His surname is Li, Xingsi, he is fat as a ball, and his characteristics are already very obvious. Of course, based on three points, we can only say that the little fat man in front of him is a kid from a rich family. It is impossible to conclude that he is Li Tai, but unfortunately, Li Mu bends down when Li Tai
When I was walking, I saw the collar of his underwear peeking out from the back of his neck.
This kind of material, embedded with gold thread, is exactly the same material as the lining of the court dress sewn by Empress Changsun herself that Li Mu got a few days ago.
This completes the logic puzzle. His surname is Li, Xingsi, he is fat as a ball, and he is wearing clothes made of the palace's unique tribute brocade. If Li Mu can't guess that he is Li Tai, then he really needs to find a doctor to take care of him.
Check to see if you have water in your head.
He was about to reveal Li Tai's identity, but then he thought about it. This little fat guy had spent so much energy and managed to dress up like this. If it were revealed all at once, wouldn't it make him lose face?
Thinking this way, I hesitated for a moment.
Li Tai was already fat. When he was in the palace, the maids would help him carry anything that weighed more than a book. Now that he has been carrying the four or five kilograms of baggage for a long time, his arms have already lost their strength.
Hearing no response from Li Mu, he felt very anxious. He raised his head and took a peek. Seeing that Li Mu didn't look like he was going to agree, Li Tai felt worried and was about to kneel down...
Although the prince is the most noble, there are five persons who must still be worshiped. The first is heaven, the second is earth, the third is king, the fourth is relatives, and the fifth is master. In ancient times, worshiping a master was a very important matter.
After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he revised the "ritual" and called it "Kaiyuan Rites". It stipulated the details for the prince's apprenticeship. The prince's apprenticeship also had to present a bundle. The details are: five pieces of silk, two measures of sake, and three pieces of dried meat.
The boat was placed in a basket. When saluting, the prince put on his student clothes and went to the teacher's door. He placed three gifts in the southwest corner and asked for instructions: "I am studying with you, sir. I wonder if I can come in?" After the teacher agreed,
Come out to meet each other. The prince kneels down, salutes to the teacher, and bows three times. The teacher bows back three times. At this time, the prince should step back to avoid the teacher's return bows. Then he kneels down, picks up the basket, presents it to the teacher, salutes again, and then
Exit.
The same is true for the Imperial College, Chongwen Hall, Hongwen Hall, and when students from prefectures and counties are studying for the first time. The etiquette is the same, but in terms of binding, due to different circumstances, the number is gradually reduced.
Li Tai had studied under his master, and his master was also an old acquaintance of Li Mu, the King of Shizhong. At that time, the king was demoted to the state after Li Shimin came to the throne because of Li Jiancheng's advice. But it didn't take long for Li Shimin to find that there were not many available around him.
Since the king was indeed talented, another decree brought him back.
In order to calm his mind, Li Shimin ordered Wang to teach his second son Li Tai, who was responsible for teaching Li Tai the principles of loyalty and filial piety. Therefore, Li Tai worshiped Wang as his teacher. But in fact, Wang just took up his name and did not teach Li Tai.
There were so many things. Li Tai had also read the books he had read. As for the principles of loyalty and filial piety, various classics had already thoroughly discussed them, and Wang could not tell anything strange. Li Shimin asked Wang to teach Li Tai how to know about loyalty and filial piety.
More of a reminder to himself not to make the same mistakes again.
Even so, Li Tai abides by his duty as a disciple to the king and treats him as a teacher when he meets him. But now, Li Mu has answered the Baiji question, and he is already the number one person in arithmetic in the Tang Dynasty. To worship him as his teacher is to be able to
He learned the true skills. Therefore, Li Tai only hesitated for a moment, and his thirst for knowledge made him worship without hesitation.
This shocked Li Mu. Even if his historical score had never exceeded sixty points, he knew from watching The Legend of Wu Meiniang that the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not Li Tai or Li Chengqian, but Li Mu, who was only two years old this year.
Zhi. Although the little fat man in front of him doesn't seem to be seeking the throne at all, if he becomes a disciple now, it will be difficult to get rid of the relationship one day.
Li Mu didn't want to leave such a hidden danger, so when Li Tai was about to kneel down, Li Mu took a step forward and held his arm firmly, preventing him from kneeling down.
"I don't accept apprentices! Even if I do, I won't accept apprentices who are fat as balls. It's a good thing that you have a desire to learn, but until you lose weight successfully, don't think about becoming my disciple. It's impossible!"
Li Tai was dumbfounded. He had thought of countless possible reasons for rejection, so he pretended to be a poor student and suffered miserably. But he never imagined that he would be rejected because of being fat. What happened to me?
I'm here to learn knowledge, not to work. I'm just a little fat, so I just need to have a good brain!
Li Tai became anxious and said: "I...I, I am a little fatter, but I am here to study. If you don't want to accept it, why are you discriminating against me?"
"This is not discrimination. How can you say it is discrimination? What I mean is that you are a waste and I look down upon you."
Li Mu had decided not to expose Li Tai's identity. Since he didn't have to worry about his identity as a prince, one of them was a marquis and the other was a student from a poor family. Naturally, Li Mu could speak without any scruples. He walked next to Li Tai and suddenly raised his hand.
Li Tai pinched his double chin, and Li Tai was completely stunned. He had lived so long, and no one had pinched his chin except his biological mother, Queen Changsun. Even Queen Changsun, after he left the palace and established a mansion,
I’ve never pinched me again. How dare this Zhuluhou humiliate me like this!
Li Tai was greatly stimulated, tears streaming down his face, and he was so angry that he could not speak.
Li Mu pinched Li Tai's double chin and found that it felt good, so he pinched it a few more times and said, "Don't be dissatisfied. I happen to be free today. Come, let's sit down and I'll explain it to you in detail."
, why are you a waste."
Li Mu waved his hand, motioning for Li Chongyi and others to enter the house through the side door, and pulled Li Tai to sit on the stone steps at the door.
Li Tai sniffed, stared at Li Mu unconvinced, and said, "I want to hear what the Marquis has to say!"
"Look at you, you are so young, why are you always excited? Since I said this, of course I have my reasons." Li Mu is determined to hurt Li Tai's self-esteem. Only in this way can he be dissuaded.
The thought of becoming a disciple, otherwise if Li Shimin comes back with a decree, it will be wrong for him to accept it, and it will be wrong for him not to accept it.
"Look at you, you're wearing a pair of 'shabby' and patched clothes. What does that mean? It means your family is poor!" Li Mu was telling lies with his eyes open, even if the student uniform Li Tai was wearing wasn't
Made from tribute brocade, it is also the finest silk and satin. You can't even buy one without five guan of money.
But Li Tai was convinced that this was his own 'clever trick', which was to make Li Mu think he was poor. He had read the Datang Daily and knew about all the things that happened between Li Mu and the wealthy family, and was afraid that Li Mu would regard him as a wealthy family member.
The disciple refused to teach him.
"My family is poor, does the Marquis look down on me?" Li Tai had read a lot of history books and planned to use the 'stimulating method' recorded in the book. But he was obviously still too green and he hadn't said the next sentence yet.
When he came out, Li Mu interrupted him.
Li Mu said seriously: "Yes, I despise it."
"you!"
"Let me ask you, are you sick?"
Li Tai was stunned for a moment, wondering why Li Mu would ask such a question, but he still replied: "Although I have gained some weight, I am not sick."
"You are not sick, and your family is still very poor, but you are still so fat." Li Mu looked into Li Tai's eyes, whipped him at the soul level, and said, "Is this reasonable?"
"..."
"Are you worthy of your parents? You have made yourself so fat. It is easy to imagine that your parents must be short of clothes and skinny. How sad!"
"No..." Li Tai wanted to defend himself, but before he could open his mouth, Li Mu interrupted him again: "It's terrible!"
There was a popping sound, and Li Tai's face was sprayed with saliva. Li Tai raised his hand to wipe it, and this time he really wanted to cry.
"How can I accept a person who has no filial piety in his heart as a disciple?" As he spoke, Li Mu pulled his bundle out of Li Tai's arms and opened it. There were ten pieces of dried meat inside. Li Mu looked at the meat.
It worked pretty well, so he just tore one off and put it in his mouth before he had lunch.
As expected, he was Li Shimin's favorite child. This jerky turned out to be beef. I wonder if it was an unfortunate cow that broke its leg like the Cheng family's cow, but it tasted so good.
Li Tai stared at Li Mu chewing with dumbfounded eyes, and thought to himself, this Zhuluhou is too ungrateful. I sincerely worship you as my teacher. It's fine if you don't accept me. It's fine if you belittle me. You still eat my dried meat.
...This is beef jerky, is it so easy to get? If the Cheng family's cow broke its leg last month and gave a cow leg to my father, and my father took great care of me and gave me these jerky, I would
Where can I find these dried meats?
In order to worship you as my teacher, I brought you all the dried meat that I was reluctant to eat. You didn’t accept me, but you still ate my dried meat...
Li Tai was only ten years old after all. He had never seen such a shameless person. He couldn't hold it in and burst into tears.
"It's useless for you to cry. I still have to say it." Li Mu grabbed the baggage in his hand and continued: "Your family is so poor, and your parents raised you so fat and still provided for you to study. They are already very good to you.
You should study hard and try to pass the imperial examination next year and become a Jinshi or something like that. How old is the official who will be in the Jinshi subject, and how big will be the official in the Mingshi subject? Even if I teach you, by then a ninth-grade official will be
Are you sorry for your parents?"
"It's just that you don't want to make progress, but you forced your parents to buy so many dried meats for you to use as apprentices. Tell yourself, are you still a human being? Did I say that you were wrong when I said you were a waste?
?Do you feel very ashamed now?"
Li Tai cried even more sadly and was about to convulse.
Seeing Li Tai crying so sadly, Li Mu was worried that he was really good, so he didn't dare to scold him anymore. He grabbed a handful of money from his arms, didn't look at how much, stuffed it into Li Tai's hand, and said, "Although I can't accept you as my wife."
Disciple, but I still have to keep these dried meats, otherwise if you take them home, you will definitely eat them yourself. For the sake of your parents, I will treat this dried meat as if I bought it. Take the money back and remember to give it to you
Dad, you can’t spend money on your own."
At this moment, Li Mu suddenly felt a chill behind his back. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a familiar voice coming from behind: "Just give it to me, I'm his father."