The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 220: The First Encounter of Two Dragons

Last time, we mentioned that Le Zonghui ignited the enthusiasm of Linjiang people on the day of its opening. But can this popularity last? Let’s take a look.

Le Zonghui became an instant hit with its unique stage effects, hot dance music, and fiery atmosphere. For seven consecutive days, Le Zonghui was packed with people and made a lot of money, which gave Xiao Yonghong hope of becoming rich enough to rival a country. However, on the eighth day, Li Yi was called away by Lu Yu who came in a hurry, but he left on his own, leaving Cui Zhi, Yu Jiu and others behind in Linjiang.

Xiao Yonghong was quite surprised to learn that Li Yi had left. He immediately rushed to Le Zonghui to find Zhang Hongchen and Cui Zhi to find out what happened. Cui Zhi said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, we also know that it is not right for you to leave at this time, but you really have to leave."

"What could be more important than the Music Concert? With so many people coming to watch and such a big stage, what would we do without his special effects?"

Zhang Hongchen comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. He has already given instructions on these matters. Let Xiao Yujiu take care of the lighting. Although it can't compare to his special effects, the lighting and shadow effects can still be guaranteed. As for the singing and dancing, Su Xiao and Yin Miao will be in charge and the difference won't be much."

Xiao Yonghong said unhappily, "How can it be that they are not much different! Who is Li Yi? If any two people can be as good as him, then he is just a name in vain! If you want to comfort me, you should at least say something reliable! Su Xiao, tell me! Why did Li Yi have to leave!"

Cui Zhi said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, this time it was Lu Yulu, the deputy envoy of the Northern Wei delegation, who came to see you with a secret letter from Tao Zhongwen, the chief of the Northern Wei Xuanjing Division. Something happened in your family."

"Something happened at home? What happened?"

Zhang Hongchen said unhappily, "Hey, the prince is on our side, what can you not say? Just tell the prince directly, the prince will not harm us!"

"That's right! How could I possibly harm you! If you were to ask who in Liang State wants to protect you the most, it would be me! Su Xiao, what can't you say openly?"

Cui Zhi looked at Zhang Hongchen, then turned to look at the prince, and suddenly knelt down and begged, "Please, prince, help the young master. The young master is in trouble this time! Someone in our Liang State wants to harm his family! The letter from Tao Zhongwen of the Northern Wei Dynasty said that the young master's family was assassinated on the way to Liang State!

The young master is a very affectionate person. In his heart, family is the most important thing. If he knew who wanted to kill his family, I'm afraid he would do something stupid in a fit of impulse!"

Xiao Yonghong was surprised and said, "What? His family is coming to Liang? Li Yi is planning to surrender to Daliang? This is a good thing! Then who are those people who killed his family on the way?"

Cui Zhi whispered, "Daliang Youwei!"

"What, Youwei? Why would Youwei go and kill his family for no reason? This confuses me. Youwei is directly under the emperor. Could it be that my royal brother wants to kill him... No, this is impossible! My royal brother is busy recruiting talents like Li Yi! How could he send people to kill his family!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand to help Cui Zhi up.

Zhang Hongchen shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, are you confused? There have been rumors outside that the Guards are almost becoming Shen Yue's private army. In my opinion, it is not Your Majesty who wants to kill Li Yi's family, but Shen Yue!"

"Shen Yue? Why did Shen Yue want to kill Li Yi's family? This doesn't make sense!"

Zhang Hongchen explained: "Your Highness, think about it. Li Yi established the imperial examination system in the Northern Wei Dynasty, allowing those scholars to pass the exam to gain fame and enter the officialdom. Who is the beneficiary of this imperial examination system? Whose interests are harmed?"

Xiao Yonghong looked confused and said, "Ah? Who benefits and whose interests are harmed?"

Zhang Hongchen said helplessly: "The people who benefited the most are definitely the scholars! The imperial examination system gave them the opportunity to become officials! Correspondingly, who is in control of the official career path now?"

Xiao Yonghong asked: "Of course it is in the hands of my brother!"

Zhang Hongchen shook his head and patiently explained, "Your Majesty, the emperor is definitely in charge of deciding who will be the high-ranking officials, but what about the low-ranking officials? Can His Majesty personally appoint a county magistrate?"

"If a small county magistrate has to be appointed by you personally, wouldn't you be exhausted to death?"

"So! Who controls this career path?"

Xiao Yonghong blinked his cute big eyes and asked, "Who has it?"

Zhang Hongchen shook his head and said, "Of course it's in the hands of those aristocratic families! Then which family in Daliang is the largest?"

Finally, there was a question that Xiao Yonghong could answer. He immediately answered, "If we talk about aristocratic families, then the Shen family is definitely the largest! But even so, there is no need for Shen Yue to kill Li Yi's family."

Zhang Hongchen was getting impatient, so he asked Cui Zhi to guide Xiao Yonghong. She said, "Young Master is a talented person, and our Majesty is trying to recruit you. Your Majesty, you know this, right? My young master is interested in joining us, otherwise he wouldn't have let his family come to us."

Xiao Yonghong nodded, and Cui Zhi continued, "Your Highness, think about it. Before, the young master held the Huaguang Palace Jinghong Banquet to raise money for disaster relief. That was for the people of Daliang! In addition, in order to help His Majesty eliminate the Shura Palace, the young master fought with people in the extraordinary realm several times, and his life was on the line many times. This was all for His Majesty! What does this show?"

Xiao Yonghong nodded again, and Cui Zhi said, "This means that the young master has already pledged his loyalty to His Majesty! Since the young master has already pledged his loyalty, how could His Majesty send guards to kill the young master's family?"

Xiao Yonghong shook his head and said, "My brother is always kind and tolerant, so he would never do this! Absolutely impossible!"

Cui Zhi said: "Since His Majesty can't do this, the only one who can make the guards take action is Shen Yue! So it is this Shen Yue who wants to harm you!"

Xiao Yonghong asked doubtfully: "Although what you said makes sense, Shen Yue has no need to target Li Yi! This doesn't make sense!"

Zhang Hongchen took over the conversation and continued, "Why doesn't it make sense? Your Highness, do you think that if Li Yi arrived in Liang State, would he implement reforms and implement the imperial examination system?" Xiao Yonghong nodded.

Cui Zhi asked: "Who is the beneficiary of this imperial examination system?"

Xiao Yonghong replied: "He is a scholar!"

Zhang Hongchen asked: "Who among the scholars in Liang State has the most students?"

Xiao Yonghong replied: "In our Liang State, the Zhu Xi School of Confucianism and Taoism is the only one that is dominant, so naturally Zhu Xi has the most disciples."

Cui Zhi asked: "Zhu Zi was working in Beijing before, who drove him out of the capital, and who is Zhu Zi's mortal enemy?"

Xiao Yonghong blurted out: "Shen Yue!"

Zhang Hongchen and Cui Zhi clapped their hands together and said, "It's Shen Yue!"

Cui Zhi continued, "Now that Your Majesty knows Shen Yue's motives for harming the Master, do you think killing the Master's family is Shen Yue's style?"

Xiao Yonghong nodded awkwardly and said, "Shen Yue has done this before, and this is indeed his style."

Zhang Hongchen said firmly: "So that's it! The one who wants to harm Li Yi's family is Shen Yue. He has the motive, the ability, the method, and the most important thing is one more thing!"

Xiao Yonghong asked in confusion: "What's the other one?"

Zhang Hongchen pointed at Cui Zhi and said, "And her! Your Majesty, you should have heard that Miss Su Xiao had some past with Shen Yue's legitimate son Shen Lu, right?"

Xiao Yonghong nodded and said, "I have heard about it from the younger generations, so I didn't go to Miss Su before. But what does this have to do with Shen Yue?"

Zhang Hongchen said sternly, "Your Highness, Miss Su is now Li Yi's woman. Do you think Shen Lu will hate this Northern Wei Li Yuefu who stole her love? Your Highness, think about it, if someone robbed your beloved girl, what would you do?"

Xiao Yonghong said sternly, "He dares! Looking at Daliang, I am the only one who steals other people's women. Who dares to steal my women? If I find out, I will chop him alive!"

Zhang Hongchen gave a thumbs up and said, "Your Highness is a true man! Since Li Yi has robbed Shen Lu's woman, do you think Shen Lu will instigate his father to secretly instruct the guards to kill Li Yi's family? Everyone knows how much Shen Yue values ​​his eldest son Shen Lu. If Shen Lu really told Shen Yue about it, and Shen Yue already had the motive to deal with Li Yi, would he do it?"

Xiao Yonghong widened his eyes, nodded heavily, and said, "So it is true!"

Cui Zhi quickly grabbed Xiao Yonghong's sleeve and begged, "Your Majesty, the young master has already determined that it was Shen Yue who ordered the guards to kill his family. If the young master does something stupid, I'm afraid he will be killed! Please go to Jiankang and persuade my young master!"

Xiao Yonghong asked in confusion: "What kind of stupid thing would Li Yi do? How could he bring about a fatal disaster?"

Zhang Hongchen said, "Your Highness, Li Yi is the second best cultivator in the Three Realms! Who else below the Transcendent Realm can be his opponent, except Liu Hong, who is also a third cultivator? But Liu Hong is now in Yangzhou to appease the various clans, so no one in Jiankang City can stop him now!"

Cui Zhi chimed in, "That's right, so we're worried. If the young master kills Shen Yue in the street in a fit of impulse, wouldn't that be a huge disaster? The Shen family is the largest family in Liang State. Even if His Majesty wants to protect the young master, I'm afraid he can't!"

Zhang Hongchen said: "That's right! So we would like to ask the prince to rush to Jiankang and try every means to dissuade Li Yi from doing anything stupid!"

"This, this king doesn't know martial arts, how can I persuade him?"

Cui Zhi pleaded, "Your Highness, even if you can't persuade the young master, you can always persuade His Majesty! Tell His Majesty the whole story, let His Majesty know the cause and effect, and let His Majesty find a way to solve this matter. Only in this way can we save the young master and our Le Zonghui!"

Xiao Yonghong muttered, "Persuade my brother? Explain the matter to my brother, yes, yes, yes! My brother is both wise and brave, and has extraordinary strategies. He must have a way! You are right! I will go to Jiankang right now! Right now!"

After Xiao Yonghong left, Cui Zhi and Zhang Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and smiled at each other. "I thought this idiot was easy to fool, but in the end it took so much time to talk to him!"

"That's right, sister. This prince is so silly that he's cute. He really doesn't want to use his brain at all. We have to guide him step by step."

"Forget it, if we change to someone smarter, we will be harder to fool! Okay, we should get busy with the things in the building. Even though Li Yi is not here, our Le Zonghui can't be too shabby, right? I still have to stay in Linjiang, and I can't ruin my own place." After saying that, Zhang Hongchen and Cui Zhi went to take care of the things in Le Zonghui.

Fast forward past the carriage and horse part, let's switch the camera directly to Li Yi. At this time, the great scholar Li was discussing the next plan with Tuoba Li and Lu Yu, and suddenly someone came to report that Princess Ping'an Xiao Ruoping wanted to see Li Yuefu. Li Yi dismissed the servants, saluted to Tuoba Li and Lu Yu, and said: "There should be news from Xiao Ruoping, Your Majesty, Lord Lu, I have to trouble you two to take care of this place. After I finish my business over there, I will go directly to Linjiang."

Tuoba Li nodded and said, "Well, leave this to us. Li Lefu, you be careful. I know you are very powerful now, but there are many capable people among your guards, so you better be careful!" Li Yi saluted the two again, and then went to see Xiao Ruoping.

Li Yi walked into the living room and asked without any further ado, "Did Shen Yue enter the palace?"

Xiao Ruoping nodded and said, "He left the mansion half an hour ago. Judging from the direction he was heading, he should be heading towards Jiankang Palace. If you enter the palace now, you will definitely be able to stop him!"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Okay, tell them that when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Xiao Yongming may not kill Shen Yue directly, but as long as Shen Yue loses power, you and us can work together to kill him!"

Xiao Ruoping nodded and said, "Since you want to stop him, why don't you just kill him? With your strength, who can stop you!"