Chapter 34: The Strange Assassination on Emperor Yu's Birthday

Seeing the girl Wen Jing ordering a large table of dishes, Xiao Che was also very speechless, she could finish ordering so much. However, seeing Wen Jing's successful conspiracy expression, Xiao Che also knew that she did it on purpose, she just wanted to kill herself hard.

In the blink of an eye, Wen Jing ate and drank, and the speed of the wind and clouds seemed very cute to such a girl. Xiao Che also began to enjoy the food, but it was much slower than Wen Jing.

After a while, a table of dishes was eaten by the two of them. Most of the dishes on the table went into Wen Jing's mouth, Xiao Che was very curious, and subconsciously looked at Wen Jing's stomach, after eating so many things, her stomach didn't seem to have changed, which made Xiao Che feel extremely funny.

"Hey, hey, what are you looking at. Seeing Xiao Che looking herself up and down, Wen Jing was also a little embarrassed, but she was not forgiving. also pretended to be on the defensive, with such a look, Xiao Che, who was sitting opposite, seemed to be a big pervert.

"I'm not interested in you little girl. Xiao Che pretended to be disdainful.

"You, pervert. Wen Jing was also speechless by Xiao Che's words.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, why those people chased you yesterday. Didn't you steal from them. Xiao Che couldn't help but ask when he thought of yesterday's scene.

"Whoever stole something, I picked it up. They don't need it anyway, and it's a waste to keep it. Wen Jing said confidently.

"Yo he, you still pick it up, pick it up in someone's house. Xiao Che scoffed.

"I picked it up in a box in the house. As soon as the words came out, Wen Jing felt that something was wrong, didn't she admit that she had stolen something.

"He also said that he was not a thief, and for the first time I heard that something stolen from someone else's house was called picking. Also, you tried to steal my things yesterday, if I hadn't reacted quickly, I'm afraid you would have been able to get your hands on it. Xiao Che laughed.

"No, it's your stuff that hit me in the face. Saying that, Wen Jing looked like it was none of my business.

"Okay, I won't mess around with you, you are a native of Yandu, can you tell me about Yandu?" After joking for a long time, Xiao Che also changed his painting style and inquired about Yandu.

"Of course, my family is an authentic Yandu sitting household, there are not a hundred generations of living here, there are ninety generations, you ask me really the right person, this girl astronomy and geography, secret gossip, omniscient, know-it-all. What do you want to hear?Hey, wait, so you're not from Yandu?" Hearing Xiao Che ask her about Yandu, Wen Jing became proud.

"Of course I'm not from Yandu, I just entered the city yesterday, even if I forget about astronomy and geography, let's talk about history and famous families and celebrities in Yandu. Xiao Che didn't believe what she said, living here is not a hundred generations, there are ninety generations, this kind of bragging, and then the topic is introduced to Yandu. You must know that if her family has really lived in Yandu for so many generations, it must be a big family. If she can really take root here for so many generations, no matter how weak her family is, she will be one of the big families in Yandu. Xiao Che has seen the information of the Yandu family, but there is no family surnamed Wen. But he won't break it.

"It turns out that you are a foreigner, you are the right person, the history of Yandu is very long, more than 8,000 years. Among the countries in the surrounding area, it is relatively long. Only a few countries, such as the Qingxuan Empire, are longer than Northern Yan. Speaking of Wen Jing, he talked about the history of Beiyan, Xiao Che also listened to it with relish, seeing that this little girl knew the history of Beiyan in such detail, Xiao Che was also surprised.

For a girl her age, I'm afraid there aren't many people who know history as well as her.

"Speaking of the big families of the Northern Yan Empire, the royal family Murong clan is the first, in addition to the Wenren clan, the Tangtai clan, the Xianyu clan, the Tuoba clan, the Duanmu clan, the Gongsun clan, the Yuwen clan, the Ouyang clan, the Baili clan and the Zuoqiu clan. These ten families controlled all aspects of the empire's economy, military, diplomacy, architecture, agriculture, etc. It can be said that these ten major families and the royal family Murong clan together form the huge empire of Northern Yan. When it came to the major families in Yandu, Wen Jing became more and more excited. It's a pride that comes from the bones.

Hearing that Jing talked about these big families in Beiyan, Xiao Che was also thoughtful.

He had heard these news from Murong Qing's sisters and brothers, and Wen Jing talked about it roughly the same as them, but in some historical episodes, perhaps because he stood on different positions, he told them from different angles.

Seeing Wen Jing's attentive narration, Xiao Che also ordered drinks and snacks for her. The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she ate with relish.

"It's a real snack. Xiao Che smiled secretly.

"Hearing you say that, this Northern Yan Empire is really full of families and hierarchies. More like a big league. Hearing that Jing talked for a long time, Xiao Che also responded.

"You're right, that's it. It's like a big league, it's not just you, my grandfather said the same. After speaking, Wen Jing seemed to think of something, and immediately kept silent.

"Hey, Xiao Yuan, I've been talking to you for so long, I'm going back, I'll ask you for this meal. Before I knew it, the two had been talking all day. It's getting late, and Wen Jing is going back. Wen Jing also knew Xiao Che's name, Xiao Yuan.

After chatting for so long, she also knew that Xiao Che was not a bad person, and what she did before was just deliberate. The two of them ate three green spirit coins for this meal, which can be said to be a sky-high price. At such a price, you can buy a lot of ordinary spiritual weapons and elixirs. However, this restaurant is worthy of being the best restaurant in Yandu, the taste is indeed evocative, and all kinds of ingredients are also precious.

Xiao Che felt that it was worth the money.

Before leaving, Wen Jing subconsciously said goodbye to Xiao Che and said goodbye to each other, it seems that unconsciously, the two are no longer as "difficult" as they were at the beginning.

"Xiao Che, you're back. Come and see. This is the details of the birthday celebration of Emperor Yu of Northern Yan. As soon as Xiao Che entered the door, he was stopped by Zi Wuji's eager roar.

"You're really fast. Xiao Che also followed Zi Wuji and walked quickly towards the house.

In the room, Murong Qing and Tang Tangzheng were engrossed in looking at a very detailed map on the table. The ink on the map is still dry, and at first glance it looks like it is newly drawn. The map is detailed, and the horizontal and vertical lines are very neat, and at first glance it is from Tang Tang's handwriting. Not only Tang Tang, as reserve commanders, Xiao Che and they all experienced the same drawing training.

Murong Qing's eyes occasionally glanced at Tang Tang, his eyes full of tender love.

Seeing Zi Wuji and Xiao Che returning, Murong Qing quickly took out a detailed piece of information about Emperor Yu's birthday.

This information is quite detailed, the order of activities on Emperor Yu's birthday, the personnel arrangement, and even who is in what position, how many soldiers there are, the scope of the soldiers' patrols, and the time of the change of guard are all extremely detailed. This made Xiao Che very surprised, and he was even more impressed by Murong Qing in his heart.

It is conceivable that all this information was collected by Murong Qing, and there must be important ministers who are loyal to Murong Qing's sisters and brothers, otherwise it would be impossible to get such detailed information. It can be seen that the influence of Murong Qing's vein in Beiyan is still very huge.

Emperor Yu usurped the throne for more than ten years, cleaned up most of the ministers, and the bloodbathed families were countless, and now no one in Beiyan dares to mention the name of Murong Qing. Even so, there are still families who secretly support Murong Qing's sisters and brothers, which shows that the people's hearts are wanted, and it is not bloodshed and violence that can be intimidated.

After Emperor Yu ascended the throne, he knew that he was not in the right position, so in order to maintain his rule, he began to comprehensively deny the previous emperor's statecraft, ruled Northern Yan by high-pressure means, increased taxes on the people internally, carried out local wars externally, transferred social contradictions, and used every opportunity to tie the ten major families to himself.

However, in recent years, as Emperor Yu's methods have become more and more radical, he has recovered financial power, merged the army, and gradually weakened the influence of the ten major families in various fields. This caused strong dissatisfaction among the ten major families and aggravated the contradictions between them.

When the Murong Qing sisters and brothers secretly contacted the patriarch of the ten major families, it made many families lively.

However, the patriarchs of these big families are not fools, and they will not support Murong Qing unreservedly because of his lobbying, after all, the risk is quite large, and if he is not careful, he will upset some kind of balance. It will even cause the destruction of their own families, which makes the patriarchs of these big families have to think twice and be cautious.

In the face of these old foxes who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, Murong Qing is also very helpless, if he wants to overthrow Emperor Yu, he still has to rely on his own strength. However, it is precisely because of the help of these big families that Murong Qing can know the situation in the country well.

Now Murong Ming is training the army, subduing more and more gangs, and also gathering more and more people of Beiyan who are persecuted by Emperor Yu, the Mingtang team is growing day by day, and Murong Ming's reputation of loving the people like a son and loving the army like a son has gradually spread.

Murong Ming's reputation had already reached the ears of Emperor Yu, but in order to hide his fear of being in the wrong position, Emperor Yu declared that Murong Ming's identity was fake, and called Murong Ming a thief under the banner of orthodoxy. After the birthday, a large army will be raised to encircle and suppress. Murong Qing and the others learned of this, and after an agreement, they decided to let Murong Ming start the incident in advance.

And Xiao Che and the others took advantage of Emperor Yu's birthday to carry out a large-scale assassination.

After Murong Ming got the news, after careful consideration, he decided to officially start the army on Emperor Yu's birthday.

Xiao Che and the others carefully studied the information Murong Qing obtained, and finally, under Xiao Che's strategy, they set up an unexpected assassination operation.

"Miss Qing, what do you want the old man to do?" In the past few days, Murong Qing has been in and out of many families with makeup. What was done was the assassination that followed.

These family heads, after listening to Murong Qing's words, were all overjoyed. Because Murong Qing's plan not only did not have the slightest risk for them, but solved their most difficult point, which made them sigh that the person who could come up with this way was really a genius.

The day of Emperor Yu's birthday finally came, and after detailed and close deployment, Xiao Che and the others did not appear in person, and it was impossible to blend in under such a strict guard. However, this did not affect the assassination plan that Xiao Che and they were about to implement.

"Next up is the beast show. Emperor Yu sat on the dragon chair high, and the ministers sat in the left and right rows. Entertainment is going on underneath.

In the wide square, several oversized cages slowly came under the escort of the guards.

In each cage is a large, ferocious beast. Among them, there are many overlord-level beasts such as Colorful Tigers, Wind Leopards, and Flame Lions. Seeing these fierce beasts, many harem concubines and palace maids were frightened.

I saw a small and peculiar-looking person open the cage where the beast was kept, this scene made many people tremble, and some even wanted to leave the table, and finally it was under the appeasement of this person that everyone calmed down.

This person is an animal tamer invited by Emperor Yu's own brother, King Teng. I saw that under his command, ten fierce beasts were as tame as a kitten, and they immediately lined up in a queue and danced hand in hand, this turned out to be a dance. The vicious appearance and graceful dancing, such a scene is extremely funny, and it immediately makes Emperor Yu and all the guests laugh.

At the end of the performance, King Teng was appreciated by Emperor Yu, which made him very happy. The Beast Trainer also received a very generous reward of spirit coins. At the suggestion of an official of the Ministry of Rites, several officials were asked to bring garlands of flowers to the beast. This suggestion was readily agreed to by Emperor Yu. King Teng would not want to give such an honor, but it was impossible for him to end up in person, so he sent his own people, a general and several ministers.

Several people also knew that this was a great opportunity to perform in front of His Majesty, and they naturally took it seriously. Just as they took the garlands they had prepared and were about to put them on a few beasts, an accident happened.

Just as the wreath was about to be brought to the thick neck of the beast, several beasts suddenly burst out, almost to everyone's surprise. The most unlucky are the few people who came to power, several civil officials were killed by fierce beasts in an instant, without any resistance, the highest general who cultivated to the highest level is a strong man in the Venerable Realm, and he has no defense, and he was caught off guard, and was seriously injured by several fierce beasts. Only then did the rest react and join forces to kill the beast.

Because the beast tamer was too close and had no defense, he was directly killed in the chaos and died the most unjustly.

This bloody scene happened, and the cause was quickly found out. It is judged that these garlands are inadvertently mixed with a plant called appetite grass, which stimulates the appetite nerves of the beasts, causing them to become hungry for a moment, and thus engage in cannibalism.

The results of the investigation came out, and Emperor Yu didn't say anything, and it was all caused by an accident, and soon the matter was over. As for the dead officials and seriously wounded generals, they were compensated by Emperor Yu.

The most ugly face is King Teng. Those officials, including the general, can be said to be his descendants, although these people's official positions are not large, but their positions are quite important. All at once. This made him extremely angry. He knew very well in his heart that with the death and injury of these people, their positions would definitely be replaced by people from several major families. This made him extremely unhappy, but he was helpless.

This kind of thing happened to the big families, their expressions were very sad, and their hearts were already happy. Only one of the people present knew that it was not an accident at all, and they admired the person they had never met even more.

This accident was not an accident at all, but Xiao Che's careful planning. The beast show was already scheduled, and Xiao Che just used his understanding of herbs to mix appetite herbs in a wreath. Back in the days of garland making, they threatened and bribed a garland maker. Sneak the appetite grass into it. Unexpectedly, the results achieved were quite good.

What if the official hadn't suggested wreaths for the beast. Xiao Che also thought of this. According to Murong Qing's investigation, Xiao Che analyzed the personalities of Emperor Yu and King Teng very thoroughly. King Teng is a person who has no skills but is very happy, and he will not let go of anything that adds points to himself. It can be said that the official who suggested that the beast be wreathed was acting at the behest of King Teng.

It can be said that Xiao Che's psychological analysis of them is not bad at all. This is also the key to the success of the operation.

The events of the day did not affect Emperor Yu's mood, this little bit of gore was nothing to Emperor Yu, but it made him even more excited. He was a cold and heartless man, and his bloodlust only made him more excited.

This little accident, no one takes it seriously.

In the evening, under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, wrestling and other competitions were held, and there were no more accidents. Next up is the "Foodie" competition.

The people of Beiyan are fierce and eat roughly, and most of the people believe that it is a blessing to be able to eat. There are many strong men in Beiyan, they are natural warriors, they not only have great strength, but also the amount of food is extremely huge. It is very popular with the people. Therefore, among the people, there are "foodie" competitions. The rules are simple, see who can eat the most. The winner will be awarded the title of "No. 1 Foodie" and will receive a large number of Spirit Coins. This kind of competition is extremely popular among the people.

Therefore, the amount of food eaten by the people of the Northern Yan Empire was much larger than that of people from other countries. This is also why Wen Jing, who is not in a big grade, will have a meal that shocks Xiao Che.

Generally speaking, this kind of competition is not elegant, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites want to liven up the atmosphere and please the emperor. It was set at the birthday banquet of Emperor Yu.

Knowing that there was such a competition, Emperor Yu was also very happy, as a high emperor, he rarely had the opportunity to go to the people. It was only when he was still the prince of Yuwang that he was closer to the people, and since he became Emperor Yu, he has never been out of the imperial city. He was very happy that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were able to bring folk entertainment to the imperial city.

The "foodie" competition soon began, all of whom were officials and children of the nobility, and the competition was extremely fierce, and a large amount of food soon entered the belly of the contestants, and as time passed, more and more people were pushed to the bottom. Who dares to deceive in front of His Majesty, they are the aristocratic officials who have experienced for the first time what it means to be able to hold people to death.

This made many people think that they would not be guilty of this sin in the future. As more and more people fell, the race soon drew to a close. At this time, there were only two people left, and suddenly, there was a shout from the inner prison outside, saying that an official vomited because he had eaten too much, and as a result, he fell into the pit and drowned. This made Emperor Yu and others cry and laugh. At this moment, one of them, who was still playing, suddenly fell to the ground and soon suffocated to death. After checking, he said that it was because he learned that someone had fallen into the pit, laughed, and choked to death by food.

This made Emperor Yu very unhappy. This was Emperor Yu's birthday, and so many strange and ominous things happened, which made him angry in his heart, although his face was still calm. Soon after the "foodie" competition, the banquet ended hastily. Soon the ministers bowed and left, and what happened today was too bizarre, and many people were puzzled.