Fifty-five, concussion

Huangfu Jixun dared to stare at Zhou Xuan with a fierce look in front of the emperor. It was obvious that this man was usually domineering. He knelt there with his back and shouted: "Your Majesty, my father, Fu Huihui, fought for the Tang Dynasty and fought east and west, and finally sacrificed his life for the country and died in Shouzhou. Could it be that it was because of the foreign relatives' jester's family? Isn't this disappointing the loyal and kind-hearted people in the court?"

Zhou Xuan was furious. Huangfu Jixun called him a jester, which was too insulting. He smiled and said, "Does General Huangfu ridicule His Majesty as a fool?"

Huangfu Jixun said angrily: "You are slandering, when did I say that Your Majesty is a fool?"

Zhou Xuan said: "That is, if it is not a fool, where does the jester come from?"

Huangfu Jixun sneered: "The wise king is above, and the jester can only jump for a while."

Zhou Xuan said: "General Huangfu calls himself a jester, do you think he is a hero? What do you have to do to Tang State? What else can you do except keeping Lingzun's credit on your lips?"

Huangfu Jixun was so angry that he was filled with smoke. If the emperor hadn't been in front of him, he would have punched Zhou Xuan to death.

Li Yu shouted: "Nothing! How can we be arguing with each other in the hall?"

Zhou Xuan bowed to Li Yu and said, "The more the reason is, the more clear it becomes. The wise king is above. It is because he refuses to listen to the same words. I just suggest that the crown prince go to the General Wei Mansion to ask a few people. General Wei brought his father out and said that he was siegeing the house. Is it because Huangfu Jixun was a hero and he couldn't even ask his subordinates? If Huangfu Jixun wants to show his innocence, he should be investigated openly. Will the crown prince of a country still frame him and be wronged?"

Huangfu Jixun clenched his fists and his teeth were clenched. In terms of eloquence, he was comparable to Zhou Xuan, and he was in a disadvantage. The most important thing is that King Jing Li Kun was not here, which made him feel like he was losing power.

Li Yu was in a calm manner and said, "There is no need to investigate. I will quickly release the servants of the Marquis of Xinzhou. Huangfu Jixun and Wei Bo each had a salary of one year, as compensation for the Marquis of Xinzhou."

When Wei Bo and Huangfu Jixun heard this, they were fined for one year, and they could not deny this matter even if they were investigated, and they didn't say anything at the moment.

Zhou Xuan was furious and said to himself: "I don't know what emperor you are like in this way. You are indeed a foolish monarch!"

Zhou Xuan was about to argue, but the little Zhou Hou, who was sitting next to Li Yu, spoke: "Your Majesty, you cannot be so arbitrary in this matter. Your Majesty punished the two important officials just by the remarks of the Marquis of Xinzhou, for fear that the court and the country would not accept it——"

Zhou Xuan's heart moved and looked up at the Queen Zhou. The Queen's palace clothes were full of makeup, her sleeves were hanging down, and her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as a fairy.

Li Yu asked: "What should be done as the queen said?"

The young Zhou Hou said slowly: "Of course, we need to find out clearly. Let Jian'er and the Secretary of the Secretariat Qi Zhang be the leader, and work with the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to go to the General's Mansion of the Guard and the Military Residence of Zhennan to investigate. We cannot wrongly accuse the loyal ministers, right, Your Majesty?"

Li Yu was a little scared and said repeatedly: "Yes."

Huangfu Jixun was anxious. At first he thought the Empress was talking to him, but he didn't expect to investigate him. The Empress was secretly helping her nephew and shouted: "Your Majesty, your prince will go there in person. I will go back to the house and ask carefully to see if there are any subordinates who are doing anything wrong. If there is, I will never tolerate it."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "General Wei really doesn't understand the rules at all. You should avoid it at this time. Do you understand? Don't interfere. The wise king is above. His Royal Highness and Lord Qi will preside over justice and return your innocence. Just wait here for a good life."

Wei Bo suddenly howled: "Son, how miserable you died." He bit his tongue and spit out a mouthful of blood and sputum, and fell to the ground like a dead dog.

The Qinzheng Hall was immediately in chaos, and Li Yu urgently summoned the imperial physician to treat Wei Bo.

When Zhou Xuan saw Wei Bo pretending to be dead, he shouted: "Your Majesty, my wife is a famous doctor in Jiangzhou. I also know some first aid techniques. Wei Duhu is confused about phlegm. If you do not provide timely rescue, you will die immediately."

Li Yu was afraid of death and said quickly: "Nephew Xuan saved him quickly."

Wei Bo's eyes were closed, his teeth were clenched, and he looked fainted. When he heard Zhou Xuan coming to save him, he knew something was wrong. The boy named Zhou wanted to take the opportunity to torture him, but since he pretended to be dead, he suddenly woke up, so he had to hold on and not believe that Zhou Xuan would dare to beat him in full view of everyone.

Zhou Xuan leaned over and touched Wei Bo's heart, and said in surprise: "The heartbeat has stopped, so you have to do a heart pace immediately." As he said that, he pressed Wei Bo's chest with both palms, pressing and releasing each one, pressing and releasing each other-

Wei Bo's sternum was about to be broken, and his breath was not smooth, so he still refused to wake up.

Zhou Xuan had thick eyebrows and deep locks, shouting: "It's tricky, so difficult!"

Li Yu was afraid that Wei Bo would die in this Qinzheng Hall, so he hurriedly said, "Nephew Xuan, don't be afraid of hard work, please save Wei Dupu."

Zhou Xuan said: "I obey the order." He stretched his right hand to Wei Bo's left leg and pinched his shin.

Zhou Xuan's hand was quite strong, and his tibia was the most susceptible part of his pain. Wei Bo only felt the pain in his bones and almost screamed. But after all, he was a great guard who was guarding the area and endured it again.

Zhou Xuan twisted Wei Bo's head aside, pretended to look at his ears, and said frantically, "If you pretend to die, I will let you die. If the doctor treats people to death, you will not have to pay your life." As he said that, his hand moved to Wei Bo's heart, as if he was putting pressure. In fact, the tip of the thumb of the hand below was aimed at Wei Bo's stomach, and the palm above pressed down hard.

The severe pain spread from the stomach to the whole body. Wei Bo couldn't bear it anymore. The boy named Zhou would torture him to death before the imperial physician arrived. Wei Bo screamed in pain, sat up suddenly, and beat Zhou Xuan's temples with both fists.

Zhou Xuan was wary of his own, and he retreated quickly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission and saved Wei Dupu. Please see, Wei Dupupu is alive again and can beat people."

Li Yu is not a fool. Seeing the two of them being artificial, they knew that Wei Bo was pretending to be dead, and Zhou Xuan deliberately made fun of him. He couldn't help but laugh and ordered the eunuch to help Wei Bo up and sit on Xiao Hu's bed.

Zhou Xuan looked around and didn't see Huangfu Jixun, so he shouted loudly: "Huangfu Jixun escaped fearing his crime!"

When Huangfu Jixun saw Wei Bo pretending to be sick, he immediately took advantage of the chaos to retreat outside the hall. He wanted to go back and deal with the Yu Hou who was ordered to win over the soldiers of Fenghua Palace. As long as the Yu Hou died, he would not be afraid of Li Jian. Qi Zhang and the others investigated. As for not following the order, they would not be deeply blamed for not following the order, with Li Yu's temper, and King Jing would come back tomorrow.

The two Jinwu Guards in front of the palace wanted to come forward to stop him, but they were frightened by Huangfu Jixun's glaring. Huangfu Jixun has always been powerful and cruel. He always tried every means to retaliate against those who offended him.

Zhou Xuan bowed to Li Yu and said, "I will take Huangfu Jixun back." Without waiting for Li Yu to agree, he rushed out of the hall.

Li Jian knew that Huangfu Jixun was fierce and was afraid that Zhou Xuan would suffer a loss, so he hurriedly took General Zuo Jinwu Lin Ji and chased after him, and Judge Fan also followed him out.

Huangfu Jixun had already strode to the outside of Baoyuan Hall, in front of him was Danfeng Gate, and outside his silver-hoofed black horse. When he heard someone chasing him, he saw that it was Zhou Xuan.

Huangfu Jixun was so angry that he simply hit Zhou Xuan to death with one punch, and even regarded it as a fight to death, Li Yu would not punish him for his death.

Zhou Xuan stopped and smiled, "General Wei, want to fight? He will fight after leaving the palace gate. It's okay if he can't fight in the palace."

Huangfu Jixun thought it was reasonable, so he snorted angrily, strode out of Danfeng Sect, waiting for Zhou Xuan to come out.

The Sichi was outside the door. Last time he had been to the General Wei Mansion with Zhou Xuan, Huangfu Jixun recognized him and glared at Sichi fiercely.

When the Sinister saw Huangfu Jixun coming out, he was wondering: "The master didn't take down this guy? Why didn't he arrest him?" Seeing Huangfu Jixun glaring at him, he immediately glared back.

Huangfu Jixun brought two armies with him, sneered, and said to Sichi: "Tell me a lesson for this dog slave."

The two martial artists came over with a fierce look.

He dared to scold him as a slave, and the four fools were furious. They suddenly pulled up their bodies, and their feet were slapped, and they kicked the two martial artists in the faces. The nose bridge was cracking and the two martial artists fell down on their backs, pressed their hands on their faces, and wailed loudly.

"Pai Pa", someone slapped the high fives.

Zhou Xuan stood outside the Danfeng Gate and said with a smile: "The fourth brother, you're so good. The kicks just now were so heroic. I'll draw them for you one day."

Huangfu Jixun rushed towards the Sizi roaring, and the iron fist that was big enough to hit him like lightning.

The son of Huangfu Jixun's general was born with great strength and could kill a horse with one punch. Seeing that his big fist was about to hit Sichi's chest, Huangfu Jixun was ready to avoid the squirting blood. The figure in front of him shook, Sichi disappeared, and then he was hit hard in his heart, almost falling down, and turned around like a whirlwind.

The thin four fools looked mocking and waved, "Come on, dog kill, I'll tell you a dog to eat shit."

Huangfu Jixun was furious and rushed to his mount and pulled out two copper maces. These two copper maces were Huangfu Jixun's weapons. He was a left-handed man, with a left-handed man weighing forty kilograms and a right-handed man weighing forth 30 kilograms. When the two maces were crossed, a "clang" sounded and hit the four cynons. If they were to hit, they would break their tendons and bones.

Siqi hid easily and asked Zhou Xuan: "Master, do this person die or live?"

Zhou Xuan said: "If you beat him half to death, he will suffer some internal injuries. It is best to have a concussion and not have a bright mind."

The Sichi jumped high and kicked Huangfu Jixun on the back of the head with a "pop". In terms of strength, the Sichi was probably not as good as Huangfu Jixun. When the two armies fought, Huangfu Jixun should be a powerful general, but how could he be the opponent of the Ranger Four Immortals?

After the back of his head, Huangfu Jixun's eyes went dark, and he felt his whole head swelling in an instant, his head as big as a bucket, dizzy, and his feet staggered in circles.

Crown Prince Li Jian and General Zuo Jinwu Lin Ji arrived at this time. When they saw Huangfu Jixun holding both maces in his hand, his eyes were spinning around in place, they were very surprised.

Li Jian asked: "Cousin Xuan, why is Huangfu Jixun?"

Zhou Xuan said: "He wanted to carry a steel whip and hit me, but he didn't expect to miss his head."

Li Jian smiled slightly and ordered the Jinwu Guard General Huangfu Jixun to take back to Qinzheng Hall. Li Yu had seen Wei Bo pretend to be dead before, but now Huangfu Jixun also looked stupid and thought he was pretending to be pretending again. He was very disgusted. He immediately ordered Li Jian and Qi Zhang to go to the General's Mansion and Zhennan Military Residence to investigate with the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple.

Wei Bo knew that he could not hide it, so he slid down from Hu's bed and knelt down and said sadly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for arresting people without authorization. My minister died tragically. I couldn't sleep all night and my heart was like a frying oil. I was determined to find the culprit. Therefore, I took this worst strategy and captured Zhou Xuan's servant Lai Fu. Your Majesty, as long as I interrogated Lai Fu, you will definitely know who killed my son Wei Jue. Please ask Your Majesty to take charge."

Li Yu had a calm face and ordered General Zuo Jinwu Lin Ji to go to Taoye Ferry immediately, and Tilai Fu came to see him.

The atmosphere in the Qinzheng Hall was depressing. Three Dukes and Two Provinces and Six Bachelors were originally here to take the exam for Zhou Xuan, but they didn't expect that this incident would happen first. They looked at each other. Although Wei Xuan was helpful, Wei Bo admitted it himself, so it was not easy to make any more suggestions. What made Wei Xuan strange was that Huangfu Jixun was strong in nature. How could he sit there honestly at Zhou Xuan's mercy? Could he have other plans?

Half an hour later, Lai Fu mentioned that he was wrapped in a thin blanket, his hair was messy and his face was covered in blood. He saw Zhou Xuan at first sight and said happily: "Son-in-law, Lai Fu knew that my son-in-law could save me. Soon-in-law, look, what did they beat Lai Fu?"

Lai Fu pulled away the thin blanket covered with his body and exposed his upper body. He saw crisscrossing whip marks all over his body. Each whip mark was covered with black and red blood, and there was no inch of good flesh on his upper body.

Queen Xiao Zhou had never seen such a tragic situation and exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Xuan always smiled and disappeared. He rushed forward to help Lai Fu, but had no idea how to start. He said with tears in his eyes: "Lai Fu, good, come, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress. Your Majesty and the Empress will avenge you." He picked up the thin blanket on the ground, carefully put it on Lai Fu, and pulled Lai Fu to kneel down together.

Li Yu was soft-hearted. Seeing that Lai Fu was beaten like this, he felt very pity and said coldly to Wei Bo: "Wei Bo, have you asked this servant who is the murderer?"

Wei Bo's forehead was covered in cold sweat and he couldn't answer.

Lai Fu was not afraid of seeing the emperor for the first time. He was beaten like this and was afraid of anyone. He shouted: "Your Majesty, Wei Bo wants to be blamed and wants Lai Fu to admit that it was my son-in-law who killed his son. If Lai Fu doesn't admit it, he will hit me to death."

The little Zhou Hou couldn't bear to see it anymore and said, "Your Majesty, I will go back to the harem first. The Marquis of Xinzhou has suffered such grievances. If Your Majesty cannot take charge of him, where is Your Majesty's majesty?" He stood up and said to Zhou Xuan, "Nephew Xuan, wait until you come to Linde Hall to see your aunt, and your aunt will see your injuries." After that, he surrounded the palace maids and the eunuchs and turned into the back hall and left.

Li Yu said angrily: "Wei Bo, why do you have to cling to the Marquis of Xinzhou?"

Wei Bo could only bit Zhou Xuan to death and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, my son Wei Jue was indeed killed by Zhou Xuan. I just interrogated this slave, and he was about to confess-"

"Shut up!" Li Yu scolded, "Do you want me to interrogate this loyal servant for you in this hall? You have not beaten him enough and have to beat him to admit it?"

Wei Bo was silent and dared not say anything.

Seeing that Huangfu Jixun kept holding his head and said nothing, Wei Xuan didn't understand what Huangfu Jixun was doing, was he just waiting for death? He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, General Huangfu seems to be unaware of this matter. It must be that his subordinates were moved by the pain of Wei Dugu's beating his son. This helped Wei Dugu abduct the servants of the Marquis of Xinzhou. He must severely punish General Wei's subordinates. How could he do this in the important land of the imperial capital?"

Wei Bo knew that he could not be cleaned, so he could only save Huangfu Jixun first, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, I am ignorant. I bribed Fang Yuhou, a subordinate of General Wei, who was under General Wei, and General Wei was not aware of this."

Li Yu asked Qi Zhang: "Qi Aiqing, what should you do about this matter?"

Qi Zhang, the old slip-on, said: "This matter involves the vassal states and the generals guarding the capital. His Majesty still needs to be punished."

Li Yu said: "Wei Bo, the governor of Zhennan, acted in a disgrace and disobedient manner. He took his anger from others because of his loss of his son. He was illegal and fined him for three years and removed his position as the governor of Zhennan. He stayed in Beijing for probation and was not allowed to leave the mansion within half a year. If the marquis of Xinzhou are harassed and injured again, it will be considered Wei Bo's crime."

Wei Bo's shoulders collapsed and he lamented in his heart: "It's over, it's over now. I have to ask the Bodhisattva to bless Boss Zhou Xuan with peace, otherwise if something happens to him, it will be on my head!"

Li Yu glanced at Huangfu Jixun who could not move and said, "General Wei Huangfu Jixun was not strict in his command, so his subordinate Yu Hou did nothing and made a mistake. He asked Huangfu Jixun to be fined one year's salary, and Yu Hou went to Dali Temple for trial."

Wei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid of not being dismissed from the position of General Huangfu Jixun.

Li Yu said to Zhou Xuan again: "Zhou Xuan, the Marquis of Xinzhou, is very talented, well-versed in classics and history, and has insightful insights into state affairs. Last time he made plans to make friends with Zhao Defang, letting the two Zhaos continue to fight and ensure the safety of our Tang Dynasty is proof of this. Moreover, all the poems, songs and essays are exquisite. The famous name of Zhou Qicha, which is circulated among the people, refers to the Marquis of Xinzhou. There are even people who sing Zhou lyrics in the wells. Can such great talents not enter the Jixian Hall? I plan to be the Grand Secretary of Xinzhou Hall from now on. Do all the ministers have any objections?"

The three dukes and six bachelors had no objection, and Wei Xuan had no intention of entangling Zhou Xuan in this matter, so as not to make the emperor unhappy.

So he agreed that Zhou Xuan was the Grand Secretary of Jixian Hall, a second-rank official, with an annual salary of 3,600 taels of silver.
Chapter completed!