Yang Guang, the second emperor of Sui, killed his father and brother, bullied his mother and sister, tyranny was rampant, and heaven and man were angry. Under its rule, the four seas were in turmoil, and Jiuzhou was restless. In March 618, Emperor Yang of Sui was strangled to death by his most favored Xu Guogongyu Culture and Yu Jiangdu. At the same time, Li Yuan, the king of Tang in Taiyuan Prefecture, had already raised troops in the state, led the people to attack Chang'an, and established Yang Yu, the grandson of Yang Guang, the emperor of Sui Yang and the third son of Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, as Emperor Gong of Sui. After receiving the news that Yang Guang was killed, Tang King Li Yuan deposed Yang Yu, proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the name of the country to "Tang". Soon after, the thirty-six heroes of Wagangzhai who worshiped in Jialiulou threw themselves under the command of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and since then the Tang Dynasty has been invincible.

In May of the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, led his troops to capture Luoyang City, and the two brothers Huaizhu and Huaiyu were fortunate to meet Li Jing of Sanyuan and worshiped him as a teacher. After General Li's guidance, the two learned another set of military techniques.

The so-called: "There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck." "On the full moon night of August 15 of this year, when the Li family returned to the house to rest after enjoying the moon in the upper and lower courtyards, a fire suddenly fell from the sky, and all the buildings and stables of the Li family were set on fire. The two sons and their mother and Li Hong's housekeeper escaped from the fire and survived, while Li Yinglong and dozens of servants and maids suffered misfortunes and were burned to ashes by the fire. All the properties of the Li family were engulfed in the fire, and the gold and silver that were only snatched in the sea of fire were stolen by Li Hong's housekeeper. After three consecutive years of drought, the Li family's mother and son are now poor and miserable.

One day in November of the sixth year of Wude, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan hung a curtain crown on his head, covered with an embroidered dragon robe, stepped on goose yellow boots, and sat on the dragon chair in the middle of the Taiji Palace, and was congratulated by hundreds of officials.

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Xiangyun Lost Phoenix Pavilion, Ruiqi Cover Dragon Tower. The cold smoke and willows whisk the basket flag, and the dew palace flowers welcome the sword halberd. In the shadow of heavenly fragrance, jade swallows beads and gathers Danqi; In the sound of fairy music, embroidered jackets and brocade clothes help the royal driver. Pearl curtain roll, cash on the golden palace; The phoenix feathers fanned open, and the treasure stopped in front of the white jade steps. The faint whip sounded three times, and the layers of civil and military were in unison.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's face was pale, he looked at the civil and military officials, and said with a smile: "Everyone, Aiqing, there is something that always makes me forget to sleep and eat, and it is very difficult to feel at ease, I want to discuss it with you." ”

Protector Xu Maogong bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me something." ”

The Son of Heaven said: "Since ancient times, it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country." Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have conquered the Quartet against the king and pacified a war. However, the Northern Turks have repeatedly violated our borders and are eyeing our Tang Dynasty; The Shezhou Assassin made Niu Jianguang's rebellious heart obvious, but he could not suppress it for many reasons. pressure, sooner or later is a hidden danger; Shandong Shangguan Yunpan has been in Erlong Mountain for a long time, and has been repeatedly conquered, and there are endless troubles in the future; The country of Annan is becoming stronger and stronger, and it is an enemy rather than a friend, and it also has the intention of offending China. ”

Shangshu's right servant shot Pei Lin out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about state affairs, you should focus on the dragon body!" If you have any worries or important things, you can leave them to the ministers! ”

Without waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak, Shang Shu's left servant shot Xiao Yu had already guessed his thoughts, and asked, "Your Majesty, you said that the Tang Dynasty is in danger, so what do you think should be done?" ”

The Son of Heaven said: "The border passes need to be guarded, and the localities need to be governed, and now these civil and military generals in the DPRK and China are obviously not enough to distribute." If the country wants to consolidate and develop, it must have the help of thousands of good ministers and brave generals. I wanted to open a scientific examination and invite Xuantian scribes to go to Beijing to take the examination, so as to select young talents from all over the world to contribute to the country; Then set up a big ring, recruit heroes from all over the world, come to be soldiers, and be named military attachés in order of martial arts. ”

The crown prince washed the horse and Wei Zheng came out of the class and said: "Long live the wisdom and martial arts, and the far-sightedness, it is really the blessing of the society and the subjects!" As long as thousands of young talents, heroes and heroes are selected, and they are given an official and a half-post, then Wen can govern the country and the country, and Wu can sweep away internal troubles! ”

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan saw that the ministers had no objections, and when the descent was aimed at posting the imperial list of scientific examinations in various prefectures and counties, he invited the world's sons to enter Beijing in turn to take the examination according to the order of the scientific examination.

On the sixteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Wude, the eastern capital was in Luoyang City.

The streets are bustling with people, traffic, and bustling. Traders and traders shouted incessantly, and pedestrians gathered in groups, talking to each other and smiling. Since the fireworks festival had just passed last night, the streets were lit up and colorful. At this time, a noble son came to East Street. This person has a high bun, a pink and white tender face is dotted with thick eyebrows and big eyes, hooked nose, sharp-beaked monkey gills, and two rows of jagged mouse teeth in his mouth, he looks to be in his twenties, he is a medium height, not too tall, wearing a blue round-necked embroidered tiger gown, a jade belt around the waist, a scented bag inside, a piece of colored spike jade hanging under the ribs, leather boots on his feet, a folding fan in his hand, and a small song when he walks. He carried a sword-holding warrior beside him, with a slender figure, wearing a crown of Peng's wings, his face was purple-red, his eyebrows were full of murderous aura, he was wearing a gray robe, and his back was draped in a black embroidered Peng cloak. They were followed by ten strong men, all of whom seemed to be the family members of the noble son.

The noble son said to the family: "Little ones, take whatever you like, and grab whatever you want!" The whole east is mine, so you don't need to be afraid. Hehe, if you see a beautiful girl, hurry up and get married! ”

With the owner as a backer, the family no longer worried, and unscrupulously began to rob, grab, fall, and smash the roadside stalls.

The noble son looked around, but saw an old man walking on West Street, carrying a beautiful girl beside him. The noble prince was overjoyed, and shouted: "Little ones, go and bring the little beauty in front of you to take a look!" ”

The prodigal children who often rob the people's daughters, and their ability to search for beauties in the crowd is often better than ordinary people.

The evil slaves took the master's order, and stepped forward to pull the girl with the belt.

The girl's frightened soul flew into the sky and cried bitterly.

The old man saw that his daughter was taken away, and he was helpless, so he was so anxious that he let out a cry of grief: "Help, one by one, street visitors, save my daughter one by one..."

People saw the father and daughter crying heartbreakingly, but they could only shed tears of sympathy, watching them sad and afraid to speak.

The noble prince stroked the girl's pretty face and said, "Little beauty, raise your head and let the master watch!" ”

The girl raised her head and begged bitterly: "Childe, woo...... Please spare me? Woohoo......"

"Spare you? Who will spare you to help me relieve my loneliness? The noble prince waved his hand in a demonic voice and said, "Quickly bring the little beauty back to the house!" With that, he turned around and left.

"You herds, let go of my daughter! I'll fight with you......" The old man was eager to save the girl, and rushed to the noble son.

Several family members grabbed the old man and threw him to the ground.

The noble prince closed the folding fan, waved his hand and said, "Take this old immortal back to the house too!" ”

"Slow ......"

The noble prince and the family members and the crowd of onlookers all turned their eyes to the place where the voice was spoken.

It turned out that the person who spoke was a tall and broad man, with a straight nose and a square mouth, two sword eyebrows crossed above a pair of round tiger eyes, unusually ragged clothes, and a heroic personality. Behind him was a scholar with a scarf on his head, a beautiful face, and very tattered clothes. Strangely, these two men look exactly the same; The only difference is that the strong man is unusually strong, full of arrogance, and full of charisma, while the scholar is weak and chic, innocent. These two people are not Huaizhu Huaiyu, or who are they?

The noble prince turned around and opened the folding fan, and said proudly: "Boy, I advise you not to meddle in your affairs, and run away from your life before the master is angry!" ”

Li Huaizhu looked at the noble son and said with a smile: "Haha... Escape? Your grandfather, I don't know how to write the word "escape!" I advise you to let that girl go quickly, otherwise don't blame the uncle's men for being ruthless! ”

The noble prince frowned and asked, "Boy, who are you?" ”

Li Huaizhu hugged his fists and said: "Ye Xing will not change his name, and he will not change his surname, it is Li Huaizhu of Lijiazhai in the north of the city." ”

The noble prince said contemptuously: "Hmph, it turned out to be a poor ghost in the north of the city." Boy, I see that you are lifting a grinding plate to hit the moon, and you don't know the height of the sky! Do you know who you are? Say it for fear of scaring you. He deliberately sniffed and continued: "I am Duan Hu, the son of Yin Duan Baiqing, the capital of Luozhou. ”

Li Huaizhu said: "It turned out to be the son of the prefect!" Then why don't you read poetry and books at home and gain fame, but here you do evil and rob people's daughters? ”

Duan Hu said angrily: "What do you have to do with it? Break this kid's hands and feet, little ones! ”

More than a dozen strong men quickly surrounded Li Huaizhu in the center, shook off their vicious fists and smashed them at him.

The scholars in the crowd turned pale with fright and were frightened.

Unexpectedly, if Li Huaizhu had divine help, he punched out his fists together, beat all the strong men to the ground, and rolled to the ground and shouted.

"It seems that this poor boy is still a practitioner! Master Deng, you help me take that kid's head off! Duan Hu said to the sword-hugging warrior.

The man took a few steps forward, and made a gesture of wanting to draw his sword.

Li Huaizhu clenched his fists and asked, "What do you call Your Excellency?" ”

The man said: "Under Deng Yupeng." ”

Li Huaizhu's heart was shocked, and he said: "Five years ago, I heard from the monk that there was a Peng demon in the rivers and lakes, under the pseudonym Deng Yupeng, who took the life of a man in his prime, could it be this person?" He asked fiercely: "Could it be that you are the legendary purple-faced Yama Deng Yupeng who kills people without blinking?" ”

Deng Yupeng snorted coldly: "Not bad." If I teach anyone to die in the third watch, that person will not live more than the fifth watch. ”

"A thief like you who kills people and kills people and does all kinds of evil will be punished by everyone." Li Huaizhu took out a meteor hammer from his waist as he spoke.

Deng Yupeng drew his sword and slashed it forward, as fast as lightning, and slashed at the top of Li Huaizhu's head. Li Huaizhu dodged and hit the meteor hammer with his hand. The hammer and sword collided, and a dazzling spark burst out with a "ding". The two of them fought more than 50 moves in a row, and the weapons of both sides "clanged".

The onlookers saw that the battle between the two was very fierce, but they were afraid of hurting their own lives, so they scattered in all directions. Li Huaiyu couldn't rest assured that his eldest brother couldn't bear to leave, so he hid in a corner and watched the battle.

saw Li Huaizhu throw his arm and make a move "Meteor Catching the Moon" and smashed the opponent's left head. Deng Yupeng danced his sword and made a move "White Crane Bright Wings", set up a meteor hammer, and his left palm came out, smashing Li Huaizhu's right waist. Li Huaizhu said in his heart: "This guy wants to cut off the descendants of the Li family, how poisonous is it? He swung his right palm into a move "Axe Splitting Huashan", and directly slashed the opponent's left wrist bone. Deng Yupeng saw that the strong wind was close to his left wrist, and if he was a little slow to change his moves, he would have the disaster of breaking his arm, so he turned his palm into a finger and poked the back of Li Huaizhu's palm. Li Huaizhu's right arm secretly used mana, shook the opponent's two fingers, shook his left hand, and the meteor hammer "exhaled" around the back of Deng Yupeng's head. Deng Yupeng hunched his waist, flashed to the side like a ghost, and quickly fled. Li Huaizhu made a big spin in the air, flicked the hammer on the ground, and saw a powerful wave of air rolling up a row of floor tiles, "swishing" and chasing Deng Yupeng as he escaped. Deng Yupeng was horrified, turned into smoke and floated onto the roof of a restaurant, waved several swords in a row, and shot several cold air from Li Huaizhu's chest and abdomen. Li Huaizhu jumped left and right to dodge every energy, flew to the roof of the house, and fought with Deng Yupeng again. Li Huaizhu was afraid that the battle would be too long, and the other party's transfer of reinforcements would be unfavorable to the second brother, so he had to fight quickly. He unleashed his life's work, hammering and pressing, and his moves were fatal, and Deng Yupeng suddenly felt that the pressure doubled. As the saying goes, as soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. Deng Yupeng obviously felt that his martial arts were inferior to Li Huaizhu, but he was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and it was even difficult to stop. Fifty rounds later, the two of them fought fast and fast, all the way from the roof to the ground, Deng Yupeng was powerless, he was hammered in his chest, and suddenly felt a burst of fishy sweetness in his throat, "wow" spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were black, he fell to the ground, and a pair of huge wings faintly appeared on both sides.

Li Huaizhu said coldly: "It turns out that you are really the Peng demon, I will kill you to eliminate the harm for the people......" He was just about to take out the hammer, but the Peng demon turned into smoke and fled.

Duan Hu saw Li Huaizhu's victory, his body trembled violently with fright, and he had just turned around with the ten evil slaves who were struggling to get up, but he heard Li Huaizhu suddenly shout: "Where are you going to go?" ”

Duan Hu was so frightened that he asked in a trembling voice, "...... you What do you want? ”

Li Huaizhu raised his fist and wanted to smash it, but the frightened Duan Hu knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Li Huaizhu said: "I will leave your dog life for the time being, if you dare to bully men and women in the future and harm Li Min, your master Li will never be spared!" ”

Duan Hu led his family to the east.

The old man and the girl knelt down and kowtowed to Li Huaizhu three times, and said: "Thank you for the great grace of the hero for saving his life, the little old man's surname is Zhang Ming's kindness, this is my righteous daughter Shangguan Yu, my father and daughter have nothing to repay." ”

Li Huaizhu helped the father and daughter up and persuaded them to go home as soon as possible to avoid further incidents. Mr. Zhang agreed, and then took his daughter home. Li Huaizhu turned around and picked up the second brother who was trembling all over his body, and walked towards South Street.