two, and three to three of them. "

Li Hong didn't care much about the accusations from Yunchu. All he could think about now was how to reform the scientific examination. However, the reform in his mind was far from Pei Xingjian's reform of the scientific examination.

My 80-year-old mother fell down at night and broke her femur...I have been very unlucky recently, nothing good has happened, I hope I can survive it.