Next month is the eighteenth birthday of the noble concubine Mo Ruoyan, and the emperor selects those who can sing and dance well to celebrate the concubine from all over the country.

Yiyang County, Wuhe County, Meida Village.

A young man was beaten and scolded by his father, and all kinds of singing props bought by the young man were wantonly thrown away by his father, and his father hated Tie Cheng and scolded: "Waste, how can Lao Tzu have you, a waste son, fiddling with these useless things all day long." ”

"It's just that you think it's useless, I think it's useful, why should you throw it away. The young man was not convinced.

The father took a stick and whipped it on his relatives in the past year, and scolded: "Can these things be eaten as food, if you don't farm with me, you won't be able to starve to death in the future." ”

"What will happen to me has nothing to do with you, farming, planting for a lifetime is also the life of a poor ghost. The young man replied with dissatisfaction to his father.

"Rebel, you ......" The father was angry and continued to beat his son.

But the son grabbed his father's stick and said, "I will support myself on my own, and you will regret it." ”

After that, the young man picked up the instruments and wrapped them in a package and left, and his father scolded loudly: "Rebel, don't come back if you leave, even if you starve to death, Lao Tzu will not care about you." ”

The young man is called Wu Wenming, since he was a child, he followed his rich relatives to the city to watch the opera performance, and he fell in love with singing and performing, and his father often reprimanded him for not doing his job, but in Wu Wenming's view, the so-called business is to farm day and night, but who in this world is developed by farming, if the emperor is honest and does not go to war, how can the human race dominate the world, and the field that has been planted for a lifetime can only be used as slaves for the gentry and old men, and there was a disaster that day, and he had to sell his children and daughters, so he was not miserable, his father was a fool, and he was willing to farm for the gentry and old men to be a poor ghost for a lifetime, and he didn't want to be the same as his father in the future, I want to soar, I also want to live the life of a master, why is the master always a master, a slave will always be a slave, I will never be reconciled.

Wu Wenming, who was wandering the streets of the county seat, suddenly saw a new notice posted on the billboard. Take a look at it, the content of it made him ecstatic, the emperor held a song banquet, if he can be valued by His Majesty, he will never have to live this kind of bitter life in the future, but if you want to perform and sing in front of the emperor, you must first pass the county exam, then pass the county exam, and then go to Nanyang to pass the assessment of the royal musician, and finally only the top ten are eligible to perform for Your Majesty on the stage. I will definitely do it, Wu Wenming cheered himself up. But he was penniless, he didn't even have the money to travel, and even if he passed the exam, he couldn't go to Nanyang, and Wu Wenming was suddenly a little depressed.

"Are you going to take the dance music exam? Then a girl in tattered clothes came up.

"Yes. ”

"I'm still a little rich, let's take the exam together, let's work together, you are responsible for singing, and I am responsible for dancing. ”

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A month later, on the outskirts of Nanyang County, Wu Wenming and a girl named Qiu Xiaoyu passed the exams, and finally came to Nanyang, walking on the edge of the suburban fields, Wu Wenming saw a group of eagle-headed demon clans whipping the peasants, urging the peasants to work, seeing this scene, Wu Wenming was a little incredulous, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, these demon clans dared to bully the people of the human race so much.

After the demon clan with the eagle head and the human body rested in the house, Wu Wenming pulled an old farmer and said: "Uncle, what's going on, Nanyang is the capital of Great Chu, the city of the Son of Heaven, the foundation of the hegemony of the human emperor back then, how could any demon clan dare to be so arrogant." ”

"Hey, these demon clans were all taken in by His Majesty, and they are specially managed by us farmers. The old farmer replied.

"However, why does Your Majesty use a group of demon clans to manage the people. Qiu Xiaoyu suddenly interjected and asked.

"Loyalty, in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, there is no human race and demon race, only loyalty and disloyalty, the demon race is more obedient than us, more loyal to Your Majesty than us, and naturally more reused by Your Majesty. The old farmer complained.

"Our Great Chu Kingdom is a first-class master, a second-class official, a third-class demon and a fourth-class ghost, and we are poor ghosts, and if we can live, it will already be Your Majesty's grace," the old farmer mocked.

"This ......" Wu Wenming was a little speechless, and wanted to say something, but Xiaoyu next to him pulled him not to do much, and participating in the song banquet was the top priority.

In a low-grade inn in Nanyang County, Wu Wenming sang all kinds of songs repeatedly, only the last level was missing, as long as he passed the assessment of the music official, he would be able to show his face in front of His Majesty, in case he was valued by His Majesty, I would also be a rich gentry in the future. At this time, the door was opened, and I saw Xiaoyu wearing a beautiful new dress, Xiaoyu had been wearing torn clothes before, and he didn't see where he was beautiful, but at this time, he showed his beauty to the fullest, Wu Wenming couldn't help but speak: "Xiaoyu, you are so beautiful." ”

"Ah...... Oh" Xiao Yu didn't react to how Wu Wenming could suddenly say this, but still said: "Don't care if I'm beautiful or not, you quickly change into the new clothes I bought for you, be familiar with the new musical instrument I bought for you, and you can't wear this kind of patched tattered clothes in front of Your Majesty." ”

In a corner of the slum, a masked man said to the man beside him: "When the celebration begins, you will take this invitation to the VIP table, and then assassinate the emperor, and after the deed is done, we will help you to make them prosperous and rich." ”

The man nodded, he was poor, his mother was seriously ill again, and his sister was about to starve to death, so it was also a good choice to exchange his life for the rest of his family's life.

At this time, Li Xingmeng, who was playing on the street, strayed here because he got lost, and was surprised when he heard the conversation between the two: "Wow, you actually want to assassinate Your Majesty." ”

"Who!" exclaimed the masked man.

Seeing that it was just a little girl, the masked man took out a dagger and wanted to kill her, but the man on the side grabbed him: "She's just a child, forget it." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, our plans must not be exposed. The masked man said angrily.

Seeing that Gu Nan wanted to kill himself, Li Xingmeng ran away, the masked man sneered, and was about to chase after him, when the starry sky suddenly appeared and said to Li Xingmeng: "Xiao Meng'er, don't run blindly in the future, Sister Qian thought I lost you, and I was almost killed." ”

Then seeing the mask man holding the dagger, Xingkong was startled, and was accidentally stabbed in the arm by the mask man's dagger, Xingkong hurriedly shouted: "Brother Tie, save me." ”

At this time, Tie Zhen appeared and knocked the masked man unconscious with a punch, and the man who followed the masked man was also knocked unconscious by Tie Zhen and taken away.

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"So, you were commissioned by several great families of the Chu State to assassinate the emperor?" Qian had already interrogated some information.

"The girl spares her life, this is all his plan, and it has nothing to do with me. The man knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Sister Qian, he is really innocent, and he wants to help me, let him go. Li Xingmeng reminded.

Qian nodded, let the man go, and gave the man a few pieces of gold from the masked man's body and said, "Take good care of your family." ”

After the man left, Qian continued to interrogate, "Tell me, why did those families do this. ”

The masked man ignored him, his attitude was very tough, and when he saw this, Xingkong said: "You dare to be so arrogant after stabbing my arm, Brother Tie, clean him up." ”

Seeing that Tie Zhen was about to hit himself with that terrible fist again, the masked man was a little scared, so he said tremblingly: "Because the adults are dissatisfied with the position of celebrant and want to kill the emperor, and then support the new emperor to abolish the post of celebrant eunuch." ”

"Is that all?" asked Dao Sheng.

"The concubine Mo Ruoyan also participated, and several adults promised that as long as the emperor was killed, the Mo family forces of the Xiapi Chamber of Commerce would infiltrate the Chu State and control part of the economic lifeline of the Chu State. The masked man replied truthfully.

Qian just wanted to ask, but the masked man preemptively said more things: "In fact, the concubine's real surname is Dongfang, and she is the sister of the general Dongfang Yu, when she was young, the Dongfang family was friendly with the Mo family, so she was raised by the Mo family and changed to the surname Mo, in fact, Dongfang Yu has always been reluctant to accept the eldest princess One of the important reasons is that she has always had inexplicable feelings for her sister. ”

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At the celebration, the magnates and riches, talented and beautiful people of the Chu State gathered, Wu Wenming and Qiu Xiaoyu walked nervously towards the stage, they were the first to perform, Wu Wenming saw the emperor and sat in the front position.

"Like a dream, like a dream, return by the weathered butterfly, the snow falls around my body, the soft and light dill has no trace, I meet each other's private bodies, turn into the waves of the river, I wish to win the heart of a person, and enjoy the flowers and the full moon together. ”

Accompanied by Wu Wenming's elegant voice, Xiaoyu danced, and everyone listened to it as if they were fascinated. The emperor personally met with the two, and Wu Wenming felt that his opportunity to soar had finally come. Sure enough, the emperor was overjoyed to canonize Wu Wenming and Qiu Xiaoyu as the court musicians of the Chu State.

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In the main hall, considering that the emperor really favored the concubine too much, Dao Sheng only told the emperor about the assassin's conspiracy, and the emperor said indifferently: "I think those people did it, what do you think, sir?"

Dao Sheng knew that this was asking himself how to limit the power of the family and consolidate the imperial power, so he replied: "It is not enough to have a celebrant and a celebrant supervisor, and it is necessary to establish the post of transfer envoy. ”

The emperor wondered, "What is a transfer envoy?"

Dao Sheng replied truthfully: "The operation of grain is decided by the front-line generals, but most of the front-line generals are from families, if the post of the transfer envoy can be established, and the power of grain and grass operation can be handed over to the transfer envoy, the soldiers and food are not the same, then they dare not rebel, secondly, the transfer envoy can also be responsible for the transfer of the tax money collected by the whole country, skipping the layers of deduction of officials at all levels." ”

Several members of the family on the side looked at Dao Sheng with gloomy faces, a few days ago they were still discussing the Taoist scriptures with Dao Sheng, talking and laughing, as if they had not seen friends for many years, but now they were like killing their father's enemies. On the contrary, Mo Xingzhu, who had always been at odds with Dao Sheng before, smiled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible. ”

Hearing this, several ministers were also dumbfounded, not long ago, they and others were ready to join forces with the Mo family to harm the emperor, and now, for their own interests, Mo Xingzhu sold the family in a blink of an eye, the reason why Mo Xingzhu agreed to set up a transfer envoy is nothing more than to let his forces be placed in the oily and watery post of the transfer envoy, the emperor is very jealous of the family, and it is impossible to let the people of the family serve as the transfer envoy, so if the transfer envoy is set up, only the people who can serve as the Xiapi Chamber of Commerce can be served.