In early summer, the night is not as cool as spring, and the air gradually brings a little bit of heat.

After reading the file in the house, Di Renjie walked out of the door, only to find that the night had already shrouded the entire Shenjing City.

Looking at Li Yuanfang, who was guarding outside the door, Di Renjie couldn't help but smile apologetically, and arched his hand towards this capable man:

"I'm going to trouble General Li to give this official a ride again."

"Master Di doesn't need to say thanks, this is a matter within the general's share, and Lord Heba has already commanded it."

Li Yuanfang said as he returned the salute with his fists.

The two walked out of the yamen by the light and the moonlight, but saw that the street outside the editor's mansion was empty, only on both sides of the road, and the air dead wind lamps hanging every tens of meters emitted a dim light, barely illuminating the road.

Di Renjie's house was not far from the Jishifu, so the two did not ride horses, but walked all the way.

On the way, Li Yuanfang, who was one step behind, asked Di Renjie:

"Master Di, now those corrupt and bribery officials can be basically locked, right?"

Di Renjie bowed slightly, and his tone was quite heavy.

"It is true that a few people have been locked, but from these few people alone, it is enough to see that my military department will be so erosive, which is really shocking! When Huang Jingming was in power, he was quite famous for the breeze and bright festival, but unexpectedly, his subordinates were all rats! ”

Among the officials of the Ministry of War today, it has been found out that there are three outsiders and six directors involved in this case, accounting for more than half of the middle-level officials of the Ministry of War!

Not to mention, this is just the beginning, and the real big fish have not yet surfaced.

Li Yuanfang couldn't help but gasp when she heard Di Renjie's words.

"Hey, how corrupt the military department is?"

"The headache for this officer is that this is just a military department." Di Renjie shook his head, his fat face was full of worry, "It's not so easy for those people in the military department to do this kind ......of thing alone."

When Li Yuanfang just wanted to talk, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, and subconsciously pulled out the lancet on his waist and slashed it in front of Di Renjie.

Bite!

In the dark night, with the sound of swords, sparks burst out.

Sparks splashed around, reflecting the figure of a person.

Dressed in tight-fitting black, the black and red scarf covered most of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes as vicious as a poisonous snake.

The assassin with the black long sword missed the blow, and his toes were a little on tiptoe, and the whole person instantly moved back a few meters, and his mouth was even more strangely laughing.

"Jie Ji, good martial arts, can actually stop my own life-killing sword!"

Li Yuanfang held a knife in his hand, stepped in front of Di Renjie, and said coldly:

"Who dares to attack the imperial court officials!"

The Assassin's left hand was the finger of the sword, and he brushed slowly across the blade of the longsword.

"Who? Naturally, it's the one who kills you, look at the sword! ”

In the end, the long sword in his hand suddenly stabbed out.

Dao Dao sword qi shot out, and in the blink of an eye, they came to the two of them.

"Master Di stand back!"

Li Yuanfang let out a low snort, poured his strength into the lancet, and the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, colliding with the attacking sword qi in the air and annihilating.

"This seat is underestimating you, but, can you keep up with the pace of this seat?"

With a slightly playful voice, the assassin's figure shattered piece by piece, and then appeared behind Li Yuanfang like a ghost, stabbing towards Di Renjie's chest with a sword.

"How daring!"

Although he was surprised by the high level of the assassin's light skills, but seeing that the other party was so bold and chose to ignore himself and directly assassinate Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, who had a strong personality, was suddenly furious, shouted, and wiped his left hand to his waist, and a soft sword wrapped around his waist was suddenly held in his hand, which was the Youlan sword.

Li Yuanfang, who used the sword with his left hand, changed to the edge and domineering when he used the knife, and the wisps of sword qi were like the plum rain in the south of the Yangtze River, feminine and compassionate, and attacked the assassin's back.

Before the sword qi could be reached, the shadow of death appeared in the assassin's heart.

Rao was so strong in his martial arts that he had to postpone the killing of Di Renjie, but instead went all out to deal with Li Yuanfang's offensive.

He suddenly lifted his breath, and his figure suddenly shattered like a square cai, and then appeared not far from Li Yuanfang.

"Strange villain, I want to see, how many times can you perform this secret technique? Look at the knives! ”

Li Yuanfang's tongue bloomed with thunder, and with a flick of his right hand, with the sound of chains sliding, the lancet was like an arrow off the string, and instantly came to the assassin.

It turned out that Li Yuanfang's lancet was a weapon specially made for him, with a slender chain hidden in the hilt, which could be used for long-range attack and close combat, which could be regarded as an integration of attack and defense.

In the face of Li Yuanfang's secret move, although the assassin was not shocked, he raised the long sword in his hand and blocked Li Yuanfang's unexpected blow with the blade. But Rao was like this, and the strong true qi attached to the lancet still invaded his body along the sword body, so he had to use three points of internal force to suppress it.

"If you talk about ruthlessness, compared with you public people, we are a lot worse!"

While the assassin was speaking harshly, he used his internal force to wrap the strong true qi that invaded his body, and then transmitted it to the ground along the meridians, from the spring points on the soles of his feet.

In the silence, under the feet of the assassin, countless holes the size of needle's eyes appeared in the bluestone used to pave the street.

But even if Li Yuanfang's true qi was forced out of his body, the assassin's meridians were also damaged to a certain extent, and under this influence, he could only exert eight points in his martial arts.

"If you dare to slander the court, you will not be allowed to stay!"

Seeing that the other party was sarcastic about the court in his words, Li Yuanfang's anger in his heart was even greater, and boundless killing intent rose from his body, locking the other party firmly.

At the same time, heaven and earth felt it, and the qi and machine were combined, and behind Li Yuanfang, an eagle falcon gradually condensed, and constantly waved its wings and hissed towards the assassin.

Guarding Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang's [Phantom Sword Chain Knife] and [Elite Guard] two major characteristics were launched together, and the force instantly soared from 85 points to 95 points, reaching the realm of nine grades.

"Another half-step Grandmaster Realm?! How is this possible? ”

Seeing the falcon's virtual appearance behind the general, the assassin's eyes instantly widened.

In the Chu Kingdom, when did so many half-step grandmasters and grandmasters appear?

They not only cultivated assassins, but also became famous in the rivers and lakes when it came to gathering intelligence.

It's just that since the young son of heaven ascended the throne, the half-step nine-rank and nine-rank grandmasters of the Chu State have sprung up one after another in the past half a year, which is really dizzying.

"How is that possible?"

Li Yuanfang's sneer echoed in the long empty street.

"Take this knife, and you will know if it is true or false!"

Before the words fell, Li Yuanfang had already stepped out, and the entire long street seemed to shake with his steps, and with his footsteps, he slashed out horizontally, without the slightest trick change, but the knife was as thick as a mountain, carrying a cold knife qi, and pushed it horizontally towards the other party.

Li Yuanfang's knife has exhausted the essence of the eight words "great ingenuity, great ingenuity does not work".

Facing Li Yuanfang's sword that came horizontally with the power of heaven and earth, the assassin let out a long laugh, and the whole person rose into the sky like a big bird, and retreated towards the darkness behind.

"Li Yuanfang, right? I want to see if you can protect Di Renjie for a while, and can you protect him for a lifetime? That's all for today, farewell! ”

He's an assassin, and he's not a fool, so why bother with each other?

Don't do anything, withdraw and retreat; A missed blow and a thousand miles away is the way of their assassins.

"Thief, where to go!"

Seeing that the other party wanted to escape, Li Yuanfang was willing to give up, shouted loudly, and chased after the assassin.

In his opinion, as long as the other party is captured, he can get some key clues to the case, so he must not be allowed to leave safely.

"Li ......"

Di Renjie opened his mouth, looked at Li Yuanfang who disappeared into the night, sighed, and put down the right hand that had just been stretched out.

This General Li is really on top, isn't he afraid, is this the other party's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?

There is a way, what you are afraid of.

Soon, two figures jumped down from the houses on both sides of the long street and appeared in front of Di Renjie.

"Haha, my lord's guess is right, then Li Yuanfang was really led away by the assassin, and the rest is much easier."

It seems that this time I am really going to work hard......

Looking at the two eighth-grade masters who were holding weapons and approaching him step by step, Di Renjie smiled helplessly in his heart.

I hope that with my seven-grade cultivation, I can support General Li when he returns.

At this moment, two cold rays flashed from Di Renjie's eyes, and immediately, the two eight-rank masters snorted and fell to the ground softly.

Looking at this sudden scene, Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly:

"Who is the master, who saved Di's life, and please come out to see him!"

However, the night wind is blowing, and there is no half-way figure.

It was just that with the night wind, a subtle sound came into Di Renjie's ears.

"Master Di, this is Your Majesty's arrangement, and our family is only doing things on orders. If you want to be grateful, it is better to thank Your Majesty, and do more practical things for Da Chu! ”

Our family?

Hearing this familiar title, Di Renjie made a big salute in the direction of the Zihuan Hall while knowing it in his heart.

Soon, Li Yuanfang also returned to his side.

Seeing the two corpses on the ground, Li Yuanfang's expression changed, and he hurriedly looked at Di Renjie, and saw that he was not injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

If Lord Di really has three longs and two shorts, then how can he, Li Yuanfang, explain to the lord of the mansion and His Majesty?

"Master Di, it's the last general Meng Lang, please punish him." Li Yuanfang, who had palpitations, took the initiative to ask Di Renjie for guilt.

Di Renjie helped Li Yuanfang up and said with relief:

"General Li don't want to be like this, a wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there is still a mistake, not to mention that you and I are mortals? Moreover, His Majesty secretly sent someone to protect him, and he was able to protect his own officials. It's just that the general must not be rash in the future. ”

"The lesson of the adults is that the last general will remember it in his heart and promise never to do it again."

Li Yuanfang hurriedly opened his mouth to reassure.

Di Renjie nodded slightly and took the initiative to change the topic.

"After this incident, those people should have no follow-up tonight. Please also ask General Li to escort the official back to his home. ”

"Okay."

The two walked slowly along the street, gradually disappearing into the night.

…………

In the Taiji Hall, the court meeting is underway.

It's just that at this time, the atmosphere in the huge palace is extremely depressing.

Civil and military officials, regardless of their rank, all bowed their heads and did not dare to say half a word.

In the whole hall, in addition to the sound of everyone's deliberately slowed breathing, all that can be heard is the "ticking" sound of water dripping from a corner of the main hall.

But this very regular sound of ticking water made the atmosphere in the hall more solemn, almost overwhelming.

Zhao Yu's gloomy eyes looked through the layers of crowns and looked at the ministers under His Majesty's steps.

"For the first time since I succeeded to the throne, a minister was assassinated in the street in Shenjing City! If it weren't for General Li's timely guard, Di Qing's bones would have been cold at this time! ”

Although Zhao Yu already knows the situation, the play that should be played still has to be performed.

What's more, if you really look into it, this assassination is not only about Chun Yuqing's case, but also about the majesty of the court.

This world is originally a world of chivalrous martial arts, or even high martial arts.

The dignified and four-grade officials of the Great Chu Jishi Mansion were assassinated on the street, and if the imperial court did not find out about it, it would only show the weakness of the imperial court.

Sensing this, those lawless people in the martial arts will swarm up like sharks smelling fish.

At that time, Mo said that he was an official of the DPRK and China, and I am afraid that Zhao Yu, who is the Son of Heaven, will not be able to sleep peacefully!

When the ministers in the palace heard this, they didn't dare to refute, so they all bowed down and said, "Please let Your Majesty stop your anger!" ”

"Calm your anger, what else can you say besides persuading me to calm your anger?!"

Sensing the irrepressible anger in Zhao Yu's tone, Zhang Jing, who replaced Fan Zhen as the governor of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, looked solemn, walked out of the queue quickly, held the wat board high, knelt down to the ground, and said:

"Your Majesty, being mixed into the city by a small person is the responsibility of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. As the governor of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the minister has an unshirkable responsibility, and he also asks His Majesty to surrender his guilt! ”

Zhao Yu snorted coldly and said:

"Zhang Qing, this matter is indeed related to your negligence! But now, what I want is not to hold accountable, but to minimize the impact of this matter, so as not to damage the prestige of my Great Chu! If you want to be punished, you have to wait until after the fact! ”

Waving his hand to signal Zhang Jing to retreat, Zhao Yu's eyes turned and he looked at Han Fanghai, the new secretary of the Criminal Department.

"Han Qing!"

"The minister is here!"

Han Fanghai hurriedly took the wat out of the ranks.

"Your criminal department cooperates with the Editorial Office to find out who is behind the assassin! The nature of this case is vile, and if it is not strictly investigated, it is not enough to show the majesty of my great Chu! I have only one sentence here, anyone involved in this case, regardless of official position or title, should be investigated! ”

Hearing the resolute meaning in Zhao Yu's words, Han Fanghai, the new secretary of the Criminal Department, hurriedly responded:

"Minister, obey!"

"Cao Qing!"

Cao Huan, the second named secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly came out of the ranks.

"The minister is here!"

"General Li searched for a standard weapon engraved with the word Qi from those assassins, and it seems that Qi Guo was also involved in this matter! The Jin delegation has entered Beijing, and I thought, Cao Qing should know how to do it, right? ”

Zhao Yu said in a deep voice.

Is Your Majesty going to use this matter to pressure the Jin State, and then let the Jin State pressure the Qi State?

Cao Huan, who had a sharp mind, instantly understood what Zhao Yu meant, and hurriedly bowed down and bowed.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows."

"Okay, then let's do it! I await your good news! ”

Zhao Yu just wants to easily detain the black cauldron of assassinating the minister to Qi Guo's head, anyway, this is also a matter of beating rabbits with grass and piggybacking, and it is not impossible to get a little more hair from Qi Guo.

By the way, confuse the sight of those idiots, make them misjudge, and don't run too fast, so that the Governor's Mansion has time to catch them all.

In the Purple Circle Palace.

Zhao Yu, who had finished the early dynasty, ate a few mouthfuls of refreshments, and suddenly remembered the secret music that Fan Zhen gave him not long ago, and raised his head and commanded Gao Lishi:

"Lux, I remember that General Fan vaguely mentioned that Kan Leng's soldiers who escorted the mission back to Beijing seemed to have people from the Mo family. You go to see Kan Ling in person, ask him about the situation, if there is really someone from the Mo family, bring him back, I have something to do with the disciples of the Mo family. ”

Mohist, in this era of a hundred schools of thought, is probably the school that attaches the most importance to practice.

The elite disciples of the Mo family are, to a certain extent, inventors and scientists of this era.

For Zhao Yu, who has understood the truth that "science and technology are productive forces" since he was a child, the Mo family is undoubtedly a powerful weapon to accelerate the development of the Chu State, and he must pull it to his chariot.

"Slave obeys!"

Half an hour later, Gao Lishi returned to Zhao Yu, and beside him, stood a middle-aged man wearing an ochre robe and stepping on straw sandals.

Instead of the teacher Tian Weisheng, he came to Du Yuanshan in Shenjing City with Kan Ling, looked at the young man in front of him, didn't say a word, leaned over and bowed to the ground, and said:

"Mo family disciple Du Yunshan, meet Your Majesty!"

"Get up!" Zhao Yu put down the red pen after the imperial case, looked up and down at the slightly wooden middle-aged man in front of him, and bowed his head slightly, "I have heard that the great son of Chu Mo's line is Tian Wei Shengtian. Why didn't he come to see me? ”

Speaking of his teacher, Du Yunshan's eyes were slightly red, and he choked up:

"If you go back to Your Majesty, the teacher's body is almost exhausted, and he can't travel far, so he can only ask his disciple to come to Shenjing to pay homage to His Majesty on his behalf."

Zhao Yu's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he asked:

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Du Yunshan told Zhao Yu about the Taibai top of Fuyu Mountain in the past.

Zhao Yu listened and was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "But I don't want me to be able to sit on this dragon chair in the first place, and there is a credit to the Mo family in it." It's a pity that I have no relationship with Tian, and it's a pity that I can't see each other. ”

His eyes looked at Du Yunshan and said, "In my bones, I am a person who will repay his kindness and revenge. Since there is this cause and effect with your Mo family, then Du Yunshan, I ask you, can you be the master of Chu Mo? ”

"In front of the saint, the grass people don't dare to hide anything."

Du Yunshan said, took out a palm-sized token with a strange shape from his arms, held it in both hands, and respectfully handed it to Zhao Yu, explaining in his mouth:

"Before leaving, the family teacher explained to the grass people, if His Majesty asked, he said that my Chu Mo disciples all have the intention of serving the imperial court, and the order of the moment was presented together, and from then on, the great Chu Tianzi will be Chu Mojuzi; His Majesty's order is the order of Juzi, and all Chu Mo's disciples must obey it! ”

High, really high!

Zhao Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart after hearing these words.

This Tian Weisheng is worthy of being Chu Mo's master, and he is really scheming!

This is to forcibly bind Chu Mo and the Chu Imperial Court. If he agrees, he will become the son of Chu Mo's new generation, and gain the allegiance of countless Chu Mo's disciples, and in exchange for Chu Mo, and even the Mo family, he will become a scholar in the Chu State.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for Tian Weisheng, who has pursued the growth of the Mo family all his life, but in Zhao Yu's eyes, it is not so cost-effective.

The Mohists are good, but making the Mohist doctrine an official doctrine is obviously not in line with Zhao Yu's concept of "a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers bloom".

National consciousness must not be bound by doctrine and theory, this is Zhao Yu's bottom line, and it is also the red line.

"Tian everyone's kindness, I understand it." Zhao Yu smiled and rejected this extremely tempting proposal, "A gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, this order is a thing of the Mo family, and I naturally won't snatch love with a sword." Of course, the disciples of the Mo family are willing to serve my Great Chu, and I am very welcome. If Mr. Du is willing to enter the court as an official, I am naturally willing to open the door of convenience. The position of the right waiter of the Ministry of Works, I wonder if Mr. Du is satisfied? ”

Professional matters need to be handled by professional people.

But whether it is Chinese history or this era, the role of technical officials is often ignored by most people, and their career has always been full of ups and downs.

For example, in the history of China, the author who compiled the "Zhou Ji Sutra" is still unknown.

In the Song Dynasty, Shenzong was in a high position, and there were technical officials with names and surnames that could be checked, and they were not even ten fingers.

But the role of technocrats in promoting social development is evident in the long history.

Therefore, in Zhao Yu's vision, the three leaders of various departments of the Great Chu Imperial Court will be held by technical talents such as Du Yunshan in the future.

Take the six departments as an example, it is the position of the right attendant of the six departments, which is reserved by Zhao Yu for these professional and technical talents.

If you want to sit on it and sit firmly, it depends on whether they can convince the public!

And this time, inviting the other party as the right waiter of the third grade is Zhao Yu's upright conspiracy!

I just want to buy horse bones!

I asked you, the disciples of the hundred schools, are you hungry or not?

The right waiter of the Ministry of Works, that is a real official position of the third grade!

Du Yuanshan never expected that this young man would be willing to pay such a price for himself before he came.

Even if you know that the other party is suspected of buying horse bones, this bait is really fragrant......

Whether it was for personal or for the sake of the future of the Mo family, Du Yunshan couldn't afford to refuse.

I saw him pay homage to Zhao Yu with a big salute, and shouted in his mouth:

"The grass people thank Your Majesty for appreciation, and I am willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty, and I will not hesitate!"

Seeing that the other party agreed extremely neatly, Zhao Yu was quite satisfied.

"Okay, in a few days, there will be some changes in the situation of the Great Chu Dynasty, and when the time comes, I will let Mr. Du take office. Until then, I have some things that I would like to be helped with. ”

Zhao Yu got up, took out a stack of papers from the dark compartment of the bookshelf behind him, and handed it to Du Yunshan.

"These days, Mr. Du might as well study it and see if it can be done."

Respectfully taking the paper, Du Yunshan glanced at the contents roughly, and couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

He didn't expect that the young man in front of him would also have some knowledge of his own doctrine, and even put forward some general conjectures.

But if you think about it carefully, there is a possibility that these conjectures will come true, and the probability is not low!

"Your Majesty has learned, dabbled in hundreds of schools, the minister admires in his heart, and after he goes back, he will definitely read His Majesty's book carefully, and never let His Majesty down!"

Du Yunshan, who was sure in his heart, decisively made a promise to Zhao Yu.

If you don't show your skills and the Mo family at this time, when will it be before Your Majesty can leave a deep impression on the Mo family, so as to reuse yourself and attach importance to the Mo family?

As the saying goes, if you don't fight now, when will you wait!

…………

At the same time that Zhao Yu summoned Du Yunshan, a disciple of the Mo family, in the Shenjing City, in the study of a mansion, several officials hurriedly gathered together.

"How's that okay, guys? Earlier this morning, after His Majesty learned that Di Huaiying had been assassinated, Long Yan was furious, saying that he wanted to investigate to the end! ”

"My General Zhuo Muzhuo, this is completely different from what you said a few days ago! Didn't you swear at that time, saying that Di Renjie would definitely die? ”

When Zhuo Mu, the general of the Beijing camp, heard this, he glared at the person who had just spoken, and then gritted his teeth and said:

"Everything was arranged, and it was supposed to be foolproof. For the sake of safety, in addition to contacting the killers of the Weeping Blood Palace, I also specially arranged two masters as follow-up hands in case the Weeping Blood Temple missed...... Who knows, who knows, this kind of thing will happen, it can only be said that Di Renjie's life should not be extinguished! ”

Speaking of this, Zhuo Mu suddenly laughed again.

He looked around at the people in the study and said with a smile, "However, you don't have to be too nervous. Those two masters were originally from the Qi country, and this time they were also wearing the standard weapons of the Qi country. Even if they miss, His Majesty and the Jishi Mansion will only suspect that it was the people of Qi who did it, and will not suspect you and me. ”

"But Your Majesty has now ordered a strict investigation of this case, how can you let me wait for peace of mind?"

A middle-aged official with a big belly couldn't help but say.

Zhuo Mu sneered, slapped the table, and said, "Director Lu doesn't think that even if he doesn't do it, His Majesty won't pursue Chun Yuqing's case?" Chun Yuqing, that idiot, died when he died, but he showed His Majesty a mess. Everyone has been greedy all these years, and they all have a scale in their hearts, so I don't need to say more. You ask yourself, with the amount of money we embezzled, and Your Majesty's temperament, will you endure not to clean you up and me? ”

At these words, everyone present was speechless, and their mood was also heavy.

"Okay, don't fight anymore. Up to now, everyone is obviously a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can run! ”

The person who opened his mouth obviously had a high status.

As soon as he spoke, everyone suddenly stopped talking.

"Chen Shilang, what do you say should be done? Those of you here, with your official position being the highest, as long as what you say is somewhat probable, we will listen to you. ”

In silence, one person said in a muffled voice.

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their eyes to Chen Shilang.

The man sighed and said:

"Now there is no other way but to take advantage of the time when His Majesty and the imperial court are mostly focused on the Qi State, quickly deal with each other, and then get out as soon as possible, if necessary, escape from the Shenjing City, and even the Chu State."

As soon as they heard that the other party wanted to prepare for "exile in another country", the mood of everyone present suddenly became heavier.

However, before they could speak, a loud bang was heard, and the door of the study was slammed open by brute force.

Immediately, He Bayun, Li Ru, and Di Renjie appeared in front of everyone surrounded by Li Yuanfang and a group of government guards.

Glancing at everyone in the study, Li Rupi said with a smile:

"Chen Yan, the right attendant of the military department, Liu Cong, the staff member, Lu Mao, Zhang Kai, the director, Zhuo Mu, the general of the Beijing camp, and Qiao Chaogui, the member of the household department...... Well, it looks like you're all here! Just right, let Li and the others run a few less. If you have made a mistake, come with me and go to the Governor's House! ”

As Li Ru's words fell, a famous palace guard raised the crossbow that had already been loaded with crossbow arrows and aimed it at everyone in the study.

The Governor's Mansion is here prepared!

Looking at this scene, these two words came to everyone's minds.

Finished!

(End of chapter)