Chapter Ninety-Seven: Assassination
The Imperial Library finally ushered in the opening day, but this time Li Yong did not invite anyone, just let the Imperial Library open quietly, but the shape of the Imperial Library still attracted the entire Chang'an people.
"That's? The whole ball is wrapped in glass, which ~ this is too luxurious. ”
"Imperial Library, what?"
"It's so beautiful~"
Seeing the building built with a glass curtain wall, everyone was stunned, but no one knew what it was doing here, there were two guards with knives standing at the door (the Tang Dynasty was legal with swords), which made many people dare not approach, but there were always brave people, the man walked over and wanted to go in, originally thought that the two guards with knives would stop him, but the two guards did not have any obstruction at all, so he let him in, and then those outside followed in, and what greeted them was that the trees were shady, and the grass was all over the ground. The path paved with stones makes people feel a sense of spring, and the huge spherical building of the glazed glass seems to be completely integrated into the environment here, everyone looks east and west with curiosity, and they also find that the grass also has this sign - the grass also has life, please be merciful, those people who are engaged in it can't bear to step on the grass that has just grown, but many people have walked to the door of the glazed spherical building, they found that there is not only one doorway, but three doorways, when they walked inside, I found that there was a large bookshelf full of books, and there were words written on each shelf, and at this time, a library staff came over and said very politely.
"Hello everyone, I am a staff member here, welcome to the Imperial Library, in addition to all the books of my Datang, there are books from other countries, and there are many kinds of books, all kinds of books, all kinds of books, you can find them here."
"Really? Do you have any books? ”
"For the time being, we have the most complete books here, but in order to stock up on more books that we haven't discovered yet, we will continue to add them in the future."
"Can we just look at it, then?"
"Of course, the books here are available for free for everyone to read, of course, only for my Tang people, and foreigners are not accepted here for the time being."
"Is it really free? Are there any rules? ”
"It's all free, the rule is to go to the registration desk over there to register first, and then ask for a book to do another registration, this is of course to prevent someone from taking the book and not caring for it, and there is no room for talking in the library, you must keep quiet, because this will not affect others to learn to read."
"Can we copy the book, then?"
"Of course, as long as you protect the borrowed books, we don't restrict you from copying books."
The staff of the library patiently explained and introduced these, of course, the most asked were those literate students, as for those who were illiterate, there was no way, Li Yong wanted to make a dictionary or something, but he didn't have the ability and time, so some things still had to take his time, after all, the meal was still a mouthful, after all, his Xishan University Hall was almost completed, as long as it took four to five years, all aspects of Xishan talents will appear in a blowout, plus his accumulated wealth, It is much easier to achieve universal education, and the Imperial Library soon spread throughout Chang'an, and many students who came in name came to see this place for everyone to study for free, which naturally also let Li Er, who was in the Ganlu Palace, know, and he also knew what the consequences of Li Yong's doing this were.
"Li Junxian, from today onwards, you will arrange for people to secretly protect Li Yong's safety, and those guys will definitely make a move."
After Li Junxian took the order to leave, Li Er looked out of the door, thinking about what he was thinking, no one knows, the Imperial Library attracts more and more students who can't afford to sell books and can't read books, hundreds of students or literate people come here every day to study, learn what they want to learn, or what they are interested in, this three-storey spherical glass building, contains a thousand kinds of knowledge, books of various schools, and knowledge they don't know, those vast knowledge completely open the door to the wisdom of those people, Li Yong naturally knew the situation in the library, and as for the reaction of those family scholars, he could think that there would be a reaction with his ass, those family scholars and some so-called Confucian masters all gathered together, and everyone had a gloomy face.
"Damn, are we just watching and helpless?"
"Yes, first of all, the implementation of the imperial examination, and now there is a library like this, which is obviously forcing us into a dead end."
"We must not sit back like this, lose those students, and in the future, we will lose a place in the court and let others slaughter us."
"The most hateful thing is that there are books from other schools in there, and they simply don't take Confucianism seriously."
The Jiangnan Shi clan represented by Xiao Yu and the Guanlong nobles and the five surnames and Qiwang of the Shandong Shi clan all gathered together, Li Yong's imperial library had too much impact on them, so big that they couldn't fight back, but for this thousand-year-old family clan, how could they give up, because what Li Yong did already represented a war with them, then they also had to fight, after all, they were a group of people who had manipulated the rise and fall of this dynasty for thousands of years, but according to Li Yong's words, they were actually a group of vampires with no morality and humanity.
"Gather everyone here today to discuss, how to deal with Li Yong's hairy boy, since the war has started, then we can't stay any longer, we must be ruthless, otherwise those people won't remember us old guys."
"Lord Xiao is right, I, the Boling Cui clan, am willing to take the lead of the Xiao clan this time and jointly deal with Li Yong's kid."
"I, Taiyuan Wang, am also willing."
After everyone expressed their unity, Xiao Yu, who became the leader of the alliance, said.
"Okay, thanks to the heads of the family, Xiao must lead everyone out of the predicament, first of all, this library can't let him continue to open, it must be destroyed, three days later is the Great Dynasty Meeting, a few Confucians can take the opportunity to launch a student march, with the library books are all things that bewitch the public, impact the library, the best thing is to take advantage of the chaos to burn where, after all, it is not the official thing, it can only belong to the private property of the individual, and if something happens, it is a trivial matter, as for Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple, please arrange it, Don't stop it, it's best to let that Li Yong suppress the students, doesn't he care about those who read the most? Something happened, when he couldn't say anything clearly, we can collectively put pressure on Li Shimin with the seriousness of the situation, and let him abolish the library and the imperial examination, and then I will see how he Li Shimin can protect his good son-in-law again. ”
"What a clever plan, Lord Xiao, I will arrange someone immediately."
"Okay, then I wish our plan a success, a toast."
"Drink Victory~"
These people haven't started to do it yet, as if they must succeed, drink the celebration wine first, if Li Yong sees it, he doesn't know if they are too confident or have a brain, and when they are planning to move, in the study of a mansion in Chang'an City, a person in a black robe who can't see his face gives a fist salute to someone who thinks he is over half a hundred years old.
"This is a good opportunity, be sure to kill with one blow without regrets, Li Yong is too dangerous for us, the two weapons he made some time ago are too terrifying, this time he must kill him, those people are our scapegoats, such a great opportunity, I hope you don't let us down."
"Familiar with it, I guarantee that Li Yong will have no place to be buried."
All forces have launched an offensive around Li Yong, and Li Yong seems to know nothing about all this, he still exercises in the courtyard or reads books every day, but the calm Li Mansion secretly spreads out the net, and the entire dark line of Chang'an is collecting intelligence, and then analyzing it, Li Yong's intelligence bureau is quite mature, and it is no longer an inexperienced intelligence bureau that has just been established, and the eyeliner has already spread all over every corner of Chang'an, they are night walkers, night walkers of the imperial dynasty, shadows, and omnipresent shadows, Li Yong knew that those family clans would definitely use various means to deal with themselves, and there were some forces that he didn't know would attack him, as long as he controlled the intelligence, he could better deal with it, he couldn't think of losing his life in this undercurrent Chang'an City, so he spared no effort in cultivating the Intelligence Bureau in the past few years. Li Yong looked at the analyzed information.
"Do you think that's all they did this time?"
"Tell Childe, the current intelligence shows that this is the case, the date of their action should be tomorrow's court meeting, and then they will attack Childe, and this time is also the best time for them."
Li Yong held his chin and thought about it, the content on the intelligence was basically the same as the plan Xiao Yu and they set that night, but Li Yong always felt that something made him uneasy, this was the feeling he developed on the battlefield, because he felt that this matter would not be so simple, as for what it was, he didn't know, and his intelligence bureau couldn't find it, of course, he wouldn't blame them, because there were many unknown forces in Chang'an City, and even Li Er didn't necessarily know about it all year round in Chang'an, not to mention that his intelligence had only been here for three years.
"Okay, I see, what's your strategy?"
"In fact, there are more students who don't know the truth in the game, only a few are those so-called Confucian students and people from the family, our way to deal with these people is very simple, that is, to splash dirty water, they dare to do this, we can fight poison with poison, those Confucian students are not all cherishing reputation? That's where we can start. ”
"Okay, as for how you do it, to what extent I won't interfere, I trust you."
"My subordinates understand that as for the court, you can only rely on yourself, and as for the things you want, we are ready."
The old bachelor took out several books and handed them to Li Yong, Li Yong took them and continued without looking at them.
"The security of the library can't be careless, the black army outside the city can be secretly transferred in, if there are not enough people, you can ask for help from your hometown, and you must be foolproof."
"Yes!"
The old bachelor secretly left the Li Mansion with a few main members of the intelligence bureau, Li Yong looked at those books one by one, which recorded some unbearable things about Xiao Yu and those family scholars, and these things were conclusive, Li Yong was too lazy to read a few books, but the uneasiness in his heart was still there, and he always felt that something big would happen, he called Zheng Liwan over, Zheng Liwan saw that Li Yong was in such a hurry to find her, and he also felt that there must be something wrong in his heart, Li Yong saw her expression, and said to her very seriously.
"Let Wu Cao and Wu Shun come back immediately, don't go out these days, I will arrange for the guards to protect the mansion, the people in the mansion should not leave the house except for daily purchases, the rest of the people should not go out of the house, and the people who go out of the house must be protected by the guards and report to you before they can go out, and all the agents in each industry will be closely monitored, and they will withdraw immediately if there is a situation, don't feel sorry for those things, people's safety is the most important."
Zheng Liwan was also stunned when she saw Li Yong's serious expression, she followed Li Yong so many people, it was the first time she felt that he was so serious, but she could know that this time things would not be so simple, all she could do was to reduce the burden on him, she nodded seriously and said.
"Okay, I see, you have to be safe too."
"Don't worry, I'll be safe if you're safe, those people want my life, it's not that simple, you go and arrange it."
Zheng Liwan hurriedly walked out of the study to make arrangements, Wu Cao and Wu Shun were escorted back to the Li Mansion by the guards, and the rest of the places were also secretly protected by the hidden agents, and the entire Li Mansion was also closely protected by Li Tiezhu's guards, the entire Li Mansion looked the same as usual on the outside, but the inside was already the most tightly guarded, Xue Rengui received a message from Chang'an, and urgently ordered the ghost and the black army, thirty ghost special combat team members and one hundred of the most elite black army, carrying muskets and other firearms to secretly enter Chang'an City, They are hidden outside Li Yong's house, and the same is true for the library, it can be said that Li Yong's home and the library are protected like iron buckets. Before dawn, this time Li Yong did not pull out of the bed, but got up by himself, when the women came to change his clothes, Li Yong had already finished changing, in fact, Li Yong was so worried that he didn't sleep much at all, so he got up early, Li Yong said with a smile in order not to worry the girls.
"Alright, you all go back to sleep, it'll be fine."
Zheng Liwan and the other women watched Li Yong get into the carriage uneasily, on the dark road, only the light of the oil lamp on Li Yong's carriage, the carriage was walking on the quiet street, and soon Li Tiezhu, who was responsible for protecting Li Yong, found that something was wrong, he knocked on the door of the carriage, and Li Yong opened the door to leave a gap.
"Boss, something is wrong."
"Huh? What did you find? ”
"The martial marquis who patrols the streets on weekdays are gone, it seems that they are going to make a move, you have to be careful, don't get out of the carriage."
"Okay, I see, you tell your brother to be safe too."
"Yes."
The carriage is still walking slowly on the street, and in the dark there are already two eight-bull crossbows aimed at Li Yong's scene, the arm-thick crossbow arrows are pierced in any bunker, and more than a dozen longbows are also aiming, the arrows are slightly emitting a faint blue light, obviously quenched with poison, the corpses of several hundred horsemen who secretly protect Li Yong were discarded into the corner, and now these killers are waiting for Li Yong's carriage to reach the best shooting position, they are like patient hunters waiting for the prey to fall into the trap, After the carriage finally slowly walked to their ambush place, "Buzz~Buzz~" Two heavy bowstring sounds filled the entire silent and dark dawn, followed by two loud noises of "Bump~Bump~", two arm-thick crossbow arrows were inserted into the carriage, but they were only inserted, and they could not break into the carriage at all to cause damage to the people inside, followed by those archers who shot at the carriage, those highly poisonous arrows wanted to rain on the pure steel cast carriage, but unfortunately even the twenty centimeter-thick glass could not penetrate it, It's a pity that the two horses pulling the carriage were shot by those sharp arrows, and they began to lose control and wanted to break free, but the guards hiding on the side quickly cut the rope, so that the two horses with several arrows in their bodies loosened the shackles of the carriage, and the carriage without horses fell heavily to the ground, and Li Yong and Li Tiezhu's guards quietly hid in and outside the carriage, because they all knew that except for artillery, no weapon could break through this carriage, and the archers would soon finish shooting the poisoned arrows of the quiver. The eight bull crossbow also shot a few rounds and did not cause actual damage to the carriage, plus the crossbow arrows were also shot, under the command of the leader, more than 30 killers pulled out their long knives and slowly approached the carriage, and Li Tiezhu These guards had already taken out their muskets, in order to protect Li Yong's safety, they were all wearing short muskets, and the more than 30 killers didn't know that there were already more than a dozen muskets that wanted their lives aimed at them, Li Tiezhu used gestures to adapt to get closer and then fire, those guards nodded in understanding, they were adjusting this breath, Waiting for the last moment, those killers approached step by step as if they had ambushed Li Yong and them, and suddenly they heard it.
"Hit~"
I only saw a dozen guards in leather armor standing out of the side of the carriage at the same time, and then they saw a firelight and heard the sound of "bang ~ bang ......", one of them had a killer and fell to the ground and died, those who were alive did not know that it had happened, but as a killer was fearless, seeing the loss of his companions, it aroused their murderous spirit, and they rushed towards Li Tiezhu and them, and those archers on the roof kept aiming below, but it was too dark to shoot the people below several times, But when they wanted to continue shooting, a sharp dagger cut their necks, and the ghosts who heard the gunshots had already rushed over, and saw that the killers were going to assassinate Li Yong, so these archers on the roof became the primary targets to eliminate, and after a while, these archers were all wiped out by the ghosts, and then took off the muskets on their backs to aim at the killers who began to fight with Li Tiezhu, the ghosts' muskets were rifled, extremely accurate, and they were specially trained sharpshooters, It can be said that a hundred steps through Yang is as simple as drinking water, "Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~" After a gunshot, the killers below will fall to the ground, Li Tiezhu They know that the ghost is coming to support, they don't have to look, they directly slaughter those fewer and fewer killers, because Li Tiezhu's long knife is a famous black knife, and the best of those killers is also a knife made of steel. They are the prey, they want to escape, but how could Li Tiezhu and the ghosts let them escape, the guns of the ghosts and the long knives of Li Tiezhu's guards are a knife and a shot, and the killer who can't escape will commit suicide directly, because they know that whether he escapes or is caught, it is a dead end, and suicide can also keep his family and relatives safe, seeing the killer who died cleanly, the ghosts also checked the surroundings and reported to Li Yong.
"Commander, the threat has been lifted."
"Okay, you go back and continue to protect the mansion, Tiezhu, we can only walk to the court, let me meet these guys who want my life, go."
"Yes."