Early in the morning, more than three hours had passed since last night's assassination, and under the cleaning of the officials and the arrester, the ruins of the collapsed inn were also cleared out, and the bodies of the two disciples of the Sword Gate who were assassinated were found, and a corpse of unknown origin was also found.

All kinds of rumors spread quickly in the state city, some people said it was a vendetta, some people said it was a robbery, but everyone knew that this matter would not be good.

The disciple of Jianmen was assassinated in the state city, and the face of Jianmen could not be hung up, and he would definitely dig three feet into the ground to find out the murderer behind the scenes.

The government in the state city is also angry, whether it is the county seat or the state town, it is forbidden for monks to fight in the city, and it is also a despicable act of assassination, which is simply challenging the bottom line of the government, if this matter is not dealt with, there will be more and more such things in the future, and the people's panic is secondary, and the majesty and face of the government are put there.

At the same time, the people in the inn were also placed under house arrest, and every detail was not spared.

Lu Yu and the three of them were also interrogated by the government several times, and they were strictly ordered not to leave for a few days, and the angry Xu Xia jumped to his feet.

However, Lu Yu and Xia Yueming had no problem moving because of their injuries, so they had no opinion on this.

The government did not go too far, and sent the best healing medicine to the injured, which can be regarded as a kind of comfort and compensation.

"Isn't this easy?"

Xu Xia drank wine and ate meat, and said with a cautious face: "Dare to do something to the disciples of the Sword Sect in the state city, I have never heard of this kind of thing before, but the identity and timing of the person who was killed are also problematic, and it is obvious that he came for this scientific expedition." ”

Unlike Xu Xia, Lu Yu and Xia Yueming didn't care too much about other things except for being a little afraid.

"Are you scared?"

"What do I have to be afraid of, their target is not me, if it were aimed at me, it is estimated that they will not make such a big move", Xu Xia soberly analyzed.

"Then what do you have to worry about!"

"I'm worried about the impact of this incident on the scientific expedition."

"Then you should ask the gods to worship the Buddha, and hope that those killers will kill all the disciples of all the major sects, so that you have a greater chance of entering the second grade", Xia Yueming joked.

Xu Xia glared at Xia Yueming angrily and said: "You think about this matter too simply, I went out for a walk just now, and I heard many rumors, some of which are reasonable, I can't pay attention to it." ”

"What rumors?" Even the indifferent Lu Yu was a little interested.

"Rumor one, the imperial court is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the current expansion of the major sects, and this matter is that someone wants to warn the major sects and let them not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court."

"Rumor two, this may be a vendetta between the major sects, the major sects have developed to this day, and the resources they get are getting less and less, and the competition between the sects is inevitable, if this kind of thing does not occur today, it will appear tomorrow, and the storm is coming."

"As for the other rumors, what is being hunted down by the enemy, what is jealous of talents, what is cannibalism, what is haunted by female ghosts are all nonsense, don't listen to it."

Lu Yu was a little skeptical about the first rumor, and said: "You also said before that the various sects sent a large number of outer disciples to participate in the scientific expedition this time, could it be that it violated the interests of some people, and the imperial court did not want the major sects to become big and threaten the rule of the imperial court." ”

"There is such a possibility, but it has nothing to do with us, otherwise, we would all be dead now!"

As soon as Lu Yu thought of what happened last night, the inn collapsed just after being affected by the aftermath of the battle, if the killer wanted to destroy the entire inn, it would be a gesture, and the target would certainly not be his own ants.

Three days passed quickly, Lu Yu and Xia Yueming's injuries were half healed, the ban of the state capital was revoked, and Xu Xia and the three of them could leave.

Lu Yu and Xia Yueming didn't want to continue to stay in the land of right and wrong, so they got up and left the state city at dawn on the third day.

In the following days, Xu Xia didn't have the heart to travel the mountains and rivers, but because Lu Yu and Xia Yueming's injuries had not healed, the speed of the carriage did not dare to be too fast, even so, on the fourth day after leaving the state city, the three of them also entered the capital.

After four days of traveling, the three of them only entered the capital and did not see the city walls.

The capital is very big, how big is it, Lu Yu has no concept, but he just heard Xu Xia say that there are seven counties and one government in Gyeonggi, one prefecture refers to the capital, and the seven counties are the seven counties around the capital, each county has the size of a state capital, guarding the capital.

Xu Xia and the three of them have only arrived on the outskirts of Gyeonggi, and it will take another day to enter the capital.

On the twenty-third day of the ninth month of the Tianlan calendar, Xu Xia and the three of them finally saw the capital of the Great Sage Dynasty, standing far away and seeing the tall city wall of the capital, from the west can not see the east, from the east can not see the west, it is said that the length of the city wall alone has reached thirty miles.

There are also inner cities and imperial cities in the capital, and the inner city is inhabited by the princes and nobles of the Great Sage Dynasty and ministers above the fourth rank, as well as six ministries and thirteen officials, and officials below the fourth rank can only live in the outer city.

Xu Xia and the three of them waited outside the city gate for more than an hour before entering the capital through the strict inspection of the city gate.

After entering the city, the three of them said goodbye and met before the big exam.

Xu Xia is going to the Xu family's uncle's house in the capital, while Xia Yueming and Lu Yu are going to go to the Tongwen Hall opened by the merchants of various states in the capital, which is equivalent to the contact point of the offices of the businessmen and magnates of the various states in the capital.

Of course, Lu Yu and Xia Yueming can also not go to the Tongwen Pavilion to spend the night, and live in the inn at their own expense.

However, if you want to stay in the inn in the capital, the monthly cost of food and accommodation will not be less than twenty taels of silver, which is only the minimum consumption, but living in the Tongwen Pavilion, as long as five taels of silver per month, and in order to entertain the candidates in Beijing in this state, the Tongwen Pavilion has also specially vacated a lot of first-class rooms.

Of course, Tongwenguan spent so much effort and financial resources to entertain candidates in this state, and it is not that there is too much money to spend, and out of compassion and charity, such stupid things that people are stupid and have a lot of money will do.

The purpose of the establishment of the Tongwenguan is similar to the meaning of the fellow villagers' association, through the distant hometown to draw closer to the feelings between the villagers, regardless of whether the candidates who live in the Tongwenguan can be tested or not, there is a sense of gratitude to the Tongwenguan, if the candidates are on the list, no matter where they meet in the future, they will also take care of the feelings of the villagers.

From the Overworld's point of view, this is called venture capital and emotional investment, and the long-term returns are far greater than the current investment.

After Lu Yu broke up with Xu Xia and Xia Yueming, he asked passers-by to learn the address of the Luzhou Tongwen Museum, and even so, it took an hour to appear at the door of the Luzhou Tongwen Museum.

Lu Yu quickly completed the check-in procedures, and the guys in the Tongwen Pavilion were also very enthusiastic, and asked Lu Yu what he needed, the taste of eating, and what ...... the guys usually paid attention to, which felt very cordial and felt like going home.

Now there is a little more than a month before the scientific examination time, candidates from all over the country have rushed to the capital one after another, and now there are thousands of people living in the Tongwen Hall in Luzhou, this number scared Lu Yu, this is still a period of time away from the scientific examination, I don't know how many candidates will live in the Tongwen Hall when the scientific examination is about to begin.

According to Xu Xia's words, in the last scientific examination, there were more than 2 million candidates in the Great Sage Dynasty, and I don't know how many candidates will participate this time.

Lu Yu also felt the pressure, his current cultivation was too low, and he had to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.

After settling down, Lu Yu rested for one night, and got up the next day to find the current shopkeeper of Tongwen Hall, the shopkeeper's surname is Shen, he is the largest businessman in Luzhou, not only has his own business name in the capital, but the business is all over the entire Great Sage Dynasty, which is much bigger than the Xu Xia family.

"Shopkeeper Shen, is there a pawnshop around here?"

"Lu Shusheng, is it that you have run out of entanglements, if you are short of money, Tongwenguan can lend you some for free?"

"No, no, no!"

Lu Yu still has forty taels of gold and dozens of taels of silver in his hand, although the prices in the capital are expensive, but this money is enough for himself to eat and wear for a long time.

"I have a thing in my hand, and I want to make a weapon for a little money!"

"What is it, can you show it to me?"

Lu Yu wasn't worried about anyone fooling him here, so he took out the pronunciation box and put it in front of the shopkeeper Shen, and showed it to him, "That's it, I want to exchange some money to build a bow and arrow." ”

"Lu Shusheng turned out to be an appraiser!"

Shopkeeper Shen had never seen such a delicate machine, so it was not surprising that he mistakenly thought that Lu Yu was a craftsman.

Instrument maker is also a kind of monk, specializing in refining all kinds of magic weapons, and his status is the same as that of the rune array master and alchemist, which are some very rare monk professions.

"How much is this thing Lu Shusheng going to be?"

"I don't know!"

Lu Yu had also taken it out in the pawnshop in the state and county before, and the price was fifty or sixty taels of silver, but Lu Yu felt that the price should be a little higher, so he didn't make a move at that time.

Shopkeeper Shen said with a thought: "I can pay one hundred taels to buy the pronunciation box in your hand, and I can also help you customize a bow and arrow, and only charge you two hundred taels of silver, what do you think?" ”

Lu Yu thought about it, it would cost at least more than three hundred taels of silver to order a bow and arrow outside, and here it was only more than two hundred taels, obviously taking care of himself, so he immediately agreed: "Deal!" ”

After the business was finalized, Lu Yu and Shopkeeper Shen said that they were going to visit a friend in the past two days and would come back in a few days.

Shopkeeper Shen didn't ask much, this kind of thing is very common among candidates, especially when they come to the capital for the first time, they play around together, and it is not strange that they do not return for a long time.

Lu Yu did not call friends to visit the mountains and rivers, but returned to the main world.