When the wounds were cleaned with wine, these men who had not screamed when they were injured started screaming heartbreakingly.
"Sir, will nothing happen if this happens?" Liu Da asked worriedly.
Lin Xuan said: "Although it hurts a little, it's better than losing your life!"
He didn't explain bacterial infection to Liu Da, since he couldn't understand it anyway.
The corners of Liu Da's mouth twitched. Is this a bit painful?
If it was just a little painful, why would they scream so miserably?
However, out of trust in Lin Xuan, Liu Da didn't ask any more questions, walked up and shouted: "The Duke said, this is for your own good, brothers, just be patient and let it pass!"
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After the wounds of the wounded soldiers were cleaned and bandaged, it was already dark.
There were five wounded soldiers among them. Because their injuries were too serious, they could not ride horses. Lin Xuan asked Lin Dongyang and Zhang Qing to ride in a carriage, freeing up one carriage to accommodate the wounded soldiers.
Lin Xuan rode a horse and a group of people rushed to Yichi County.
When he arrived at the fly pond, he revealed his identity and the guard opened the city gate.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" the guard asked curiously as he looked at Lin Xuan and his group. Most of them had blood stains on their bodies, and many of them had injuries.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "It's okay, I just met some bandits on the road."
The guard was a little surprised. He hadn't heard of any bandits nearby.
Lin Xuan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he said hello and the group entered the city.
There is no curfew in Yuchi County. Although there are few pedestrians on the streets, the inns are still open.
Lin Xuan and the others still chose to stay at the same inn where they stayed when they came here.
The innkeeper still had an impression of Lin Xuan and the others. Seeing that many of Lin Xuan and the others were injured, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
"Liu Da, bring a few people back to find some doctors." Lin Xuan ordered.
"Yes!" Liu Da took a few people to find the doctor.
"Honor, I've taken care of your inn, and I'll pay double the room charges to those guests," Lin Xuan said.
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I will handle it now."
Lin Xuan came with soldiers, and those people also called Lin Xuan Sir. Although he didn't know what title Lin Xuan was, he was not someone he could offend.
The matter of renting an inn was very simple. As soon as they heard that a noble man wanted to rent an inn, those people packed up their things and left.
After they settled in, Lin Xuan asked the shopkeeper to cook all the delicious dishes in the store and deliver them to their rooms.
Before the food was served, Liu Da came back with the doctor. The doctor gave the wounded soldier medicine and left.
"Sir, the doctor said that the seriously injured person needs to recover and cannot rush anymore." Liu Da said.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Leave them more money, no matter whether they are seriously or lightly injured, leave them to recuperate, let them go back after they recover, and tell them that I will do business after they go back!"
"Yes, little one, let's go right away!" Liu Da said.
Lin Xuan had no appetite, so he ate some casually and went back to the room to take a shower.
After taking a shower, Lin Xuan lay on the bed and began to think about the assassination.
When he found the assassin, he guessed it was from a noble family, but when he thought about it more carefully, he felt strange.
If the aristocratic family wanted to send someone to assassinate him, it was impossible to send just this few people.
But apart from the aristocratic family, he didn't offend anyone else, which made him confused.
After much thought, Lin Xuan couldn't think of a clue, so he had to give up.
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"What did you say? Someone assassinated Lin Xuan? Is Lin Xuan okay?" Li Shimin asked in shock.
Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, the uncle of Jingyang County is intact."
Hearing that Lin Xuan was fine, Li Shimin felt relieved and said, "Tell me what's going on."
Li Mu told Li Shimin how Lin Xuan was assassinated.
He spoke very clearly, as if he were right there.
"You mean Lin Xuan killed eleven assassins with his own hands?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.
Li Mu nodded. When he just learned the news, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lin Xuan's martial arts to be so high.
Li Shimin pondered for a while and asked, "Have you found out who did it?"
"Your Majesty, it's possible that the Cui family did it, but I'm not sure yet!" Li Mu said.
Li Shimin was furious: "Check, I want to know the results as soon as possible!"
The assassination matter touched Li Shimin's bottom line. If he dared to assassinate an earl today, wouldn't he dare to assassinate him tomorrow?
He didn't think about the aristocratic family at first, because the gesture was too small and it didn't look like it was done by the aristocratic family.
Since Li Mu told him that it was possible, it was basically confirmed that the noble family did it, but there was no evidence yet.
"Yes!" Li Mu responded.
"When Lin Xuan returns to Chang'an, let him come to see me. Also, I don't want to hear any more news about him being assassinated. Do you understand?" Li Shimin said coldly.
Li Mu had cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Yes!"
He knew that Li Shimin was already dissatisfied with him. He was in charge of the intelligence system, and an earl was assassinated. He actually found out after the fact that it was a serious dereliction of duty.
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After five days starting from the Fly Pond, Lin Xuan and his family finally returned to Chang'an.
Just after arriving home, before Lin Xuan could sit down to rest, Butler Lin came to report that someone was coming from the palace and that His Majesty had summoned him.
Lin Xuan didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he rode towards the palace on horseback.
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"Your Majesty, sir!" Lin Xuan saluted respectfully.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Excuse me. I heard that you were assassinated on the road?"
"Your Majesty, it's true!" Lin Xuan was not surprised at all that Li Shimin knew about his assassination.
If Li Shimin didn't know, he would be surprised.
Li Shimin asked: "Do you know who did it?"
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "I don't know. Does your Majesty know?"
"Cui family!" Li Shimin said slowly.
Lin Xuan knew that Li Shimin would not lie to him about this. He had also considered the Cui family before, but later ruled it out.
"Your Majesty, why did the Cui family send so many people here?" Lin Xuan asked a little strangely.
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "I also find it strange. I haven't investigated it clearly yet."
Lin Xuan lowered his head and said nothing. Although he didn't know the reason, the Cui family sent people to assassinate him and had formed a deadly feud with Lin Xuan. He would definitely take revenge.
"Your Majesty, I wonder how the preparations for the imperial examination are going?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Why are you asking this?" Li Shimin was a little surprised. He was talking about the assassination just now, so why did he suddenly ask about the imperial examination.
Lin Xuan said: "I discovered some shortcomings of the imperial examination."
"Disadvantages? What are the disadvantages of such a good system as the imperial examination?" Li Shimin asked in confusion.
The emergence of the imperial examination completely changed the situation in which there were no poor families in the upper class and no noble families in the lower class.
It broke the aristocratic family's monopoly on official positions. Although there are still too few officials from poor families now, Li Shimin believes that in ten or twenty years, there will definitely be more children from poor families in the court.
Lin Xuan smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not saying that the imperial examination is not good, but it has many disadvantages and cannot effectively prevent aristocratic families from monopolizing official positions."
Li Shimin suddenly realized that Lin Xuan wanted to take revenge on the aristocratic family.
"Oh, tell me, what are the disadvantages of the imperial examination." Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan with interest.
Lin Xuan said: "The first point: the imperial examination, once a year, is too frequent."
"Wouldn't it be better to do it more frequently? Wouldn't there be more opportunities this way?" Li Shimin asked.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, does he know how big the Tang Dynasty is?"
Li Shimin said angrily: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Most of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by me. Don't you know how old I am!"
Lin Xuan secretly cursed: "It's because of this idea that you are not willing to let Li Jiancheng become emperor."
Historically, Li Jiancheng could be said to be both civil and military, although his record was slightly worse than Li Shimin's.
But he is definitely better than Li Shimin in governing the country. Otherwise, why didn't Li Yuan make Li Shimin the prince?
Of course, he only dared to think about these things in his mind, but he didn't dare to say them out loud.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "It's because the Tang Dynasty was so big that those from poor families simply couldn't afford to come to Chang'an to take the exam."
Lin Xuan knows this firsthand. It takes nearly ten days to travel to Luoyang, and that's with horses.
Those children from poor families don't have the capital, so most of the children from poor families who come to take the scientific examination are from around Chang'an.