Chapter 5

(Seeking flowers, seeking tickets)

When Qin Mu's figure appeared at the Chang'an city gate, all the guards responsible for guarding the gate instantly discovered him and drew their swords.

"Qin Mu!"

Dropping a cold sentence, Qin Mu did not say another word and charged straight up.

Since it was already being treated as treason, he did not mind making things even bigger!

"Audacious! Men, take him down!"

More than a dozen guards rushed up in anger.

They had never seen such an arrogant person in their lives, daring to brazenly force his way through the Chang'an city gate; he was simply bold to the point of heaven-defying!

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and countless cold glints flashed.

On the Chang'an city wall, screams rose one after another.

In less than an instant.

A pile of guards fell around Qin Mu.

He found an opening, inserted himself behind the guards, and slashed the bolt of the Chang'an city gate with one sword stroke!

"Rumble—"

A heavy sound rang out, and the Chang'an city gate slowly opened.

"Not good! Sound the alarm quickly!"

Seeing this scene, the guard commander was shocked.

"Woo-woo-woo!"

Above the night sky, a thunderous horn sound rang out, echoing throughout all of Chang'an!

"Hehe!"

"It is already too late!"

Qin Mu stood before the Chang'an city gate, smiled as if he had succeeded, and his figure turned rapidly, disappearing in the blink of an eye onto the official road leading out of Chang'an.

Duke Prefecture of Zhao.

The rumbling alarm sound woke Zhangsun Wuji, who was in a daze.

"What happened?"

Zhangsun Wuji shouted loudly.

"Master, something big has happened! Someone broke into the Chang'an city gate at night, killed more than a dozen guards, and has already seized the gate and fled."

A servant hurried over to answer.

"What!?" Zhangsun Wuji's face changed suddenly, as if he understood something.

Something is wrong!

It must be that kid who knew this old man would not let him go, so he fled Chang'an City overnight.

"Quick! Gather all the men in the prefecture, pursue him for this old man! Even if we have to chase him to the ends of the earth," Zhangsun Wuji's roaring voice echoed in the night sky.

In a short while.

Many torches lit up in the night-covered Chang'an City.

Dense footsteps rushed toward the Chang'an city gate...

Imperial Palace, Ganlu Hall.

The imposing Li Er was carefully reading an article.

At the end of the article, there were only two characters signed.

Qin Mu!

"I must catch that kid and bring him back!"

"He is a talent, but it is a pity."

Li Er put away the answer sheet and muttered to himself.

When he first saw this article, he was amazed and felt extremely excited.

With such talent in the Great Tang, it would surely flourish.

But later, upon checking, he found that this person was from a humble background, and the enthusiasm in Li Er's heart quickly faded.

The current Great Tang was still a world of noble families.

A mere scholar from a humble background, no matter how great his talent, could never make a name for himself in the imperial court.

Not to mention whether Qin Mu could adapt to the intrigues of the court, the noble families in the capital would never allow such a young man to stand out.

The reason was simple.

No one wanted such a peerless genius to block the path of advancement for their own family's descendants.

Li Er knew this clearly, but he did not want to give up on such a young genius.

He planned to first have Qin Mu give up this Top Graduate position.

Afterward, he would hide his identity and befriend Qin Mu as a commoner; this way, he could engage in high-level discussions with him without having to bring him into the court, and perhaps it would become a beautiful story in the future—wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?

What a pity!

Not everything could be as beautiful as imagined.

"Woo-woo-woo—"

A burst of urgent horn sounds broke the silence of the Ganlu Hall.

Li Er looked up suddenly, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

Something happened?

"Your Majesty, this subordinate has an urgent matter to report!"

Outside the door, the voice of the guard commander, Li Junxian, came in.

"Enter."

Li Er commanded.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a tragedy occurred at the Chang'an city gate; a mysterious youth broke into the city gate at night, causing sixteen guards to be seriously injured, and that youth has now seized the gate and fled!" Li Junxian detailed the events at the city gate.

"What did you say?"

Li Er was furious, his entire aura like an angry lion.

This is outrageous!

"Who is so bold as to dare break into Chang'an City at night?"

Li Er's roar echoed in the great hall.

The atmosphere in the Ganlu Hall had dropped to freezing point.

The people around did not even dare to breathe loudly.

"Your Majesty, according to the city gate guards, that mysterious youth is named Qin Mu, and he is a master of the sword."

"Qin Mu!?"

Li Er widened his eyes, his expression becoming extremely complex.

Is it him?

How could this be?

Li Er had ordered Zhangsun Wuji to persuade Qin Mu; how did the situation evolve into this?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhao, Zhangsun Wuji, requests an audience!"

Just then, another voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall.

PS: New book, seeking flowers, seeking evaluation tickets, seeking monthly tickets. ===== CHAPTER 7 =====