After 10 seconds of countdown, the scene in front of Yue Xingwenβs eyes flickered, and he reappeared in the streets of ancient times.
It was obviously winter, and there should have been a heavy snowfall a few days ago, and some of the snow still hadnβt melted off the streets. The people coming and going were all dressed very thick, Yue Xingwen himself was wearing a thick cloak, holding a fan in his hand and he didnβt know what his identity was.
There was not a single familiar face to be seen in the crowd around him, and even the architectural style was different from before. Yue Xingwen was puzzled, and a new prompt suddenly popped up in the hover box in front of himββ
[The plot task has been opened
Time: First month of the first year of Changzhou
Location: Luoyang
Your identity is a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam]
In the previous βXuanwu Gate Incidentβ task, the six of them were teleported to Changβan, and now they had actually come to Luoyang. It was no wonder that the streets and buildings around them were very unfamiliar.
Yue Xingwen walked forward, while asking passers-by about the location of the largest inn in Luoyang City.
After passing through several streets in a row, he came to an inn, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a familiar figure. Yue Xingwen stepped forward quickly, patted the other partyβs shoulder lightly with the handle of his fan, and called out with a smile, βPingce.β
Jiang Pingce turned his head, meeting Yue Xingwenβs gaze, and the corner of his mouth couldnβt help but raise slightly. βThis outfit kinda suits you.β White long shirt with a fluffy cloak over it, a square hat on his head, and an ancient poem written on the folding fan in his hand. It was really not out of place when Xingwen wore this scholarβs attire.
Yue Xingwen used his fan to cover both of their faces, and moved to Jiang Pingceβs ear and whispered, βMy identity this time is that of a scholar going to the capital to take the exam, and I have to meet with others as soon as possible to figure out the task for this round.β
Jiang Pingce said, βI rushed to the inn as soon as possible, and I didnβt find anyone else.β
Yue Xingwen pointed to the position by the window. βThen letβs sit down first, and have something to eat while waiting for someone?β
Jiang Pingce nodded, turned around and sat down with Yue Xingwen by the window, asked for two side dishes, pretended to be an old friend reunited, and chatted in a low voice.
Yue Xingwen asked, βIn the first year of Changzhou, do you have any memory of what happened in Luoyang City?β
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Jiang Pingce shook his head helplessly, βI donβt like studying history, and Iβve basically forgotten everything I learned in high school.β
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Yue Xingwen smiled and cooperated with the act, βYou guys are also in Luoyang? Have a seat, letβs eat together.β
It didnβt take long for Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo to come in and walk side by side. Everyone sat around the table and waited for a while, but they didnβt see Ke Shaobin and the others. Qin Lu was puzzled, βAre Ke Shaobin and the others not in this time and space?β
Yue Xingwen said, βAfter the task was completed just now, the hover box prompted βplease wait for the rest of your teammates to meetβ, and the 12 of us should have met in this world.β
Zhuo Feng calmly said, βMaybe itβs inconvenient for them to come to the inn for the time being, so letβs wait a little longer.β
Yue Xingwen turned his head and asked, βQin Miao, do you know what important events happened in the first year of Changzhou?β
Qin Miao frowned and thought for a moment before lowering her voice and saying, βWu Zetianβs reign era was called βTianshouβ, and in the third year of βTianshouβ, the reign era was changed to βRuyiβ, followed by βChangzhouβ. In the first year of Changzhou, corresponding to 692 A.D., an important event, all I can think is that Di Renjie was falsely accused and imprisoned.β
Qin Lu was stunned and said, βSister, I remember that Wu Zetian was the Emperor, and Di Renjie was the Prime Minister?β
Qin Miao said, βYes, in September of the following year after Wu Zetian became Emperor, Di Renjie was promoted to Prime Minister, but unfortunately, Di Renjie was only the Prime Minister for four months, and he was falsely accused of rebellion, was taken away from his post and sent to prison, and then he was relegated to Pengze County, where he worked as a small county magistrate until he was reinstated to his official position five years later.β
Yue Xingwen thought about it carefully, and said in a low voice, βSo, in this time and space, what we need to do is most likely to protect Di-daren from being unjustly killed?β
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.
Different from the βXuanwu Gate Incidentβ where they directly replaced some key characters to push to plot forward, this time the task, Yue Xingwen was a scholar going to the capital to catch up with the exams, Jiang Pingce was an Imperial Guard, Qin Miao, Qin Lu were female workers in the embroidery workshop, and Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo were husband and wife who came to the capital to do businessββ In other words, they were all passerby.
How could they meet these famous people in history?
Just when everyone was silent, someone suddenly walked into the inn, and everyone recognized him when they saw his smiling expressionββ Was that senior brother Xu Yishen?
Xu Yishen obviously spotted them as well, winking at Yue Xingwen before walking over to the front desk of the inn, pulling out a silver ingot from his pocket and tossing it on the table. βBoss, this table is my friend, I will pay for the meal. Are these enough?β
He pointed to the location of Yue Xingwen and the others, and the bossβs eyes lit up. He hurriedly said, βEnough, enough, enough! Gongzi, please wait a moment, Iβll have the kitchen add a few more specialties for you!β
Xu Yishen walked over and sat in front of Yue Xingwen, and greeted everyone with a smile, βYouβre all here.β
Yue Xingwen asked softly, βSenior brother, whatβs yours?β
Xu Yishen rubbed his temples and sighed softly, βItβs convenient for them to act, Iβm a free man, I will for you at the inn first.β When he said this, he lowered his voice and said, βThe inn is not a place to talk, but later, you can come with me and go to my place to talk.β
Everyone looked at each other without saying anything more and hurriedly followed Xu Yishen after eating.
Xu Yishen had an independent courtyard in Luoyang, Zhuo Feng walked into the courtyard, looked at the surroundings and couldnβt help but sigh, βThis courtyard is big enough ah! The library knows that you are a rich second generation, and arranged for you to be a local tyrant?β
Xu Yishen said helplessly, βNo, this courtyard was bought by the six of us with money, because there were people who died in this courtyard, the price was very low, and we bought it as a temporary base.β
Qin Lu said curiously, βSenior brother, what is your task?β
Xu Yishen said, βThe beginning is a palace fight of several women, we have to secretly protect Wu Zetian from being framed, and we must also assist her in becoming Empress, and finally ascending to the throne as Emperor.β
Qin Miao asked, βProtecting Wu Zetian? What is it all about?β
Xu Yishen said in detail, βSenior brother Liu is the Imperial Doctor, senior sister Lan is the maid next to Wu Zetian, and Zhang Xiaonian is the gardener in the palace, helping to repair the palace; Xin Yan is an Imperial Guard; Iβm an idle merchant who can move freely outside the palace, and they will come to me when they leave the palace.β
Yue Xingwen said curiously, βWhat about Ke Shaobin?β
Mentioning Ke Shaobin, Xu Yishen couldnβt help but burst out laughing. βXiao Ke is the chef of the Imperial kitchen, changing his patterns every day to eat delicious food, he can enjoy this instance too much.β
Everyone: β……β
Yue Xingwen lamented, βThatβs really to his liking, there are many exquisite delicacies that he can touch in the Imperial kitchen, which he has never seen before, right?β
Xu Yishen nodded. βItβs a pity, he canβt take out his laptop for this instance, and he canβt summon Xiao Tu, otherwise, he canβt wait to record all those recipes.β
Imperial doctor, Imperial guard, chef, maid, gardener, and a flexible Xu Yishenβ¦
The point in time when Xu Yishen and the others appeared was the time when Wu Zetian had already entered the palace and was fighting with Empress Wang and Consort Xiao Shufei, and the others openly and secretly. The six of them were assigned, though not pivotal key roles, to secretly protect the plot character Wu Zetian from the detail.
If Yue Xingwen and the others took the βpolitical fightβ script, Xu Yishen and the others were the βpalace fightβ script.
Now that Wu Zetian had become the Emperor, the two groups of teammates from different time and space had finally joined, and the task goal this time was as Qin Miao saidββ It was very likely that the historically famous incident of Di Renjie unjustly imprisoned.
Qin Miao asked, βSenior brother Xu, do you have any new hints for your quest line?β
Xu Yishen pressed his temple and said, βI just wanted to say, after Wu Zetian became Emperor, we successfully completed the task, and settled the points, and got a task evaluation of 90 points, and then the library said, wait for the other teammates to meet. Opening my eyes again, it was three years later, and I was a bit confused.β
He looked at Yue Xingwen and said, βI checked carefully, my identity is still the same, and they should be the same as well. I thought that when you came to this time and space, you would definitely go to the inn to meet as agreed, so I rushed over first. Iβm not sure exactly what to do next.β
Jiang Pingce asked in a low voice, βHow did you contact each other on your previous task?β
Xu Yishen said, βWhen Zhang Xiaonian goes to take care of flowers everyday, he can see senior sister Lan. Ke Shaobin can find a way to meet senior brother Liu, and I, because the skill of βbecoming a cellβ is available to me, and Iβll look for a chance to blend into the palace in the dead of night and deliver a message to them.β
The human body was made up of cells, so senior brother Xuβs ability to change into a cell was not affected by time and space travel, which was the key to the six of them being able to successfully complete their task.
Xu Yishen, as a βfree manβ, turned into a cell that could eavesdrop and pass messages around the palace, so they could get a head start on the conspiracy of the concubines in the harem and secretly helped Wu Zetian rise to power.
Even if their team didnβt have Qin Miao, who knew a lot about history, they finally got a high score of 90 points, which showed that under Xu Yishenβs contact, the cooperation of the six people was also quite tacit.
When Yue Xingwen thought of this, he said, βThe Imperial Doctor, the Imperial Chef, Imperial Guard, and the maid around the Emperorβs sideβ¦ These identities are indeed not convenient to leave the palace. Senior brother Xu, please go back to the palace tonight, tell Ke Shaobin and the others, you have joined us, and let them pay close attention to Di Renjie-darenβs movement.β
Xu Yishen raised his eyebrows in surprise, βDi Renjie? Does this task have something to do with Di-daren?β
Yue Xingwen said, βThe library has not released the task clues, and we are only guessing now.β He looked at Qin Miao and said, βAccording to Qin Miao, in the first year of Changzhou, Di Renjie had been wrongfully imprisoned and removed from the post of Prime Minister, and there were many people in the court who looked at him unfavorably and wanted to get rid of him. The point in time now is not far from this.β
Qin Miao nodded and said, βIn the first year of Changzhou, Di Renjie must be the key figure, if he canβt escape this catastrophe, it will be impossible for him to return to his official position later in life and become Wu Zentianβs confidant.β
She paused and added, βWu Zetian originally wanted to pass the throne to his nephew Wu Sansi to continue the reign of Wu Zhou, but it was Di Renjie, as the Prime Minister, who helped Wu Zetian interpret her dreams and persuaded her many times before she decided to pass the throne to Li Xian. If something happens to Di Renjie, no one will be able to talk to Emperor Zetian, and maybe the Tang Dynasty will fall, and it will be the Wu Zhou era later.β
If they wanted history to return to the right track, they must not let Di Renjie have an accident this year.
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I read that it used to be quite a popular practice to send someone to work in a distant place for a while to hide and protect this person under the guise of disgrace, and then return him when the danger is over. Maybe something like that happened to this man
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Ke Shaobin as a chef is perfect