Tang Guan is very depressed today. To be precise, he has been quite depressed in recent days.
That day, he took Li Mu's poems to the Hongwen Hall and submitted them as his own. He planned to kill two birds with one stone, causing some trouble for Li Mu and causing some trouble for Kong Yingda. But he didn't expect that Kong Yingda's combat effectiveness was so poor. He just passed by Li Mu.
He fell to the ground in one move, and he has not left the house for almost a month. And because he was the cause of the incident, and because he was Li Mu's stepbrother, the angry professors and students did not dare to go to Li Mu.
I don't know how much I have been bullied and suffered in the past half month in Hongwen Hall, and I feel very sad just thinking about it.
As for Li Mu, Tang Guan has never dared to appear in front of him since that day. Especially after seeing Li Mu's blow to Kong Yingda and many subsequent deeds, he did not dare to show his face. He was afraid of Li Mu's revenge.
For several days, I was thinking about whether to go back to my hometown in Bingzhou and hide for two years.
But today, he can't hide. Because his father, Tang Jian, learned a secret message during the interview. His Majesty intends to rectify the name of Datang Daily and asks Li Mu to handle the matter. Li Mu plans to go to the Hongwen Hall to Chongwen
The Imperial Academy selects and compiles the outstanding ones, and recommends them to be "walking in front of the emperor". Although this is only a minor official tentatively designated as the ninth rank, it is a big step forward. Walking in front of the emperor, you can
Observe the court proceedings and show your face in front of the emperor. And since the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, he will definitely have the heart to take exams. If he complies with the holy will, won't he soar into the sky?
Even if you don't have this luck, the imperial examination will be held in the next year. The people selected by Li Mu this time are all among those who will take the exam next year. The articles they write are nothing more than government affairs and people's livelihood. These are things that the emperor values. If there are one or two
This famous article will be a great help when it comes to the imperial examination in the future.
So when Tang Jian returned home, he asked Tang Guan to visit Li Mu. Although he was the Duke of the country, the future of his descendants could not be arranged. The eldest son could inherit the title, but when the second son was born, he could only wait.
The emperor has favored him. Tang Jian's direct concubine has seven sons, and six of them have been favored by Li Shimin. The eldest son Tang Songling, the minister of Taichang Temple, the second son Tang Meng, the captain of Zhechong, the third son Tang Tongren, and Sinong Shaoqing
The fourth son, Tang Jiahui, is the governor of Xinzhou, and the fifth son, Tang Shanshi, was favored by Li Shimin a few days ago and was given the title of Prince Consort of Princess Yuzhang. The sixth son, Tang Shiyi, is also serving in the army. All six sons have been arranged.
The emperor's grace and favors continued. There were so many royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City, but few favored him like this. When it came to his youngest son Tang Guan, Tang Jian really didn't have the shame to ask Li Shimin again.
Now Li Mu has an opportunity here. As Li Mu's cheap stepfather, the family can use it in vain, so Tang Jian sent Tang Guan over. The house was slaughtering sheep today, and Tang Guan was not empty-handed, so he brought one over.
, although he also knew that Li Mu was very rich now and had no shortage of sheep, but he had nothing else to bring and was worried about being beaten with nothing, so he brought it over anyway.
When he came to the gate of the Hou Mansion, he looked at the four characters "Zhulu Hou Mansion" inscribed by Yu. Tang Guan couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Compared with Li Mu, in terms of family background, the Bingzhou Tang family was only slightly inferior to Li Mu.
There are only five surnames and seven hopes. His father, Tang Jian, holds a high position and has won the trust of two generations of emperors. No one in the world dares to bully him. However, Li Mu comes from a small border town and is the son of a halberd leader. How can he compare? In terms of age, Li Mu is only older.
He is only two years old. Many people of the same age as Li Mu in the Hongwen Museum are still reading "The Analects of Confucius". When it comes to writing poetry, eight out of ten cannot. But Li Mu can already compose poetry to compare with Confucius.
The poster's popularity fainted. It makes people so angry. Is there really a genius in this world who is born with knowledge?
"Knock on the door."
Tang Guan was riding on his horse and gave instructions to his entourage. As a handsome young man, he naturally could not carry a sheep by himself, so when he came, he brought a few followers with him. One of the followers responded, walked to the door and knocked on the door, knocking only twice.
After getting off, the concierge opened the door. He had seen Tang Guan and recognized him. Seeing that he was here, he hurriedly said: "Young Master Tang is here, please come quickly. The Marquis is busy in the studio and asked not to disturb Mr. Tang."
But we’ll be in the lobby later, so I’ll go and inform Madam right now.”
Tang Jian got off his horse, casually threw the reins to his entourage, pointed to the sheep carried on his shoulders, and said: "Today the sheep are being slaughtered in the house, so I brought one to my brother."
The concierge said quickly: "Thank you, sir."
"Well," Tang Guan snorted and stepped inside. Before he had taken two steps, there was a sudden sound of wind in his ears, followed by a loud sound of cracking stones. He was so scared that his hair stood up. He looked carefully and saw that
The giant ax flew about a foot away from him and smashed into the rockery. The ax handle was attached with a chain, and it was actually thrown.
"There is an assassin!" Tang Guan pulled his neck and screamed, then got behind the concierge.
Following this shouting, more than a dozen people appeared out of thin air on the roofs, walls, and hidden places. When Tang Guan saw it, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, covered his head and shouted: "Hero, spare your life, I am
Passersby, please let me live!"
Li Mu came out from behind the pillar, sighed, and said: "This is my stepbrother of Zhuluhou. It's really embarrassing."
"Ah?" Tang Guan got up from the ground and saw that Li Chongyi's hand shook and the giant ax returned to his hand. He didn't know that he had been tricked. He became angry and said: "You...you concierge, don't you?"
Be honest with you!"
He originally wanted to be angry at Li Mu, but he didn't dare to speak, so he had to vent his anger on the concierge.
The clan leader quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Young master, calm down, we don't know, we have been at the door..."
"Huh!" Tang Guan got up from the ground, suppressed his anger, and bowed to Li Mu: "Brother, I did something wrong a few days ago. I am so ashamed that I have never dared to appear in front of my brother. Today, my father taught me a lesson.
After talking about it for a while, I suddenly realized that I came here to apologize..." At this time, his entourage came in with a sheep, and Tang Guan quickly said: "Today, I slaughtered a sheep in the house and brought one to my brother."
"Oh, I'm interested." Li Mu smiled and said, "Is there anything else?"
Tang Guan shook his head.
"Then go back and take care of my mother and your father for me."
"..."
Seeing Li Mu turn around to leave, Tang Guan's heart felt as if ten thousand pregnant horses were running past. This was wrong, what about the etiquette promised? The sun was setting in the west, why did he have to stay for a meal, right?
Seeing that Li Mu was about to leave, Tang Guan remembered his father's instructions and said bravely: "Brother, I have been trained for several hours and haven't even eaten lunch. This..."
Li Mu's voice came from afar: "There is a soup cake shop on the street. If you don't have money, let the concierge bring it to you."
"I was wrong!" Tang Guan finally put down his face and shouted while pulling his neck. Li Mu then stopped and turned around and said, "Who was wrong?"
"I was wrong."
"who?"
Tang Guan gritted his teeth and said: "I, Tang Guan, the son of Duke Tang Jian of the State of Ju, I was wrong! I'm sorry to my brother. I haven't apologized in time. I have committed a heinous crime. Please forgive me, brother. After today, I will only obey my brother!"
"That's right!" Li Mu came over with a smile, helped Tang Guan up, and said, "How about it, don't you feel comfortable saying what you are holding in your heart? I know you have wanted to talk to me for a long time.
I apologized because you were afraid that I would retaliate against you. When you saw me from a distance at the racecourse that day, you were so frightened that you ran away in shame. Why bother? After all, I am also your brother and I am famous.
I have a lot of people, how can I be the same as you? Apologize to me, and I will forgive you! Oh, oh, why are you still crying? Do you regret bringing your entourage? If such a shameful scene were spread,
If you get out, your majesty will be wiped out from now on..."
Tang Guan was stabbed in the painful spot repeatedly. If he really couldn't offend Li Mu, he would have really wanted to get angry... But this idea completely disappeared after seeing Li Chongyi holding a giant ax behind Li Mu.
There is no normal person in this Zhuluhou Mansion. He is flying around with such a big ax. What if he is sick? What if he hurts someone? No, he can’t hurt anyone, because if he touches him, he will definitely die and he will not be injured.
Opportunity.
Now that things have come to this, there is no need to be shameless. As Li Mu said, I feel a lot more relaxed. The jar is broken and it is like this anyway.
Tang Guan lowered his head and automatically avoided Li Mu's ridicule, saying: "Brother, the reason why I came here this time is because when my father was discussing matters with His Majesty, he heard that Datang Daily was recruiting editors at the Hongwen Hall.
I'll give it a try. If brother thinks that I can do it, please give me some support. I'll be grateful."
"How big of a deal do I think it is? It's no problem. I'll take care of it on my brother."
Tang Guan looked at Li Mu eagerly, not knowing whether what he said was true or not. He agreed so quickly, and it felt like something was wrong.
Li Mu frowned slightly and said: "Why, do you have any doubts? Look at my two eyes, isn't there the word sincerity written on it? The left eye is true and the right eye is sincere. If you look carefully, you can't see it.
What?"
"I saw it, I saw it!" Tang Guan nodded quickly, how dare he say he didn't see it.
Li Mu patted Tang Guan on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. There are guests in the house today, so it's not convenient for you to stay. Otherwise, your brother, I will need a pair of chopsticks? It's not right for you to think so!"
"Yes, yes, it's my fault, it's my fault."
"I forgive you this time, let's go!" Suddenly Li Mu remembered something, slapped his forehead, and called Tang Guan again, saying: "I brewed a new wine called 'Zhuangyuanhong', you can take two jars with me.
, give it to your stepfather to taste it."
"Ah!" When Tang Guan heard that there was a new wine, also called 'Zhuangyuanhong', he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and said quickly: "Thank you, brother."
"Go ahead."
After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned and left. Turning around the corridor, Li Chongyi asked: "Boss, I think he is not very loyal."
Li Mu smiled and said: "If you're not loyal, isn't he also my stepbrother? Besides, with my popularity as your boss, I'm afraid I won't be able to find anyone who is of the same mind as me. Rather than taking advantage of others, it's better to take advantage of this one."
Go and tell the cook that the sheep he brought will be roasted tonight to entertain the people of Zhangjiazhai."