"How could the emperor have thought that a killer was suddenly needed?" In front of the imperial mausoleum, Gonggong Li came back to his senses and bowed down and asked.

"For assassination, of course." Liu Xuan said calmly, he knew that there were many unscientific peerless masters in this world, with strong martial arts, who could fly to the sky and kill people invisibly.

In Liu Xuan's memory, there were many killer organizations in this world, but what made him strange was that only they Jiuyou did not have a similar killer group.

In the battles of the past dynasties, the role of the killer group is very large, several and every empire has such a dark history, just for the reputation of the empire, the royal family basically will not be on the face of the killer organization, and the killer group in this world will not be called the killer group on the surface, once the empire hegemony is completed, the killer organization will be swept away or eliminated.

And if there is a war in the empire, the killer organization will quietly appear in the world.

Of course Liu Xuan wouldn't believe that they didn't have such a killer organization in the Nine Ghost Society.

I saw Gonggong Li hesitate for a moment and said, "Since the emperor has this ambition, the old slave can also hand over a letter to the emperor." ”

"Letters?" Liu Xuan was stunned.

"Before the death of the emperor, he instructed the old slave that if the emperor is not up to the task, forget it, and if the emperor has the ambition to be shocked, he can hand it over to the emperor." Gonggong Li took out a letter from his bosom and said, "On this letter is a list, that is, a shadow killer comparable to the old slave's martial arts, and it is also the last inheritance prepared by the emperor for the emperor. ”

Liu Xuan's heart was shocked, he took the letter, and after opening it, there were dense small characters written on it, and under careful counting, there were more than fifty.

Gonggong Li bowed and said, "This is the killer specially prepared by the emperor for the emperor back then, never used, supervised by the old slave, secretly trained, and has been cultivated since the emperor was born, and it has been twenty years now, all of which are the same age as the emperor." ”

When Liu Xuan came back, it was almost evening, and in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Liu Xuan was lying on the dragon couch, looking a little dazed.

Recalling the words of Gonggong Li, the emperor secretly adopted hundreds of fatherless and motherless babies and handed them over to Gonggong Li, and when those babies were three years old, they began extremely harsh secret training, except for basic literacy and writing, all the time was spent on assassination training, and when they grew up, there were only 50 qualified killers left.

They were scattered all over the Nine Shadows, and became an ordinary person or a figure in the rivers and lakes, or a family member of a large family.

If the emperor is incompetent, as long as the court can keep the emperor safe and healthy, the killers will have no effect, and there is no need to let the emperor know.

And if the emperor has great ambitions and has the heart to activate, fifty killers will return to Beijing at any time to stand by.

These fifty people, all of whom are among the best first-class masters in the Nine Shadows, will never show their strength or reveal their identities without the emperor's order.

took out the letter from his arms again, looked at the list on it, the names on it were all names that had never been famous in the world, and he didn't know these people, but listening to what Gonggong Li said, all the people on it knew the emperor alone.

If he meets someone above, no matter what kind of person he is, no matter what state he is in, they will definitely be on the emperor's side.

"Little Zhuangzi, do you know the list on this?" Liu Xuan glanced at Gonggong Zhuang on the side and asked.

"It's the first time I've heard of it, and I never knew that the master had said about it, this list, the slave can't read it, and now only the emperor, you and the master, know this list." Gonggong Zhuang was shocked, and hurriedly bowed his head and said respectfully.

No matter how bold he is, he doesn't dare to look at this list, this is a confidential document, except for the emperor and his master Li Gonggong, he is just a little eunuch, who can serve the emperor loyally, and can enjoy his old age like the master, he is satisfied with Xiao Zhuangzi, as for other things, he knows in his heart what he should know and what he should not know.

Liu Xuan smiled noncommittally, he now has this list in his hand, and Gonggong Li has also quietly sent a signal that within a month, all fifty killers will gather in Kyoto, and he only needs to remember the names of all the people above, and when the time comes, he will know who is available to him.

Putting away the letter closely, Liu Xuan walked towards the bedroom, with this list, he waited for a month later

A few days later, the scholars and talents from all over the Jiuyou finally ushered in the Kyoto examination, and tens of thousands of talents gathered together, which was not spectacular.

The place where students take the exam is called Gongyuan, and the examination time is two hours, a paper, and these two hours determine the fate of the candidates in the ten-year cold window.

The exam questions are different every time, and this time the question is about the general trend of the world, so to speak, the slightest carelessness may offend the court.

At noon, the exam ended, and the students in each room came out with different expressions, some full of joy, some depressed, some calm and indifferent, and some beat their chests.

After tens of thousands of students finished the exam, they waited for the announcement of the results in three days.

After receiving the papers, they will be sent to the Hallym Academy, and hundreds of Hallym Bachelors collectively corrected them, Zhang is the examiner recommended by Li De at the beginning, and in the lobby, Zhang Zheng stood on the main seat, watching hundreds of Hallym Bachelors in the lobby review the test papers.

"Lord Zhang, can this person who criticizes the national policy be too much?" At this time, a middle-aged Hanlin scholar bowed down and asked.

"It is really disrespectful to discuss national policies in vain, how can you criticize them?" At the head of the position, Zhang Zheng took a meal of tea and replied.

As soon as he heard this, the Hanlin bachelor nodded, and in desperation, put the test paper in his hand aside.

"Lord Zhang, is this bitter criticism of the princes standing up and the words of the high shock lord?" One of the Hanlin scholars stood up and said.

"Now that the emperor is a wise king, the princes dare not obey, how can there be any earthquake to the lord, it is nonsense, but." Zhang Zheng cleared his throat and said.

After thinking about it, Zhang Zhengdao said, "Anyone who is unfavorable to the Nine Shadows, or who is inappropriate for our dynasty, will be all, but the purpose of this exam is the general trend of the world, not to criticize national politics, those arrogant people, such arrogant people, even the most basic way of life is not proficient in people, what is the use of leaving knowledge?" ”

All the Hanlin scholars nodded one after another, and some sighed secretly and remained silent.

Of these tens of thousands of test papers, no one cares about that test paper at all, and the exam questions this time are too rubbing, and talented people who don't understand the way of officialdom will naturally say such wild words, which also leads to the inevitable name of falling off the list.

This is the essence of the ancient imperial examination system, full of loopholes, and can not really achieve the effect of selecting and employing talents, I don't know how much loyalty and courage have been buried in the imperial examination system like this