Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming.

The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star.

Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles.

Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name.

Idle over the letter tomb drink, take off the sword and kneel forward.

will scorch Zhu Hai and persuade Hou Huan.

Three cups of Turannuo, Wuyue is light.

After the eyes are dazzled and the ears are hot, the spirit is born.

Save Zhao with a golden hammer, Handan was shocked first.

Two strong men in Qianqiu, Xuanhe Liang City.

The bones of the arson are fragrant, and he is not ashamed of the world.

Who can write Your Excellency, the white head is too mystical.

"Good poetry, good writing. ”

“......”

Royal Palace, Imperial Garden.

Pavilions, strange flowers and plants, rugged mountains and stones, stone paintings are roads. The garden is full of ancient cypresses, listing strange stones and jade seats, and the scene is changeable, such as spring, summer, autumn and winter. The pebbles are inlaid into the picture of Fu, Lu and Shou, spread high in the magnificent Xiushan path, the stacked stones are unique, the road is coiled, there are stone carvings and dragons spraying water, all the way to the top of Xiushan. There is a delicate pavilion on the top of the mountain, the plaque is written with gold characters "Imperial View", sit in the pavilion and look forward, you can enjoy the scenery of the palace up and down ten miles.

At this time, there was an imperial robe sitting in the pavilion.

His eyes shot at the cold star, his two curved eyebrows were like paint, and the corners of his mouth were full of admiration, and he was savoring the long gold silk scroll in his hand. The long scroll is sent by the fast horse in the west of the city half a quarter ago, and the reading of the scroll is Longyan Dayue. However, the two black-robed officials standing on the side were diametrically opposed, and they were obviously anxious and uneasy. After all, the content that comes with the dossier is not a good thing. The dignified court official, the second-grade royal forest god general, the chief examiner of the national examination, died at the hands of two candidates, and also took the lives of nearly a dozen royal forest sergeants, seriously injured nearly 100. Such a disaster, looking at the national examination for thousands of years, there are only a handful, dare to ask who can laugh when they know it?

But right now, the real dragon smiled, and laughed heartily.

"Sprinkle. ”

"Good writing, good writing. ”

After the poetry is appreciated, the golden silk scroll is placed smoothly on the stone platform, and the viewer seems to be deeply touched and praised repeatedly. Then the Son of Heaven raised his hand to hold the gold bottle, opened his mouth and drank it all, and sighed happily: "Drink and sing wildly to spend your days in the air, who is the male for flying? Well, when the national examination is over, I'll find another chance for him to get a bachelor's degree, haha. ”

"Uh..."

The two officials standing on the side exchanged glances with each other, and it was self-evident that they were confused in their hearts. The older official on the left leaned down a little and said carefully: "Your Majesty, Li Bai's corpse is a vegetarian meal, as the chief officer of the martial arts examination, he does not have the authority to invigilate the examination, and even shields the perpetrators of the murder, and he is allowed to go freely, I am afraid that he will have a bad intention." ”

"Evil heart? huh..."

The Son of Heaven chuckled, looked at the person who spoke, and asked in a dark voice: "If he is a corpse, and you tamper with the roster of martial arts tests without me, isn't it fearless?

"Smack..."

When the old official heard this, he suddenly changed color, and he was extremely frightened, and fell to the ground as soon as his feet were weak, and another official then knelt down in panic, and the former said in a trembling voice: "Minister... I am ashamed to love Your Majesty, but... The minister just wanted to take advantage of this martial arts to frustrate the arrogance of the northerners, and also to clear some obstacles for the prince, so..."

"Come on, don't explain, explanation is a cover-up. Get up. ”

Today, the emperor seems to be in a good mood, slapping lightly, and not holding the two officials accountable. After the two officials stood up in fear, he continued: "I don't blame you for this, just leave it at that." But as an important minister of the imperial court, you have to have a more atmospheric vision and pattern. It depends on who it is used for, whether it can be useful, whether it is worth using, these must be thought out in advance, and then act, otherwise it will be laughable and generous. ”

"Shame, minister. ”

The two officials bowed down to the same sentence in shame, and one of them asked tentatively, "How does Your Majesty think this matter should be handled?"

The Son of Heaven stretched out his hand, carefully rolled up the long scroll on the stone platform and tied the seal, and asked rhetorically, "What do you think?"

Both officials carefully weighed for a moment, then exchanged glances again. Perhaps through two words, they had guessed three points of holy intent, and one of them turned to the tone and said softly: "Although Li Bai bends the law for personal gain, if he holds an examiner accountable during the national examination, he may be tongue-in-cheek. Therefore, the minister thought that Li Bai's crime could be postponed until after the heavenly trial, and then the decision would be made. And Mo Xian, Mo Yan and other murderers can be taken down immediately and sent to the prison for trial at a later date. ”

"Heh..."

The Son of Heaven chuckled again: "I just said that you have a small pattern, why are you still limited to this square circle?"

As he spoke, the Son of Heaven placed the long scroll with the seal on his knees, and then said: "If you take Li Baiyi's tongue, won't Mo Xian and Mo Yan be gone? Wei Yan is the chief official of the imperial court, and he ordered heaven and earth to continue the competition, causing Mo Xian, Mo Yan and others to take the opportunity to kill, which is already his fault. And as a god general of the Royal Forest, he forcibly stopped the competition, but was killed by two candidates together, and he didn't even survive fifty rounds, you don't think about how to make up for such a humiliating thing, but you first think about asking people for guilt, aren't you afraid that I will be scolded by the world?"

"Uh..."

The words of the Son of Heaven seem to have a deep meaning, because what he secretly means is to take people.

Another official thought for a moment and took over the words, and explained euphemistically: "Your Majesty, General Wei has been wronged by defeat. If it weren't for Mo's idle and sneak attack, General Wei would have been caught off guard and left behind, and he would have been suppressed so much that he couldn't even exert his battle spirit, otherwise General Wei's cultivation would not have been so miserably even if he was defeated. Moreover, the minister felt that Mo Yan and Mo Xian, one out of seven stars and one out of immortal line, although the sword came out of two sects, they belonged to the same sect, and they could join forces to overcome the courage of the king realm, and there must be a secret that they did not see the light. I'm afraid it will be related to some people. It would be best if you could take the opportunity to win it. ”

"Heh..."

The Son of Heaven looked a little helpless and ridiculous: "You took the opportunity, but what you borrowed was my face." People in the world will not laugh at you two, but they will laugh at me for the incompetence of the thief, let the rebels from the north and the south ignore it, and get angry after taking it. Do you think that's possible?"

"Uh..."

The heart of the emperor is as deep as the sea.

At this point, the two officials who have been officials in the court for decades can suddenly appreciate the imperial mind contained in these words. It's not that Mo Yan and Mo Xian can't take it, but they can't use this excuse to take it. In other words, if you want to take Mo Yan and Mo Xian, you must find another unruly statement, and you have to take it.

The two officials nodded to each other: "The minister understands." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled happily, took the long scroll on his lap and handed it to the two: "Remember, plan before you act, don't make trouble for me again." Ordered someone to frame this poem in the imperial study with tigers, beasts and dragon whiskers, and when I am free, I have to taste it slowly, so I will retreat. ”

"Yes. ”

"The ministers retired. ”

The old official stretched out his hands and respectfully accepted the long scroll.

So the two of them bowed and took a few steps back, turned around and walked down Xiushan...

The beautiful trees are verdant, the strange flowers are scorching, and a clear stream from the depths of the flowers and trees twists and turns into the stone gaps, accompanied by the gentle footsteps of the people, slowly flowing to the north stream. Walking down Xiu Mountain, the road is flat and wide, the flying building is inserted into the air, and the carved and embroidered sill are all hidden between the mountain cols and trees.

After walking a long way, the two officials dared to straighten their humble waists, and at the same time quickened the pace of many feet.

"It's weird..."

"Your Majesty seems to be in an unusually comfortable mood today, and he hasn't condemned himself?"

As he walked, the slightly younger official finally asked the question that he had been afraid of for a long time.

The slightly older official didn't have much change in mood, and replied with a solemn face: "This is inevitable, we have done something that His Majesty has always wanted to do but did not dare to do, what is the crime?"

"What you want to do but don't dare to do?"

"Hmm. ”

The former was puzzled, and the latter continued in a slow and solemn voice: "The chaos is imminent, go to the army to fight and plot, Kyoto is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch? Zhenwu is known as the rivers and lakes, and the name of the Sword Sect is admired by the sword cultivators all over the world. Twenty years ago, although they did not participate in the bloody battle of Yueyang, but twenty years later, who knows what they are thinking? A few days ago, His Majesty sent the crown prince to Zuixianlou to set up a bureau, and on the surface, he was to kill those northerners, but in fact he wanted to force the Huang family to stand up and take a stand. As a result, His Majesty used a little trick to show the tail of the Huang family, and went bankrupt to protect those boys, and then bankrupted the family to lay out the world's business roads to prepare for the confrontation with the imperial court, which can be described as a full evil intention. The Huang family leaned north, and His Majesty would have to take his sacrificial knife sooner or later, but His Majesty was afraid of the clan bloodline, so he didn't do it for a long time. Today, in the name of the martial test, we set up a situation for Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can see the attitude of Zhenwu Mountain, how can you condemn us with Your Majesty's wisdom?"

"Yes, but it's not right..."

The younger official nodded in agreement, but his doubts were still not dissipated: "I have also thought about this layer you said, but according to Li Bai's attitude today, Zhenwu Mountain has the meaning of leaning north, and Wei Yan was beheaded, and the face of the court can be said to be lost, how can Your Majesty not be so comfortable, right?"

"No, no, you only see the surface. ”

After the former said, the old official waved his hand: "Do you really think that Your Majesty never knew about our tampering with the roster of martial artists?"

The young official raised his eyebrows and condensed three serious expressions: "How do you say this?"

"Do you know who appointed the four chief officials for this year's national examination?" asked the old official.

"Da-duh..."

When the young official heard this, he was slightly stunned.

He turned his face to look at the old official and asked uncertainly, "Is it Your Majesty?"

The old official nodded with deep meaning: "It is Your Majesty." ”

Looking at the top of the mountain on the south side, the old official slowed down and continued to say in a solemn voice: "Your Majesty is a genius in the world, Wen Taowu is far superior to the Ming monarchs of the past dynasties, and his imperial mental skills are not something you and I can guess." Wei Yan joined the army at the age of sixteen, started in Cangyun Castle, served in Beipiguan for nine years, and belonged to the direct line of Babel Tower. Yu Guanchuan entered the academy 20 years ago with his literary examination, and after the war, he became a scholar of Wentian Pavilion, and was forced to return to Beijing to serve as the head of the Hanlin Academy due to the sage's conspiracy a year ago, and he also belonged to the direct line of the Tower of Babel. Needless to say, the other one is one of the four red-clothed sacrifices of the Tower of Babel. Your Majesty uses these people, obviously to use their sacrificial swords and kill chickens and monkeys. Because, His Majesty never thought that those northerners would quietly let people eat meat, and this national test will definitely be rampant because of them. Now it seems that things are exactly as your Majesty expected. Xia Xun, Li Baixiu, and Wu's brothers and sisters cheated in the Wen Examination, and the two chief officials of the Wen Examination were perfunctory, and they were exempt from being held accountable by the imperial court afterwards. And Wei Yan is the same, if Yu Youran broke the situation, if he didn't force his shot, the court could derelict his duty and ask him for his crimes, and he would be demoted or imprisoned. But he died, died under the swords of Mo Xian and Mo Yan, which made it even more in accordance with His Majesty's wishes, forcing Li Bai to stand up and take a stand for Zhenwu Mountain..."

"But Zhenwu Mountain has the meaning of a fish dying and the net is broken. ”

"Quite the opposite. ”

The former asserted, and the latter waved his hand again: "The real martial arts have not hindered the development of the situation from the beginning to the end of the martial arts, this is their position, and no one will help." Don't forget, the Holy Ancestor of Zhenwu Mountain is His Majesty's aunt and Lu Fengxian's wife, and the relationship between them is complicated, and it is rare for Zhenwu Mountain to be able to do both sides. Even after Wei Yan's death, Li Bai only used "to go to the clothes after the incident, and hide his body and name" to persuade Xia Xun, Mo Xian and others, and to "save Zhao with a golden hammer, Handan was shocked first" to shock the imperial court, instead of directly pressing the entire net worth like the Huang family to fight to the death. Zhenwu Mountain can have such an attitude, which is the result that His Majesty wants to see the most, how can Long Yan be displeased?"

"Tsk, I see..."

The old official looked at others with deep meaning, and the slightly younger official on the side was like an enlightenment when he heard the words, and immediately understood everything: "Tut-tut, Xun Shangshu is very knowledgeable." I never thought that this layer you said was a word to wake up people in their dreams. Li Bai's last sentence, who can write to Your Excellency, Bai Shou Taixuanjing, isn't it just to put all the blame for killing Wei Yan on Chunyang, so as to maintain the balance of the situation, and the two don't help each other? Xun Shangshu is very knowledgeable, if you don't remind the lower officials, you have to think about it for a long time, admire. ”

The old official waved his hand again, raised his steps again, and walked out slowly: "Yin Shilang praised it falsely." The emperor's heart is as deep as the sea, and the old man has only been following His Majesty for some years, and he can ponder a little holy will, which is not far-sighted. But you're a little bit wrong. Although Li Bai did a good job in this matter, he is a thorn in His Majesty's heart after all, even if he doesn't stand up today, I think he will probably not be held accountable after the national examination. ”

The former goes, and the latter starts to follow in parallel.

"Then I guess I understand. ”

"In this way, I will be able to do as His Majesty pleases, and I will not have to worry about the red tape. ”

"You must not take it lightly, this cannot be wrong. It should be loose, and it should be tight, otherwise if something goes wrong, everyone will not be able to explain. The old official did not forget to remind.

The slightly younger official then nodded: "I understand, first loosen and then tighten, let them into the top three first, and I am not afraid that they will slip out of the palm of my hand." In doing so, it will not be untruthful. ”

"Hmm. ”

The old official smiled with deep meaning: "This is very good, it is in line with the holy will." After a pause, he asked again, "By the way, has the Cullinan been properly placed?"

"The Temple of Heaven has been placed and guarded by roller blinds. ”

"So good..."

"The Temple of Heaven is the top priority of His Majesty's layout, but there must be no mistakes"

"Yes. ”

“......”

Clear streams and snow, stone piercing clouds. The white stone is the bar, and the beast face is spitting. The figure walked far away, and the voice was low, gradually hidden in the strange mountains and strange stones and flowers, and the sound disappeared. I can't see it clearly, those cunning faces hidden under the turbulent tide, leaving only a skin that seems real but is actually false.