Xun Yu looked at his son Xun Mou and asked the prince: "The prison is so tightly guarded, how could there be a chance to commit suicide?"
"Who says it's not the case!" Liu Yan explained with a proud look on his face, "But we couldn't stop him from committing suicide with a dagger hidden in his waist! How could the guards stop him when they found out!"
Xun Yu also nodded with satisfaction, "It is a good result to have eliminated King Wei as a serious nuisance. I just don't know what your Majesty is feeling right now?"
After hearing this, Liu Yan's originally smiling face darkened again, "I guess he's on the bed just now and is worried! He's probably worried that the Queen Mother won't be able to explain anything." Then he asked Xun Mou, "Now King Ning's men have taken over the case of King Wei's rebellion. It’s a mess, how do you think he will deal with this!”
Xun Mou thought: "Others don't matter, but the man named Lu Zuo must be eliminated quickly!"
"Him? I almost forgot!" Liu Yan was a little impatient, "General Xun, why do you always have trouble with such a pariah? Isn't it just Lu Zuo? Look, I have you now. In less than two months, Just get rid of King Wei, but what if King Wei has Lu Zuo? He will end up committing suicide just like that! It seems that he still has a false reputation..."
"Your Highness..."
Xun Mou frowned and became a little unhappy. Liu Yan quickly laughed and said: "Okay! General Xun, don't worry, it's just Lu Zuo! We will take him down tomorrow and he will never see the sun the day after tomorrow."
Xun Mou nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you, Your Highness! I am doing this for the sake of Your Highness' future! Don't forget it tomorrow."
The next day, when the March spring breeze blew through the capital, everyone seemed to really feel the arrival of spring. Too many things happened in Kyoto in February. The upcoming civil service examination will be held on the third day of March. After experiencing the rebellion of King Wei last month, many officials, including the Crown Prince and King Ning, have restrained themselves and do not dare to have too much contact with these tributes.
"Gaosheng Inn" is still full of people, and business seems to be better than before. In such a small inn, there is a Wen Zhuangyuan, a Wu Zhuangyuan, and four Jinshi, making this originally inconspicuous little inn, In an instant, there was a huge crowd, and the guests were not just here to stay in the hotel, but more because they wanted to see the elegance of these gold medalists, or even to curry favor with them. Lu Renxiang thought that his brother had failed the exam, so he kept a low profile. He did not dare to get too involved with those dignitaries, and just kept thinking about how to cope with the exam. Gao Han, on the other hand, was much more high-profile and kept close contacts with dignitaries. His younger brother Gao Jun stayed with Lu Zuo all day long, listening to Lu Zuo's lessons and exercises every day. After all, Lu Zuo was both civil and military and was a master of all kinds.
The weather was very good today. After Lu Zuo finished his morning recitation, he asked Yin Ji and Gao Jun to practice martial arts together, so the three of them set up a formation in the courtyard of the inn. The yard is not big, with a floor paved with soft pebbles, and a few peach trees that have bloomed in the southwest corner.
After Gao Yun warmed up, he asked Lu Zuo, "Brother, what are we competing against today?"
Lu Zuo smiled slightly, but Yin Ji showed the Zhanlu Sword in his hand and said, "Let's compete with each other!"
"No, no!" Gao Yun was extremely reluctant, "Yin Ji, I think you just want to show off your Zhan Lu sword! I don't have any good guys to compare with you."
"Second Senior Brother, I think you just don't dare!"
Gao Jun coldly "hummed", then smiled slyly, "If you have the guts, let's try to compare our strength!"
"Brother Gao Er, I think you also want to show off your brute strength! Who doesn't know that you are as strong as an ox? If you have the guts, you can compare your strength with my master!" Yin Ji knew that his master was extremely powerful, so Move out the master to laugh at Gao Yun.
"This martial arts practitioner, as long as he has enough strength and some brains, he is absolutely invincible. Before I met my eldest brother, I always thought of myself very highly. After these few days of competition, I realized that there is really someone outside the mountain. In the mountains, there are people outside.”
When Yin Ji heard what Gao Yun said, he felt the same and said proudly: "Just like my master, he is so powerful, and coupled with this extremely clever resourcefulness, I guess no one in the world can match him."
The reason why Gao Yun and Gao Yun flattered him so much was to make Lu Zuo, who was originally frowning, feel happier.
Lu Zuo also knew the intention of the two of them, so he smiled slightly, "You two have not improved your martial arts these days, but you are much more sharp-tongued. Dear brother, let's compete and fight together!"
After the two sides set up their positions, Gao Yun was defeated again without having to get thirty moves. Gao Yun was stroking his chest at the side, gasping for breath, and murmuring, "I don't... ok, brother, your martial arts skills are more than enough to win the top prize in martial arts. I'm really ashamed!"
"It's not that you're not good at martial arts, it's that you rely too much on brute force. If you just compete with me for strength, Brother Yu can defeat you without using your brain." Lu Zuo explained without changing his expression, and after saying that, he felt empty in his heart. It makes me feel sad to think that all my talents have nowhere to be used. So he stepped forward and patted Gao Yun on the shoulder, "You and Ji'er should practice first! I'll go out for a walk."
When Yin Ji heard that he didn't agree, he shouted at his master: "Master, I don't want to practice with him, I want to go out with you."
"Hey, you little bastard!" Gao Yun teased with a smile, "I'm not kind to you on weekdays, but today you've become a white-eyed wolf. Besides, brother is busy with something, so come here quickly!"
After Gao Yun finished speaking, he waved to Yin Ji to practice martial arts with him. Yin Ji ignored him and ran to Lu Zuo in a few steps, threw himself into Lu Zuo's arms and said coquettishly, "Master, take me with you! I want to follow you, too." you go."
Lu Zuo also couldn't laugh or cry. He stroked Yin Ji's head and said with a smile: "My master made an appointment with Uncle Pingyuan to go to his house today. There are important things to deal with. You can stay here and practice martial arts with your second high school brother." , you are not allowed to go anywhere, understand?"
"But, Master, didn't you say that you are in danger recently?" Yin Ji hugged him tighter after saying that, "I won't let you go out!"
Lu Zuo laughed and felt very relieved, "You see, your second high school brother is the current martial arts champion. He can't do anything to me, let alone others!"
At this moment, the three people seemed to hear shouting at the inn counter, which sounded like they were making trouble. Gao Jun and Yin Ji were already at odds with each other. When they heard the shouting that someone was looking for trouble outside, the two of them walked out of the patio, passed the corridor, and came to the lobby.
It turned out that there was not someone in the lobby looking for trouble, but seven or eight officials who were shouting at the counter, questioning the shopkeeper, and were about to arrest someone. The leader was grabbing the shopkeeper's collar. When the shopkeeper trembled and pointed his hand in the direction of the inner hall, Gao Jun and Yin Ji happened to appear. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he pointed tremblingly at Gao Yun'er. He reported, "Several officials, they are the people you are looking for."
One of the leading officials pushed the shopkeeper hard, and the shopkeeper staggered a few steps and sat down on the stool behind the counter. Then the leader led his men to Gao Yun in a swaggering manner.
When Gao Yun saw them approaching him menacingly with knives in their arms and ropes hanging on their waists, he asked curiously: "What are you doing? Which royal law have we violated?"
The official took out the shadow drawing from his arms and looked Gao Yun up and down, "Who are you from Lu Zuo? Where is Lu Zuo?"
