Li Junxian's expression was extremely hurried, as if he had something urgent to discuss with Li Shiming.
"Your Majesty?"
"Oh."
"He's downstairs."
The old butler pointed at the cave.
Li Junxian was taken aback. Below? But then he saw the hole in the room.
"This is…"
Li Junxian didn't know what was going on.
"This is my young master's private stash.”the old butler said faintly.
"Private savings!"
"Oh my god!"
Li Junxian immediately understood.
His Majesty was really amazing. He did not expect to find the King of Wei's private stash.
"Princess Jin Yang is also down there?" Li Junxian's first reaction was to ask.
Princess Jin Yang was a treasure hunter. The King of Wei's private money was more or less related to her.
"No, I haven't."
"This place was discovered by His Majesty.”
The old butler shook his head, and his voice was really a little helpless. So you guys came to my Wei Manor to compete who was better at finding money?
"What? Your Majesty is awesome!"
Li Junxian cried out in alarm. He hurriedly put down his saber and began to climb down.
He had an urgent matter to discuss with Li Shimin.
The Golden Guards had been searching for traces of the King of Wei for a few days, and they had finally made a major breakthrough. He wanted to quickly inform the Emperor of this news.
"Aiya!"
"Who is it?"
"My head."
"Don't go down. Let me go up first."
However, after climbing a few steps down the ladder, Li Junxian felt flat ground. As soon as he placed his foot down, he immediately heard Li Jing's angry voice.
F * ck!
So the flat ground he felt just now was General Li's head.
Li Junxian hurriedly climbed up.
"General Li, are you alright?"
Li Junxian shouted from the ground.
Then, Li Jing's head popped out, but it was a little white.
This was where Li Junxian had stepped.
"It's fine, it's fine."
"Bah!"
Li Jing spat out the dust in his mouth and jumped out with his hands on the ground.
"I'm really sorry, General Li. I was in a hurry to find His Majesty, so I didn't see the situation below clearly.”Li Junxian felt rather apologetic.
"I'm fine."
"His Majesty is right below."
"Go ahead."
Li Jing patted his sleeves and was about to leave.
He followed Li Shi Min's instructions and rushed to the left guard army to move the books.
Damn it, this matter could not be delayed. The sooner the better. At least, they had to move out enough to sell tomorrow.
"Ah?"
"General Li, didn't His Majesty come up with you?”
Li Junxian still didn't know what was going on.
"No, His Majesty is laughing so hard that he can't stop.”
Li Jing's voice came from the distance, and Li Junxian immediately jumped down.
His Majesty couldn't stop laughing!
Good girl…
Did he find something good again? Oh my god, although the King of Wei was not in Chang 'an, Chang' an was full of legends about the King of Wei!
When Li Junxian arrived, Li Shiming's laughter finally died down.
"Your Majesty!"
"I have something to report!"
"It's about His Highness the King of Wei."
Li Junxian hurriedly walked over and knelt on one knee.
He thought that His Majesty would be overjoyed when he heard this news, but who knew that Li Shi Min would reach out his hand and stop him from continuing.
"Zhen has something important to do now. We can talk about the King of Wei when we get back.”
"Don't distract me now."
"If it doesn't concern the life and death of the King of Wei, then don't say it.”
Li Shiming really couldn't care about anything else.
He wasn't a god and didn't know how to split himself. If there were too many things, he wouldn't be able to handle them well.
Right now, no matter how he looked at it, the books were the most important thing. There was also the movable type printing technique. He had to act quickly.
Li Junxian stared in shock, thinking he had heard wrong.
His Majesty actually doesn't listen to the news of the King of Wei?
He had really spent a lot of effort to find traces of the King of Wei.
He thought that if His Majesty heard the news about him, he would definitely be so excited that he would immediately ask him to bring him there.
But…
It was completely different from what he had imagined.
"Your Majesty," Li Junxian took a deep breath,"this has nothing to do with the King of Wei's life.”
"Then go to the side and wait. Later, cooperate with Medicine Master to transport the books out!”Li Shi Min ordered.
Books?
What book?
Li Junxian didn't react.
Wasn't that the situation in Chang 'an now?
The Emperor held the imperial examinations, but the aristocratic families secretly caused trouble and directly shut down all the bookstores, wanting to kill the imperial examinations in the cradle.
Where is His Majesty's book?
Not only the imperial court, but the entire world did not have books.
Li Junxian blinked innocently and looked around in confusion.
It would have been fine if he didn't look at it, but when he did, goosebumps rose all over his body.
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Oh my god!
Li Junxian stared at the books in the cave, his soul trembling.
In an instant, he understood why His Majesty did not want to hear anything else.
Books!
They were all books!
Large amounts of books were scattered on the ground, and there was no telling how many more such large boxes were behind them.
Oh my god!
How many books were there?
Is this…the King of Wei's private savings?
Was the King of Wei crazy? He could hide his private stash of money, but what was the point of hiding these books?
Would a normal person hide so many books?
This thought appeared in Li Junxian's mind.
It was almost the same as what Fang Xuanling and the others had thought.
Indeed, normal people would not hide so many books. These books were really worthless in normal times, and there was no room for them to increase in value.
However, for Li Tai, this was just a matter of throwing it away.
Back then, he was bored, so he made a movable type printing machine and printed a few books. Then, he casually threw them here and didn't care about them anymore.
Who knew that after a period of time, it would become like this.
"Yes, sir!"
"Understood!"
Li Junxian roared.
Soon, Li Jing brought a group of left guards down.
The transportation began.
Li Shi Min looked at the dragon carrying the book, his fists clenched and hammered in the air several times.
Tomorrow morning, those people would definitely attack him and force him to cancel the imperial examination.
But now that he had this batch of books, it was enough to buy him enough time. Then, it wouldn't take long for the movable type printing technique to be able to print the books. With that, everything could continue!
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
"Let's go!"
"Ancestors, Xuanling, Keming, follow me.”
"We have to quickly settle the matter of printing.”
Li Shiming rolled up his sleeves and rushed out.
The matter of transporting the books had already been sorted out. The rest was left to the army. The most important thing now was to quickly find craftsmen to work.
Soon, the four of them climbed out again.
Li Shiming rubbed his face with both hands.
"Xuanling, I'll leave this matter to you. You go and organize the manpower and assist Keming. You guys go and find a place to set up our printing factory.”
"Hu…"
"There's no time to lose!"
Li Shi Min quickly ordered.
"Understood!"
" But Your Majesty, this map…"
Du Ruhui looked at the map on the table.
" Imitation!!!"
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go!!!”
Li Shi Min glared at him and shouted.
" Hey, hey, hey…" Du Ruhui hurried over.
Fang Xuanling quickly brought the candles over.
Unknowingly, it was getting late and the sky had darkened. However, this was just the beginning.
"Hehehe…Your Majesty is so refreshed. It's completely different from the state you were in under the pavilion.”
"It seems that snatching people's things is the easiest way to make people happy.”
As the old butler spoke, he even teased Du Ruhui." Lord Du, don't worry. We don't know when Young Master will arrive. Don't worry."”
Li Shi Min could only smile bitterly.
Snatch?
He scratched his head and looked at the left guard army transporting out batches of books. He did not know what to say.
Indeed…
He seemed to have borrowed too many things from the Wei Manor.
However, this thing was so good.
"Cough cough cough…borrow, borrow, borrow.”Li Shi Min corrected.
"Yes, I'll return it one day.”Zhangsun Wuji agreed.
"I'm afraid that when the time comes, Your Majesty can only return the favor in this position.”The old butler shook his head.
"We'll talk about that later." Li Shimin waved his hand.”
"If you really can't afford it, so what if you give it to the King of Wei?”
"Besides, how much is this book worth?”
Li Shi Min rubbed his nose.
"Times have changed."
"It's usually worthless, but now, it's like gold.”
The old butler replied.
"What? We're doing business, and he can still take the opportunity to earn my money? Old butler, that's impossible, right?”Li Shimin brought up the father-son relationship.
The old butler was speechless.
He smiled.
His Majesty was quite talkative sometimes.
Just like that, they chatted with each other.
"Your Majesty, it's done!"
Finally, Du Ruhui put down the pen in his hand, blew on the paper in his hand, and picked it up for Li Shimin to read.
Li Shimin compared.
Although some of the lines looked awkward, the general situation was the same.
It was clear at a glance.
Du Ruhui had really used the power of chaos.
He was good at calligraphy, but his calligraphy skills were different from his painting skills. Du Ruhui had yet to master the various lines.
To be able to copy it to this extent was already not easy.
"Good, good, good!"
"Not bad."
"Hang up the map again. Let's go!”
Li Shiming looked at the dark sky in the courtyard and knew that it was time to go back.
Before leaving, Li Shimin had ordered the Left Guard soldiers to bring a message to the cave, telling Li Junxian to meet him at Phoenix Rites Hall.
After everything was settled, Li Shiming left with Zhangsun Wuji and the other two.
Tomorrow morning, it would be another bloodless battle!
But…with these books and the King of Wei's private savings, I have nothing to fear!
Li Shimin was even looking forward to the morning court session.
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Chang 'an.
In front of the Jingzhao Mansion.
The number of people was much smaller than during the day, leaving only a group of poor scholars who really wanted to walk the path of the imperial examination.
However, there were still a lot of people.
During the day, other than them, there were also ordinary people who felt angry.
However, it was late at night. Most of the people still chose to go home. They had no choice. They had their own things to do and had to live a difficult life tomorrow. They could not waste all their time here.
No matter what, these commoners did not make a living by studying, or rather, they did not make a living by studying for the time being.
However, these scholars were different. At this moment, they practically made a living by reading.
Studying was a part of their lives.
They could still hold on and did not want to give up.
The door of the capital prefecture was still open.
However, what was the use of driving it?
The crowd sat quietly in front of the capital city's manor. They were tired and did not have the strength to ask for more. They could only use this method to stubbornly express their attitude!
"What should we do?"
"It seems that the government has no choice.”
"Are we just going to give up like this?”
"Without books, how can we take the imperial examinations? Wouldn't the imperial examinations become a joke?”
"Have you heard? Tomorrow morning, His Majesty might have to cancel the imperial examination. This time, the noble family won.”
"The imperial court…we have no choice, and we can't blame His Majesty. We both know how powerful the clans are.”
"I just didn't expect that after the previous dynasty was destroyed, the noble families were actually so well-prepared. Hehehe…They really don't give us any chance of survival.”
"They are afraid."
" Yes, they're afraid. But, because they're afraid, we really don't have any chance. Sigh…"
The scholar from the Humble Class sat at the door and talked in a low voice.
After the initial excitement, then the blow to the head from the noble family, and then the powerlessness of the imperial court, they had already exhausted all the strength in their bodies.
There was no other way.
What could they do?
Other than knowing a few words, he was completely powerless. Other than being able to call out a few times, he could not do anything.
It seemed that there was really no other way.
A scholar who is good for nothing.
The old saying was true.
Perhaps, commoners were not worthy of studying.
In the crowd, a young man simply lay on the ground and looked at the stars in the sky in a daze.
"King Bin, what should we do tomorrow?" A companion beside him asked in a low voice.
"Tomorrow? Hehehe... I'll continue raising horses tomorrow.”The young man laughed at himself." We've really gone silly from studying. Let's just treat today as a dream."”
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The Imperial City.
When Li Shimin dared to walk in.
Empress Zhangsun, who had been waiting bitterly, came forward to welcome him.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you send someone to report where you went?”
"You're so worried, you know?”
Empress Zhangsun punched Li Shimin in the chest.
She was worried.
How could he not be worried?
Now that such a big thing had happened in the world, and the people in the city were making a fuss, she was really afraid that Li Shiming would do something stupid.
Li Shi Min took a deep breath.
He looked at Empress Zhangsun's worried eyes and laughed.
His heart was filled with warmth.
"Let's go!"
"Guanyin maid, go back."
"Hahaha…I haven't eaten dinner yet. I want to drink the lotus seed soup you made.”
Li Shimin held Empress Zhangsun's hand and strode toward the Phoenix Ceremony Hall.
"Your Majesty, the lotus seed soup is already ready. Fortunately, it's not cold yet.”
"Drink it quickly."
When they returned to the Phoenix Rites Hall, Empress Zhangsun hurriedly brought over a bowl of lotus seed soup.
Li Shi Min took it and gulped it down.
Empress Zhangsun sat at the side and looked at Li Shimin with heartache.
Li Shi Min was a bit sloppy.
Because of the tunnel, his entire body was covered in soil.
Especially on her hair.
"Your Majesty, after you finish drinking, go and wash up.”
"Don't think about the imperial examinations anymore.”
"This isn't your fault. ChenQie knows that you wish for the world to be good, for the Great Tang to be good, but…"
"The power of the noble families is too great now. We have to take it slow and not rush.”
"In such a situation, even if the Qin Emperor and Han Wu came, they would probably be helpless. Look at how powerful the previous dynasty was, but it was still ruined by them.”
"Your Majesty, don't be sad.”
" Why don't we cancel the imperial examination tomorrow? When we're ready, we'll…"
Empress Zhangsun comforted him.
She had been worried for a long time today.
Hearing the news from the servants, the people outside seemed to have exploded.
The capital prefecture was surrounded.
The imperial examinations would die prematurely.
She knew that Li Shiming must be very sad, but when she wanted to find him, he had already disappeared.
Li Shimin put down his bowl.
He took a deep breath and rubbed his stomach. Looking at Empress Zhangsun's worried expression, he nodded.
"Don't worry, Guanyin Maid."
"You don't have to worry about these things.”
"Zhen has already found a way to break out of this situation.”
"Noble clan? Hehe…A bunch of stinky fish and rotten prawns. What am I afraid of?”
Li Shi Min said it so boldly that he had completely forgotten how he had hurt himself this afternoon.
"Ah?"
"A way to break out of this situation?"
"What method to break out of this situation?"
Empress Zhangsun was surprised and did not know why.
However, just as she finished asking, there was an order from the chamberlain outside.
"Your Majesty, the Empress, Commander Li requests an audience.”
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