The emperor's imperial edict was issued very quickly.
Perhaps the emperor, who already knew that his time was running out, was really eager to recruit a consort for the seventh princess Yuan Miaoyu!
Two days later in the afternoon.
Binhai City, Oriental Hotel, Room 1612.
Li Zhongwu sat at the desk by the window and wrote the story of "Feng Shen Bang" with a pencil on the manuscript paper. He had made the outline of "Feng Shen Bang" before.
Today is an attempt to restore the script of "The Legend of the Gods" in my memory.
The arrival of his brother-in-law Fang Xingyu made him suddenly feel that maybe he could try filming some fairy tales.
Because he had already learned from Fang Xingyu that Fang Xingyu's superpower was to escape from the ground.
His ability to escape from the earth reminds him of Tu Xingsun in "The Legend of the Gods".
Of course, Fang Xingyu is much more handsome than Tu Xingsun in movies and TV series, he is neither short nor ugly.
Coupled with the Glacier Hands he had recently come into contact with, the Zhong brothers' mind-controlled bullets... and other supernatural powers, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be more people with supernatural powers in this era than he had expected.
These superpowers, when used in the filming of film and television dramas, should be able to simulate some of the magical powers in "The Legend of the Gods".
However, reason told him that it would be very difficult to gather superpower masters who could film "The Legend of the Gods".
Of course, not all superpowers are required to play the characters in "The Legend of the Gods". Computer special effects can also do it.
Anyway, he suddenly became interested in "Feng Shen Bang" in the past two days, and then he started trying to write the script of "Feng Shen Bang".
As for his brother-in-law Fang Xingyu?
This child has been hidden and cared for by the Fang family since he was a child, rarely letting him go out. Over time, this kid has developed the habit of being an otaku.
No, when Li Zhongwu was writing "The List of Gods", Fang Xingyu was leaning on the bedside, studying a broken map he got from somewhere.
In the past two days, whenever this kid had time, he was studying the map.
Li Zhongwu asked him why he was studying that broken map?
The answer given by Fang Xingyu is - this is the secret to his wealth. In recent years, he has successfully found several ancient tombs by studying various ancient maps, and found a lot of good things from those ancient tombs.
His magical ability to escape from the earth seems to be very suitable for tomb robbing.
When Li Zhongwu heard this explanation, he was stunned for a while.
I feel a bit sorry for Tu Xingsun in "The Legend of the Gods". In the era when Tu Xingsun lived, there seemed to be no ancient tombs, and even if there were, there probably wouldn't be many treasures in them.
Anyway, when he was watching "The Legend of the Gods", he didn't remember that Tu Xingsun had a hobby of robbing tombs.
"Boom!"
A sudden knock on the door interrupted the concentration of Li Zhongwu and Fang Xingyu in the room.
"Who?"
Fang Xingyu asked towards the door.
Li Zhongwu stopped the pencil in his hand, frowned and waited for the answer outside the door.
"Is Li Zhongwu inside? If so, please open the door quickly and receive the order!"
A man's voice came from outside the door.
"Accept the order?"
Fang Xingyu was a little confused, and turned to look at Li Zhongwu, "Brother-in-law, you don't have an official status, right? How can there be an imperial edict for you?"
Li Zhongwu frowned slightly, he was also confused!
Not to mention his official status, he has never even been to Tianque City, and he has only been in this era for a short time. He has no interaction with the emperor of Tianque City at all. How could there be an imperial edict for him?
"Is Li Zhongwu inside? If so, please open the door!"
The man's voice came from outside the door again.
Because of the word "receiving the order" just now, Li Zhongwu paid attention to the voice of the man outside the door this time, but it was not at all like the high-pitched voice of the eunuch in the movies and TV dramas he had watched before.
At this time, the person who announced the imperial edict on behalf of the emperor should also be a eunuch, right?
Then, he remembered that when he was a student, when he was studying history, a history teacher once said that eunuchs in history were not all like the eunuchs in movies and TV series with shrill voices and feminine images. Some famous eunuchs were...
The eunuch also looks powerful. At first glance, he is full of masculinity, and even his voice is strong when he speaks.
"Brother-in-law, I'll open the door!"
Fang Xingyu, who was leaning on the bedside, said something, quickly got up and got out of bed, put on his shoes quickly, and ran over to open the door.
When Li Zhongwu saw this, he also put down his pen, stood up and looked at the door.
As the door opened, three men in black uniforms walked in.
The leader was a man about fifty or sixty years old, and the other two were about twenty years old, with handsome faces.
What surprised Li Zhongwu was that all three of them had beards. Although they were not thick, they did have beards.
It doesn't look like a fake beard either.
Are they eunuchs?
Or is it that there were no eunuchs in this era?
After all, he has not been in this era for a long time, and he has never studied whether there are eunuchs in this era.
The three people who entered the room looked at the situation in the room and Li Zhongwu and Fang Xingyu.
The leading man showed a warm smile and asked Li Zhongwu, "Are you Li Zhongwu?"
Li Zhongwu nodded and said yes.
17-year-old Fang Xingyu subconsciously came to Li Zhongwu with some curiosity.
The smile on the leader's face did not change. He looked Li Zhongwu up and down and praised: "He is indeed a talented person! I am Li Yilin, the Shaoqing of the Ministry of Rites. I have an imperial edict for you. Kneel down to receive it!"
Shaoqing of the Ministry of Rites?
Not a eunuch?
Li Zhongwu was a little surprised.
What surprised him even more was that Li Yilin, Li Zhongwu, actually called himself a lower official? Was it a slip of the tongue? Or what?
As for kneeling down to receive the order...
Li Zhongwu was very resistant and wanted to take out the long knife in his pocket and chop the three people in front of him with one blow.
Because in the education he received since childhood, there was no reason to kneel down to outsiders.
When he was very young, his father taught him that he could kneel to heaven, kneel to his parents and ancestors, but not to anyone else.
Later, when he was studying, he also remembered a sentence deeply: I would rather die standing than live on my knees.
In his heart, he will never kneel to any outsider, it is the backbone of a man!
The moment he kneels down to outsiders is when a man's spine is broken.
"Plop!"
There was a strange noise beside him, and Li Zhongwu looked around, only to see that his brother-in-law Fang Xingyu was already kneeling on his knees in an orderly manner, with his forehead even touching the ground.
"Kneel down and accept the order! Li Zhongwu!"
Li Yilin, the young minister of the Ministry of Rites, urged with a smile. He seemed particularly polite to Li Zhongwu.
but……
No matter how polite he was, Li Zhongwu couldn't convince himself to kneel down to him.
His knees couldn't bend.
His face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry! The ancestral motto of our Lijia Village is that if a man has gold under his knees, he would rather die standing than live on his knees! Except for heaven and earth, parents, and ancestors, we will never kneel!
"
When he said these words, Li Zhongwu's left hand reached behind his waist. When his left hand appeared again in the sight of Li Yilin and others, there was already a simple long knife in his hand.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room took a turn for the worse.
The originally peaceful and relaxing atmosphere suddenly became a little solid.
The two people who were originally standing behind Li Yilin saw this, their expressions changed drastically, and they immediately stepped forward to block in front of Li Yilin.
The warm smile on Li Yilin's face froze.
Looking at Li Zhongwu with a gloomy face in confusion, he felt that his brain was a little weak. He couldn't figure out why he had such a good attitude from the time he entered the door until now. How could Li Zhongwu have such an attitude?
Isn't it appropriate to kneel down to receive an order?
Who doesn’t kneel when receiving an imperial edict?
Most people want to receive imperial edicts, but they are not qualified yet!
Would you rather die standing than live on your knees? What the hell kind of ancestral precept is this? No matter how great your ancestral precepts are, can they be greater than the court etiquette?
"Bold!! Do you dare to stand and receive the imperial edict? Aren't you afraid of having your entire family executed?"
A young official standing in front of Li Yilin shouted loudly.
Fang Xingyu, who was kneeling quietly on the ground, looked up at the opposite side in confusion, then looked at Li Zhongwu. He couldn't help but frown, quietly pulled Li Zhongwu's trouser legs, and urged in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what are you doing? Kneel down quickly.
Down!"
Li Zhongwu ignored him.
Because of the young official's scolding just now, Li Zhongwu's face had become even colder. He silently grasped the handle of the knife with his right hand, his eyes narrowed into two slits, and his voice became extremely cold, "Behead the whole family? Now my family is full of people.
I'm the only one, who can try to kill everyone!"
He didn't believe that with his own skills, in this era, someone could kill him.
If that's the case, why does he kneel?
"you……"
The young official who was contradicted became furious and was about to continue his reprimand when Li Yilin, who was standing behind him, suddenly coughed slightly, so the young official immediately stopped talking.
Li Yilin looked at Li Zhongwu with a confused expression, stretched out his hand to push away the two subordinates who were blocking him, took half a step forward, and said: "Not bad! Such character is worthy of the attention of Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess.
Consort, no matter what! Since this is the ancestral precept of your village, then we will respect the customs of your village today."
As he spoke, he ignored the astonished looks of Fang Xingyu and his two subordinates, and took out a bright yellow imperial edict from the black leather bag in his hand. After unfolding it, he read: "By God's blessing, the emperor's edict says: I heard that Li Zhongwu of Tianfu City
, he has a handsome appearance, an upright character, a clean family background, superb martial arts skills, and no bad habits. He can be called a hero of the world. However, he is still not married in his late thirties, which is a pity!
Also: The seventh princess, Yuan Miaoyu, is now twenty-two. She should have gotten married long ago, but she is still unmarried. As a princess of Dayan, she has failed to set a proper example for women across the country in matters of marriage. It is really inappropriate!
Fortunately, the seventh princess Yuan Miaoyu woke up in time and fell in love with Li Zhongwu. I am very relieved and have specially granted marriage to Li Zhongwu and recruited Li Zhongwu as Princess Miaoyu's consort! We will get married in ten days! I appreciate this!"
Li Yilin finished reading the contents of the imperial edict in a mellow tone, slowly closed the edict, and said to Li Zhongwu with a smile on his face: "Li Zhongwu! No! Prince Consort! Congratulations! Come forward to receive the edict!"
Li Zhongwu: "???"
Fang Xingyu, who was kneeling on the ground, had already raised his head in astonishment. He looked at Li Yilin who was reading out the imperial edict, and then at Li Zhongwu who was still standing next to him.
The brother-in-law suddenly turned into a prince-in-law, which made the 17-year-old man completely unable to react. There were questions on his forehead, but he did not dare to say anything at this time.
Li Zhongwu's expression at this time was a bit wonderful.
There are surprises, doubts, confusion and other emotions.
He was just about to draw his sword and kill someone, but he didn't expect to receive such an imperial edict.