On the eve before the end of the banquet, Qin Mu was assassinated. An assassin got in among the dancers who were performing. While Qin Mu was drinking, he took out a dagger from his bosom and rushed straight at Qin Mu. The change happened so fast that everyone only had time to let out an exclamation. Qin Mu looked calm and swallowed the fine wine in the luminous cup.
"Emperor Dog, take your life!"
From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the dagger in the assassin's hand, which was about to pierce his eyes. Qin Mu lazily raised his eyes, and was about to test his skills in front of the crowd, performing the stunt of smashing a sharp sword with his bare hands, when a black shadow slammed Pounced on.
"Emperor be careful!"
It was Xu Jinyan who was loyal to protect the lord and rushed forward from the front.
There was only a chirp, and the sound of the sword piercing into the flesh sounded slightly. Seeing that he missed his hand, the assassin suddenly pulled out the bloody dagger from Xu Jinyan's back, and tried to stab Qin Mu. Qin Mu's eyes turned cold, he pulled Xu Jinyan away, and kicked the assassin in the chest. His force was so strong that the female assassin was kicked back three steps before she stabilized herself. She wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth, and rushed towards Qin Mu again. This time, Qin Mu stood still and did not move. When the female assassin approached, he dodged behind the female assassin, and hit the opponent's wrist with the knife with his elbow. Li snatched the dagger and put a backhand on her neck.
"Say, who sent you here?"
The assassin snorted and spat in Qin Mu's face, "Emperor Dog, you ruined my territory and ruined our country. You will die a bad day."
"So you are a remnant of the Xun Kingdom." With a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, Qin Mu said, "Come here, press her to Dali Temple to torture her severely, in order to force her to find out the whereabouts of her accomplices."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Two guards stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, pressing down on the assassin's shoulders.
When the two left them there, all the ministers who were still in shock asked with concern: "Your Majesty, are you alright?"
"That assassin is really abominable. He dared to assassinate the emperor. He really scared the humble minister to death just now."
"Thank God, it's great that your majesty is all right."
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Listening to these seemingly caring words, Qin Mu's face became more mocking. When the assassin drew his knife just now, the ministers closest to him escaped faster than anyone else, and the guards who usually protected him left He kept a little distance, and actually asked Xiao Xuzi to protect him at a critical moment.
Qin Mu raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "You bastards, what use is it for me to support you? If I really depend on you to save me, I would have died hundreds of times already."
When everyone heard the words, they all fell silent.
Too lazy to look at the group of ministers who wanted him to die soon, Qin Mu turned around to support Xu Jinyan who had been stabbed, and asked with concern: "Little Xu, are you okay?"
"The slave is not in the way, your majesty... as long as it's okay."
The stab was deep, and after a while, Xu Jinyan's entire back was stained red with blood. His complexion was pale, and his voice was so weak that you had to listen carefully to hear it. After saying this, Xu Jinyan closed his eyes and fainted past.
Qin Mu: "Where's the imperial physician, send it to the imperial physician quickly."
Not long after, two imperial physicians rushed over, and they were all relieved to see that Qin Mu was fine.
Qin Mu pointed to Xu Jinyan, who was in a coma, "Rescue him for me. If there is something wrong with little Xu, I will take you as a question."
The two imperial physicians were frightened, one by one felt the pulse and the other felt the heartbeat, and after confirming that the person's life was not in danger, they let out a long breath. The two explained Xu Jinyan's situation, Qin Mu was relieved, and summoned two guards to carry him to Tai Hospital.
After everything was dealt with, Qin Mu had no intention of continuing to celebrate, and ended the seven-day palace feast ahead of schedule.
After Xu Jinyan was injured, Qin Mu often went to visit him out of concern. The imperial doctor said that Xu Jinyan was fatal. The knife miraculously avoided all possible fatal parts. It did not hurt the lungs, but he lost too much blood and needed to rest. In order for Xu Jinyan to recover from his injury as soon as possible, Qin Mu ordered the imperial chef to cook various medicinal meals for him. Every time, the imperial doctor personally changed Xu Jinyan's medicine. Under such careful and thoughtful care, Xu Jinyan's injury healed quickly.
On the other hand, Su Li's injury is not so optimistic.
The trauma on Su Li's body was fine, those scars were slowly healed, and under the rejuvenation of the imperial doctor, he could recover as before, but due to the cold air entering his body, the root cause of his body's disease was left behind, especially the left leg, even if it was cured Yes, there may still be a slight limp when walking.
For this reason, Qin Mu issued a notice to recruit the world's most talented doctors, whoever can cure Su Li's leg will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold. Once the notice was issued, many doctors recommended themselves, but in the end they were powerless to deal with Su Li's situation.
Qin Mu flew into a rage, pretending to severely punish these quack doctors, but Su Li took it very lightly, and persuaded him that this little injury was nothing. Qin Mu felt sorry for Su Li, and in order to let him rest in peace, he specially gave Su Li a quiet house, but Su Li didn't accept it, but wanted to deal with the backlog of business affairs as soon as possible. He usually looked at a gentle and determined person with a very stubborn temper. Qin Mu repeatedly advised him to stop his official duties and take a good rest. Su Li in turn advised him to be diligent in serving the people and strict in self-discipline.
Seeing that Qin Mu couldn't move him, he could only let him go.
Time passed slowly, and three months passed in a blink of an eye. Qin Mu felt that the time was ripe, so he took advantage of the early court to tell the ministers about his plan to set up another official position.
The ministers were very surprised and asked him what new position he would set up. Qin Mu said: "East Factory, an organization dedicated to supervision and intelligence collection, is comparable to the prime minister's mansion and the general's mansion." Well, Qin Mu relied on these eyeliners to find all kinds of spies and prevent them from getting away with it.
Everyone discussed in the audience, and finally sent a representative, and Su Li who was sitting on the chair asked: "Dare to ask the emperor, is there anyone in the emperor's mind?" Because Su Li's legs and feet are inconvenient, Qin Mu specially allowed him to sit. Under the court.
Qin Mu said: "It's the little eunuch next to me."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and they all turned their attention to Xu Jinyan who was beside Qin Mu. They have all heard about Xu Jinyan, who was reused by the emperor at a young age, from a low-level eunuch doing coolies to a big celebrity around the emperor, and there are even rumors that he is Xu Dechang's next successor.
Hearing this, Xu Jinyan bowed down and bowed to Qin Mu, "Your Majesty, this servant only wants to be by your side and serve you all the time. I have nothing else to do. Please take it back."
The courtiers below also advised: "Since the beginning of the dynasty, Daxuan has never had a precedent for eunuchs to be officials. Please invite the emperor three or four times."
Su Li didn't speak, his expression was calm.
"You don't need to persuade me any more, I've made up my mind." Qin Mu said in a deep voice, and then looked at Xu Jinyan who was kneeling on the ground, "I said you can afford it, and you can afford it." At the end, he said lightly: "Little Xu Zi, do you want to disobey the holy order?"
Xu Jinyan put his forehead on the ground when he heard the words, and replied, "I don't dare."
Everyone understood that their persuasion was useless to Qin Mu. Once they strongly opposed it, they might anger the tyrant. It's just that there are many connections between the ministers in the DPRK and China, and those who can become high officials are those with strong backgrounds. Yes, Xu Jinyan said that a young eunuch has no background and background, and he doesn't seem to have attended any school. It is too childish to be promoted to such a high level.
They wanted to stop it, but due to Qin Mu's coquettish power, no one dared to be this early bird, and with General Chen stationed at the frontier, they could only look at Su Li, who was the only one who could speak for help, with pleading eyes.
Qin Mu followed everyone's realization and looked at Su Li, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Su Li lowered his eyes, "I have no objection."
"Okay." Qin Mu smiled: "That's the matter."
After the early court ended, Qin Mu left Su Li behind, and the two went to the imperial study to have a talk.
Qin Mu asked: "Ziqing, I want to hear your truth. Do you really have no objection to what I did this time?"
Su Li replied: "Your Majesty has his reasons for such an arrangement, and I will definitely support it with all my strength."
Seeing that the young man's expression was peaceful, without any sign of depression, Qin Mu relaxed and said with a smile, "I'm relieved if Ziqing thinks like this." He thought too much.
Drooping eyes fell on Su Li's left leg hidden under the official uniform, Qin Mu asked concerned: "Is your leg better?"
"If you go back to the emperor, the minister's leg will be fine." Su Li's attitude was somewhat official.
Qin Mu paused, and stroked the back of Su Li's hand. Su Li closed his eyes, but did not break free. Qin Mu held his hand in his palm, feeling the remaining warmth of Su Li's palm, "The situation is turbulent now. Since Xun State was destroyed, Li State felt a sense of crisis, and came to our Daxuan border to provoke again and again, and the war was imminent, but Daxuan destroyed five countries one after another, and the military strength has not yet fully recovered, and Li State is one of these countries. As the country with the strongest military force, I am not fully sure about the upcoming battle." Qin Mu's original intention was to delay for a while, to give the injured soldiers some time to recover, but this time, the country of Li fought back with unprecedented strength. Declaring war on them with a tough stance, Qin Mu will naturally not back down.
"When I destroy the country of Li, I will make you my queen and share the country with me." Qin Mu promised, but he didn't notice that when he mentioned the country of Li, Su Li's drooping eyes flashed suddenly. fierce.
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Qin Mu resisted all opinions and directly appointed Xu Jinyan as the chief executive of the East Factory. Xu Jinyan was the chief executive of the East Factory, and he was not prepared at all beforehand. But since the emperor valued him so much, he would definitely not disappoint the emperor's trust. With Qin Mu's personal teaching, and Xu Jinyan's own talent, he got started very quickly, and in less than a month, he was already competent for this job.
When the war dragged on no longer, Qin Mu called Su Li and Xiao Xuzi overnight, and asked them to pay close attention to the situation of Daxuan while he was going to fight Li Guo, so as not to let the remnants of Xuan Guo take advantage of it. It turned out that Qin Mu learned from the Xun country assassin that before he sent troops to attack Xun country, someone had tipped them off, and some soldiers hid in a very secret place in advance. Qin Mu wanted to ask the assassin where that place was, but the spies placed in the palace by Xun Guo silenced him with a poisonous needle.
This time Qin Mu led his troops to fight against the Li country, he was only 60% sure, even if he captured the Li country, it would be a huge blow to Daxuan. I don't know how many people from the Xun Kingdom and the Li Kingdom have been placed in the palace, and it is impossible to defend against it. Qin Mu can only ask Su Li and Xu Jinyan to be more careful.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the servant will pay close attention to the situation in the palace. Once any suspicious person is found, the servant will lock him up and wait for the emperor to return." Even though his status is comparable to that of Su Li, Xu Jinyan is still used to calling himself a slave.
Qin Mu smiled and said: "How many times have I told you that your status is different now, you are my servant, and you still call yourself a slave?"
Xu Jinyan was silent, and replied: "I will definitely try my best to fulfill the emperor's entrustment."
He hooked his lips in satisfaction, and Qin Mu looked at Su Li. He trusted Su Li's ability, and he had nothing to tell him. It can range from half a month to several months, remember to take the medicine on time, and never stay up late and work hard."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."
Su Li moved his lips, hiding the complexity in his eyes.
Qin Mu smiled: "Very well, with you and little Xu Zi protecting this country for me, I feel relieved."