The second brother Xiao Yue said is Xiao Rui's sworn brother Xue Li, and now he is the fast son-in-law of Chenglong in the northern Liang Shidu and the first powerful minister of Liang State.

The Turks were not lightly disturbed by Xiao Rui, and last time Jieli lost his wife and broke his army, he hated Datang and Xiao Rui very much. After investigation, I learned that his eldest son Ashina Dumin was a straw bag, which delayed the military plane and almost pitted Liang Shidu. also put all the blame on Ashinadur, who fled westward.

Jieli was furious, slapped his son hard, and threw him to the royal court for the elderly. For Liang Shidu, Jieli vigorously compensated, because he had to point to him to help share the pressure from Datang.

The intelligence was obtained by Xue Li from the Turks, and Jieli hated Xiao Rui very much, so he offered a reward of 10,000 gold and hired a killer to assassinate Xiao Rui. Are there killers on the steppe? Xiao Rui's kung fu is the enemy of ten thousand people.

It is of course difficult to let a steppe man enter the Central Plains to assassinate, and it is easy to be exposed. Therefore, Jieli spent money to hire enemies from Gaochang in the Western Regions, Goguryeo in the Northeast, and even Xiao Rui in the Central Plains. In a word, do everything, as long as Xiao Rui dies.

After reading the letter, Xiao Rui smiled disdainfully, "Let them come, when it comes to assassination, I am known as the King of the Night." ”

"Brother, you can't be careless, it's easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against dark arrows." Xiao Yue said worriedly.

"It's okay. Come, this is a dog, follow me to study medicine in the future, first follow you to be a scholar and literacy, and then come to study medicine after Meng's school is finished. I'm going to see your sisters-in-law. ”

Xiao Yue smiled and took the dog's hand, the two are very familiar, the relationship is not ordinary, last time they were brothers, but in a blink of an eye, they were inferior.

"By the way, Jieli hired someone to assassinate me, so can I hire someone to assassinate him in turn? If you want to fight for financial resources, can he have money with me? Xiao Rui suddenly stood up and asked rhetorically.

Xiao Yue was stunned for a moment, "It seems, it seems to be." ”

After thinking for a while, Xiao Rui waved his hand and said, "Forget it, spare him a dog's life." This made him die, for fear that he would not accept it. In the future, settle accounts with him on the battlefield. ”

After saying that, he strode away.

The little dog asked in a low voice, "Brother Xiao Yue, who is the master talking about?" Rich? ”

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yue replied: "Jieli is the overlord of the northern grasslands, he may not be as rich as my eldest brother, but he has 200,000 grassland cavalry, and he is a very powerful person. ”

"That's not right, your kid is studying medicine with my eldest brother, then you should call me uncle."

The dog nodded: "Oh, Second Uncle." ”

"No, it's called the third uncle, your second uncle is studying in other places."

"But I heard that you and Master are two brothers."

…… Why do you have so many questions?

……

In the palace, Li Er looked at the impeachment report in front of him, as well as the testimony of the witnesses, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, this Xiao Rui was too bold, he dared to say anything.

Li Er didn't mind Xiao Rui's evaluation of the disadvantages of the imperial examination and the submission of papers, but Xiao Rui praised the former Sui Emperor Daye so well, it was too undeserved.

In all fairness, Li Er also has admiration for Emperor Daye's cousin, building the Grand Canal, conquering Goguryeo three times, creating the imperial examination, etc., and it can be said that few monarchs can compare with each other in terms of cultural and martial arts.

The problem is that the founding of the Tang Dynasty was based on the overthrow of the tyranny of the former Sui, so he stigmatized Emperor Daye as Emperor Yang of Sui, in order to win the hearts of the people in the world.

Xiao Rui, it's okay for you to blow at Yumen Pass, even if it's in the Taiji Palace, it's okay for Weng and his son-in-law to talk about it. But now that he has been grabbed by others and stabbed on the bright side, one bad thing is the route. That's why Li Er was so angry.

"Send someone to reprimand, dismiss him from all his positions, retain the title of Marquis of Champion, and order him to think about it behind closed doors for a year."

The chamberlain Lao Gao hesitated for a moment, and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the child of the master of the horse is about to be born." ”

Li Er glared, "Don't I know?" To do this, he is to gag the mouths of those people! Let him think about it behind closed doors for a year, for his own good, let him spend time with his family and children, and let me cause less trouble. Go, you yourself go and warn him. ”

Lao Gao breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that His Majesty was not angry, but protecting his son-in-law.

showed the pomp and circumstance, and went to Xiaojiazhuang all the way to pass the decree, making it known to everyone in Chang'an City, the champion Hou Xiao Rui fell out of favor, and was grounded by the emperor for one year because of his words and deeds.

Although this move stabilized the five surnames and seven hopes, it also made them angry, and the crime of restoring rebellion failed to bring down Xiao Rui? Is Emperor Li Er stunned? If you can kill your own brothers, will you feel sorry for a son-in-law?

But people deal with it like this, and others can't interfere, even the emperor said that Xiao Rui is loyal, who has substantive evidence?

If you can't make a plan, you will have another plan, this year's imperial examination will start soon, I heard that Xiao Rui is very optimistic about the son of the rich man Liu, that's okay, when the imperial examination comes, who will have the final say?

"Candidate Liu Jinyuan? Are you Liu Jinyuan? In the examination room, an old man who was patrolling found Liu Jinyuan's seat.

"It's Liu Jinyuan below, I don't know who you are?"

"This is the chief examiner of this exam, Kong Yingda, the priest of the country." The attendant next to him said.

Liu Jinyuan hurriedly saluted, and Kong Yingda took the other party's exam paper and read it, "Yes, I write a good hand." Go ahead and answer the questions. Someone asked the official to tell you to answer the questions carefully, as long as you are talented, you will not be buried. ”

Kong Yingda is talking about the champion Hou Xiaorui, of course he can't break the rules, so he only praises the other party's good words, and at the same time says some words of encouragement.

Liu Jinyuan knew in his heart that the last time he destroyed the Buddha, he climbed to the high branch of the champion Hou. I didn't submit the paper to the champion Hou, I just didn't want to be looked down upon, and now it seems that the champion Hou is indeed a person of faith.

After calming down, Liu Jinyuan continued to bury his head in answering the questions seriously, and worked hard to write, obviously confident.

But when Kong Yingda left, another deputy examiner came, "You are Liu Jinyuan?" ”

"The student is Liu Jinyuan. I don't know who an adult is? ”

"This is the director of the Ministry of Rites, who is in charge of the national school affairs and is one of the deputy examiners of this imperial examination."

"Yes, it's a good poem." It seems that it is all the same way, Liu Jinyuan thought to himself, the champion Hou is too well-connected, so many people come to take care of me.

But the next second he was dumbfounded, and the chief Cui threw back his test paper, which happened to be thrown on the inkstone full of ink, and instantly stained a large piece.

"My Exam Paper ......"

"Oops, why are you so careless? The imperial examination is a matter of fame, and you actually stained the test papers? Such disrespect for the imperial examination is contempt for His Majesty Longen. If someone comes, this crazy student will be expelled from the examination room, his reference qualification will be revoked, and he will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for three years. ”

"No, you did it on purpose, you must have done it on purpose, who the hell are you?" Liu Jinyuan was so angry that he was about to come up and fight hard with Master Cui. But how can he be a weak scholar, how can he be an official? In the end, he was beaten and thrown out of the examination room in embarrassment.