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Chapter 57: Zhuang Mohan meets Li Yunrui at night, a literary master is assassinated.
After successfully handing in the list, Li Chengping was about to leave but was stopped by Emperor Qing.

"Third brother, there's news from the Honglu Temple that a large number of students are clamoring to see Zhuang Mohan. What do you think about this?"

Did the news leak so quickly?

Li Chengping was a little surprised, but said calmly: "Father, it's so late, I think Mr. Zhuang has gone to bed."

"Is that so? Then you should go back quickly and ask him to come out. After all, everyone is so enthusiastic. It would be unkind of him not to come out."

Emperor Qing chuckled.

Li Chengping nodded and left without saying a word.

The moment he walked out of the palace gate, his expressionless face instantly became extremely gloomy.

"Zhuang Mohan just disappeared from the Honglu Temple not long ago, and Emperor Qing got to know the news so quickly. It seems that there are people from the palace in the Honglu Temple."

"Could it be Xin Qiwu?"

Li Chengping pondered in his mind and turned to walk towards Guangxin Palace.

now.

Inside Guangxin Palace.

Under the dim candlelight, Li Yunrui read the letter in his hand for a long time before looking up at Zhuang Mohan.

"This condition is too little. Sean's status is very important. We need to add another 20% to the original condition!"

Li Yunrui said.

"The Queen Mother said that as long as Sean can be stopped from going back, any conditions will be accepted!" Zhuang Mohan said.

Alas, the conditions were set a little too early!
Li Yunrui sighed secretly in his heart, but the words had already been spoken and he couldn't take them back.

"Well, I wish us a pleasant cooperation!"

"Speaking of which, I'm really curious. Isn't Sean a meritorious official of Northern Qi?"

"When he was captured, didn't Northern Qi try every possible means to rescue him? Why are they trying to kill him now?"

Li Yunrui asked.

"These are state secrets. I'm just a scholar and I don't know much about them." Zhuang Mohan shook his head.

Li Yunrui wanted to say something, but unexpectedly a palace maid came in hurriedly.

"Princess, the Third Prince has arrived for a visit and is already at the palace gate!"

Why is he here? Does he know that Zhuang Mohan is here with me?

Li Yunrui was puzzled.

Although he didn't quite understand, he didn't dare to be careless at all and immediately arranged for Zhuang Mohan to quietly leave the palace through the back door.

Just after sending the person away and before the house had time to clean up, Li Chengping walked in.

He glanced around the room, and when he saw two cups of tea on the table that were still warm, he understood.

Li Yunrui came out with a big smile on his face: "Old Third, why did you think of coming to me today?"

"I passed by here and stopped by to take a look."

"The poetry competition will be held at the Hall of Supreme Harmony at 11:00 tomorrow. Princess, if you are interested, you can come and participate."

Li Chengping bowed, smiled, turned around and left.

From beginning to end, the two did not mention anything about what happened last time.
……

now.

In front of Honglu Temple.

Faced with the noise of many students, Xin Qiwu tried his best to maintain the scene.

No matter how hard he tried, the people at the scene could not calm down, and they almost rushed into the Honglu Temple several times.

"My Lord, where are you? If you don't come back, I won't be able to stop you!"

It's so sad that I want to cry but I have no tears.

These students blocking the Honglu Temple were not ordinary people. Many of them were students of high-ranking officials, and he could not afford to offend them.

Just when I was at a loss.

A carriage drove over from a distance, the curtain was lifted, and Zhuang Mohan slowly got off the carriage.

"Mr. Zhuang is here!" Someone shouted, instantly attracting the students' attention.

Surrounded by the crowd, Zhuang Mohan walked towards the Honglu Temple with a smile on his face.

Xin Qiwu breathed a sigh of relief and warmly welcomed the person into the temple, but the moment he entered, Zhuang Mohan's body softened and he fell to the ground.

"Mr. Zhuang, what's wrong with you?"

Xin Qiwu shouted twice.

Seeing no one responded, he quickly helped Zhuang Mohan up.

A closer look revealed that Zhuang Mohan's abdomen had been stained with blood at some point.

"Oh no, something big has happened this time!"

Xin Qiwu ran out in a panic and was about to yell at everyone to stop, but the words stopped at his lips.

Zhuang Mohan holds a very important position in the hearts of scholars. Once the news of his assassination is exposed, there will be an uproar!
What's more, there are so many people outside, who knows who the person who did it is?
Maybe the murderer has already escaped among the crowd!
Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Xin Qiwu hurriedly asked someone to carefully carry Zhuang Mohan back to the room, and then immediately ordered someone to secretly find a doctor.

now.

Li Chengping also returned to the Dali Temple. When he saw Xin Qiwu with blood on his hands, he was shocked.

Before he could open his mouth, Xin Qiwu rushed over and knelt on the ground as if he had seen a savior.

"My Lord, you are finally back!"

"What happened? Didn't Zhuang Mohan come back?" Li Chengping asked doubtfully.

Everyone gathered at the door had left, so what was the problem?
"Your Highness, there is an assassin trying to kill Zhuang Mohan, and the doctor is treating him inside now!" Xin Qiwu said.

The sudden news gave Li Chengping a fright.

Without thinking too much, I rushed into the room.

Zhuang Mohan was lying on the bed with a two-inch-wide wound on his abdomen, and blood was constantly flowing out.

The doctor sat by and tried anxiously to stop the bleeding, but to no avail.

"Get off and let me do it!"

Li Chengping pulled the man away, walked forward, and used his true Qi to seal the acupuncture points around the injured part to slow down the bleeding.

"Fortunately, there was no poison on the murder weapon."

Li Chengping muttered something, then disinfected the wound and sutured it.

After all the operations, everyone around was stunned.

"All right!"

It was not until the sound was heard that everyone came to their senses.

The wound on Zhuang Mohan's abdomen had been sutured, but he still looked pale due to excessive blood loss.

"Let's go, let him have a good rest first, and then we can talk about anything outside."

Li Chengping waved his hand.

After sending the doctor away, he turned around and summoned Xin Qiwu and others to the hall.

"What's going on? Isn't there always a servant accompanying Zhuang Mohan? Where is he?" Li Chengping asked with a frown.

He was deeply impressed by the book boy beside Zhuang Mohan.

At first, Zhuang Mohan hid in the house for a long time and didn't come out. Li Chengping was worried that something might happen and went to visit him, but he was stopped by the servant every time.

Wherever Zhuang Mohan went, the servant followed him, like a shadow.

"This... I don't know. When Zhuang Mohan disappeared, he and the others disappeared too." Xin Qiwu said in a daze.

"I see. He's just a book boy, so don't worry about him for now."

"Xin Qiwu, I'm giving you a task now. Send a message to the outside world saying that Zhuang Mohan has been assassinated and his life is in danger!"

Li Chengping ordered.

Xin Qiwu was stunned on the spot.

"Your Majesty, you are saying the opposite. Zhuang Mohan is a great writer. If this news gets out, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please think twice before you act. For the time being, you should report this matter immediately and ask His Majesty to make the decision!"

(End of this chapter)