Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 67
With the sound of hoofbeats like thunder, Baiduo rode out of Chang'an like a whirlwind, went along the Jing River, and turned straight to the direction of Zhujiagou.

Yuwen Shi and his horse took the lead, with anxious expressions on their faces, and the guards around them were wearing armor and straddling horses, holding knives and guns, and followed closely.

Seeing the wooden fence blocking the road, Yuwen Shiji reined in his horse, fixed his eyes on the village guards holding spears, and then looked closely at the village without smoke pillars, heaved a long sigh of relief.

The personal guard stepped forward to report, and it happened that Guo Pu was patrolling, and immediately asked Qing Zhuang to remove the wooden fence.

"Meet Duke Ying."

Yuwen Shiji stared at Guo Pu who was wearing iron armor, and still questioned: "Are you..."

"The villain's owner, Longxi Danyang House, has been here for more than ten days under the order of Lord Silang."

"Brother Ke?"

Although Yu Wenshi and his staff are not too important among the staff and generals of the Qin Palace, they are the highest-ranking officials on the surface after all, and there is no shortage of news channels. They know that Li Shan and Li Kai and other children of the Qin Palace have friendship.

But Li Kai asked his family to protect Zhujiagou, which was beyond Yuwen Shiji's expectation.

Yu Wenshi got off his horse and stepped inside, "I heard that there are refugees making trouble?"

"It wasn't the refugees who made the rebellion." Guo Pu reported respectfully, "More than a hundred thieves and bandits armed with knives and spears engulfed the refugees."

Yuwen Shiji paused, "Already repulsed?"

Guo Pu hesitated for a moment. He didn't quite understand why Yuwen Shiji came here, "Li Langjun made a plan to lure the bandits into the village, and attack them from front to back. The bandits either died or surrendered, and no one escaped."

Following Guo Pu's narration, Yuwen Shiji's face turned livid at first, and finally he snorted, "I'm used to taking risks, not the right way."

Passing through several small alleys, Yuwen Shiji looked at the wall that had been pushed down, and saw the broken weapons and large bloodstains on the ground that hadn't been cleaned in time.

Walking out of the alley, a large number of refugees were sitting on the ground, and dozens of young men with weapons were guarding them. A rough calculation showed that there were at least six to seven hundred people.

Beside the temporary stove, dozens of women and children were cooking porridge. Yuwen Shiji stepped forward to take a look, and found that the porridge was actually mixed with minced meat.

On a small hill in the east, Li Shanzheng, dressed in bright light armor, was sitting on a stool looking down boredly, surrounded by eight followers holding waist knives.

Li Shan turned his head to look at it, and said with a smile: "If you can't stand it, go back and rest."

Zhu Baqiang held back his nausea, "Lang Jun, I really don't want to be punished to kneel again..."

Zhao Da at the side was also the first follower to follow Li Shan, "If it wasn't for the persuasion of Mr. Qi, Qi Gong would have driven us out of the village."

"Besides, Uncle Guo has already issued a military order, if he leaves his post without authorization, he will be executed." Zhu Baban turned his head away from looking at Poxia.

Li Shan laughed a few times and didn't say anything else. At the last moment of the day, Zhu Ba led his men down to fight and left Li Shan behind... Guo Pu and Zhu Wei were furious.

Zhu Ba and the others were also very wronged, and it cannot be said that Li Shanfei asked them to go.

"Lang Jun, Uncle Guo is here..." Zhu Ba snorted, "He brought someone here..."

Li Shan glanced back, got up and smiled and cupped his hands, "This junior pays his respects to Duke Ying."

Yuwen Shiji frowned and said, "Why don't you send someone to report?"

Li Shan knew his identity, but he didn't ask for help when he encountered a dangerous situation... Yu Wenshiji was quite dissatisfied with this. Of course, his main concern was not Li Shan's safety.

"Mother went to Dongshan Temple to worship the Buddha today, everything is as usual."

Li Shan naturally knew that Yuwen Shiji came here because of his ex-wife, Princess Nanyang. This sentence told him that Princess Nanyang was safe and sound.

Seeing Yu Wenshi and his expression relax, Li Shan muttered in his heart, they are all scumbags, and no one will say anything.

But in Li Shan's view, Yuwen Shiji is still a little bit human.

On the one hand, it was because of Yuwen Shiji's assistance today, and on the other hand... Li Shan met Wu Zhong in person a few days ago. From what he said, Li Dewu regretted letting Zhu's mother and son go.

Li Shan is not stupid, so he can guess it... Li Dewu gave birth to a son, and now he regrets not being soft-handed and not eradicating the roots.

"If it's just refugees making trouble, the village is young and strong, friends donate weapons, and Uncle Guo presides over it, there will be no harm. Who would have thought that the robbers wanted to rob Dongshan Temple this time." Li Shan smiled lightly: "It's a fluke, and no one escapes. Be safe."

Yu Wenshi and Wei Wei nodded, it was considered to have approved Li Shan's decision. After all, the bandits came for Dongshan Temple, and the most important thing is not to leave any future troubles.

Still the same sentence, don't you be afraid of thieves stealing, are you not afraid of thieves thinking about it?
"Well, it's all down there."

Yuwen Shiji took a few steps forward, looked down the slope, and the corners of his eyes moved. A large pit had been dug below. More than a hundred people were busy, and the two carried a corpse into the pit.

The corpses were piled up in a haphazard manner in the pit, purple-black bloodstains could be seen everywhere, and seeing Li Shan's indifferent expression from the side, even Yuwen Shi and Jiuli battle formation could not help but be shocked.

"Ninety-two people." Li Shan pouted, "Although they are bandits, they still need to be buried in the ground."

Yuwen Shiji didn't want to talk a little bit, and he could rest in peace... I remember that Guo Pu also said before that no one escaped, but he either died or surrendered.

At first, Yuwen Shiji judged Li Shan from Du Ruhui's description and his encounter with him when he went to Dongshan Temple to seek scriptures. Righteousness comes first.

What I saw today, I didn't expect it to be so hot.

Throughout the ages, the killing of prisoners has always been an event that easily arouses the fear of others. Yuwen Shi and squinting his eyes to look at the young man in front of him, there is no trace of restraint or bloodthirsty, and he seems to have an indifferent attitude towards it.

Seemingly aware of Yuwen Shiji's prying eyes, Li Shan said with a smile: "Someone has already recognized that it was this group of bandits who robbed Changlepo that day."

"That day?"

"I remember Chang'an decree reported that more than [-] people died, thousands were injured, more than [-] houses were destroyed, and blood flowed like rivers." Li Shan wrote lightly: "Such a tragic situation, I am afraid that the dead will be angry in the underworld. It's going to kill me."

Yuwen Shiji sighed softly, and said after a long silence, "I heard that you are studying scriptures and want to take the imperial examination next year to become an official?"

"It's just a test. Can you allow the younger generation to vote in the paper?"

"Ming Jing Ke, no need to submit papers."

What he said made sense, Li Shan lowered his head and smiled and said, "Even if you are ranked first, it is difficult for the Ministry of Officials to select officials."

"Let's go through the Chang'an county government first." Yuwen Shiji suddenly smiled, "If you can win the first place, with the appreciation of the King of Qin and the mediation of the Danyang House of the Li family in Longxi, it should not be difficult for the officials to select officials."

"If you become an official in Beijing, I will add a house to you."

"Don't dare to be a generous gift from the Duke of the country."

Li Shan frowned slightly...he first passed the Chang'an county government gate, and he felt that Yuwen Shiji's words seemed to refer to something special.

"It's worth it." Yuwen Shiji said softly: "The house originally belonged to your family, and it's better to fall into your hands... than fall into someone else's hands."

Li Shan, who had been sideways, turned around slowly, squinting his eyes to face Yuwen Shiji.

Neither of them spoke on the hill. After a long silence, Yuwen Shiji turned and left.

The long-standing doubts have been answered, and the long-standing speculation has also been confirmed. Li Shanjiu stood on the hill for a long time, staring at the gradually blurred back.

Why Yuwen Shiji sent his ex-wife Princess Nanyang to Dongshan Temple to practice, why Yuwen Shiji interceded for himself in Changlepo... Li Shan has always speculated.

Now I can be sure, although I don't know what Yuwen Shiji thought, but he discovered his identity very early, it should be the meeting at Dongshan Temple... and the same act of abandoning his wife and son became the reason for him to do all this. reason.

Li Shan thought to himself, according to the psychological explanation, Yuwen Shiji was substituting himself and Princess Nanyang into Li Dewu and Zhu Shi.

Yuwen Shiji wanted to give that house to Li Shan, naturally he hoped that Li Shan would become famous, if Li Dewu could be forced to lose his reputation... maybe Yuwen Shiji was looking forward to seeing it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shan suddenly thought that Yuwen Shiji specifically mentioned to pass the Chang'an Order.

Although Li Zhaode didn't come to Zhujiagou many times because of his close contacts with the children of Prince Qin's mansion, but after all, the relationship is very close, and Chang'an Order Li Qianyou should not be a hindrance.

No, Yuwen Shiji was talking about...the gate of Chang'an County Yamen.

Li Shan remembered that Li Kai and Wang Renbiao mentioned that to participate in the scientific examination, they needed to be recommended by the Chang'an order, but they had to pass the county government examination, and the county magistrate was in charge of the examination.

After a long silence, Li Shan kicked the stool over. Yuwen Shi would not mention this incident for no reason, especially when he mentioned that he had a close relationship with the Li family in Longxi, and then he mentioned the house.

There can only be a reasonable explanation. Li Dewu, who failed to obtain the Chang'an Order, is likely to be the Chang'an County Captain.

(End of this chapter)