Finally, the hard work paid off. As soon as Li Mu and Dugu Jiu appeared at the gate of the square, Xu Jingzong spotted them and trotted to the front of the horse.
He recognized Li Mu, but Li Mu and Dugu Jiu did not recognize him. Suddenly someone rushed over, and Dugu Jiu immediately pulled out his sword and put it on Xu Jingzong's neck.
Xu Jingzong wanted to kneel in front of Li Mu's horse in one fell swoop, but with the sharp knife on his neck, he didn't dare to move at all, and he froze there.
"Who are you? Do you want to die?"
"Xu Jingzong, the official, suddenly saw the Marquis. He was so happy that he offended the Marquis. It is a death penalty, a death penalty..."
"Oh, Bachelor Xu." Li Mu waved his hand, got off the horse, looked at Xu Jingzong, and said: "Bachelor came early, I want to deal with other things, and I will wait for the bachelor."
Xu Jingzong said quickly: "I don't dare to be a bachelor. In front of the Marquis, a bachelor can only call himself a student. How dare you let the Marquis wait? Naturally, you should have come early."
Li Mu smiled and didn't say anything more, but he thought in his heart that as expected, he knew almost everything from the TV series. This person is a villain.
In fact, it is unfair to say that Xu Jingzong is a villain. Looking at Xu Jingzong's life, although it is not very glorious, it is not to the level of a villain. But Li Mu has reasons for believing that he is a villain.
Since he made up his mind to contact Xu Jingzong, Li Mu sent Jin Yiwei to investigate this person, and some of the things he had done were very shameful.
Xu Jingzong's father, Xu Shanxin, was appointed as a minister in the Sui Dynasty. In the middle of the Sui Dynasty, Xu Jingzong passed the scholar examination and was awarded the title of Huaiyang Secretary. Soon, he was on duty at the audience platform, responsible for delivering documents, and was able to meet the emperor, not to mention that he was promoted to the emperor.
Well, he was also a young talent. At this time, Xu Jingzong had no stains in his life. But then Yu Wenhuaji launched a coup and killed Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, and his father Xu Shanxin was not spared. At this time, Xu Jingzong not only
He was not angry because of his father's death, but instead begged Yu Wenhuaji to spare his life. Yu Wenhuaji spared his life, and soon he went to Wagang to work in Li's secret record office, and was in charge of documents together with Wei Zheng. He and Wei Zheng
The friendship with Wei Zheng started from that time.
After the destruction of Wagang, he defected to the Tang Dynasty along with the remnants of Wagang. Wei Zheng defected to Li Jiancheng, while Xu Jingzong was more optimistic about Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin was the king of Qin at the time, he was not the prince after all. Therefore, to recruit talents, he could only recruit Li Jiancheng's remnants.
Xu Jingzong became one of the original eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace.
According to his qualifications, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he should be reused. But maybe Li Shimin heard about what he had done and was not ashamed of his character. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was not reused.
He was sent to a quiet place, where he served as a writer and was ordered to compile the history of the Sui Dynasty.
Although the Sui Dynasty did not have many years, the work of compiling history is very cumbersome and requires constant research. Xu Jingzong has been stuck in the quagmire since then and cannot get out. What is even more helpless is that the compilation of history is not outstanding at all.
In this place, even if you want to make meritorious deeds, there is no merit to be gained, and he gradually fades out of everyone's sight.
This was the stain in the first half of his life, and as a person who traveled through time, Li Mu also knew the stain in his later life.
Xu Jingzong was older than Li Shimin, but he lived much longer than Li Shimin. When Li Zhi became emperor, he was still alive and kicking in his seventies and eighties. Because he had been the crown prince's right concubine, he was closer to Li Zhi and also
He could guess Li Zhi's psychology. Therefore, when Li Zhi wanted to depose Queen Wang and make Wu Zetian queen, he was the first to stand up and express his support.
At that time, Xu Jingzong had a bit of Li Mu's style of fighting with other scholars. He alone had to contend with the "queen-protecting faction" headed by Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and other ministers who cared about life, plus Li Zhi's faction, and finally
It contributed to the deposed king and established Wu. His ability to confuse right and wrong and his shameless attitude are incomparable to ordinary people.
Therefore, Li Mu believed that he was a villain. However, although Xu Jingzong's character was despicable, his literary talent was outstanding. Otherwise, he would not have been appointed to compile history, nor would he be able to abolish the
Wang Liwu played an important role in the process. What Li Mu values is his advantages in this area.
Cultivation of the laws of the Tang Dynasty did not happen overnight. We still don’t know how Li Shimin decided to do it, but from what he heard, Li Shimin probably wanted to set up a separate yamen to be responsible for cultivating the law. So in front of this yamen, Li Mu must have a
An effective undercover agent is like having Wang Jingze at the Yushitai.
Xu Jingzong was the person he chose.
The two parties exchanged pleasantries for a while, then politely let each other enter the world of heaven and earth. They walked to the private room on the second floor and sat down under the waiter's service. Xu Jingzong did not ask Li Mu to order in a big way, but ordered a few side dishes based on his own guess.
. This shows his thoughts, who is Li Mu! In today's Chang'an City, he dares to say that he is the richest man, and no one will stand up to challenge him. If Xu Jingzong lets Li Mu do whatever he wants, he will show off the aura of a nouveau riche
, that would be a failure, and it may also cause his dissatisfaction.
But if you order the food yourself, it doesn't matter. After all, Li Mu is not looking for him to eat. And if you can order dishes that suit Li Mu's taste, it will show his meticulousness.
"Hearing that the Marquis summoned me, Jingzong didn't sleep all night last night. He was thinking about why the Marquis summoned him, and what Jingzong could do for the Marquis..."
Xu Jingzong's flattery is obviously a level higher than that of Ergou and his like. The flattery is like drizzle, moisturizing and silent, and will not make people disgusted because of being photographed too intensively.
Li Mu took a sip of tea, chuckled, and said: "I wanted to meet the bachelor because I saw the memorial written by the bachelor. It was brilliant in writing and thoughtful and meticulous. I asked Xu Ji again and learned that the bachelor is now just a writer. He is deeply regarded as a bachelor.
It’s not worth it. With a bachelor’s literary talent and ability, a writer is obviously overqualified.”
"This..." Hearing Li Mu mention this matter, Xu Jingzong's eyes flashed with sadness. He smiled bitterly and said: "When Jingzong was young, he did a shameful thing. What happened to him today, Jingzong would not have done anything like that."
You can talk."
"Oh?" Li Mu roughly guessed what he wanted to say. He was quite surprised and pretended not to know, "What is it that makes the bachelor so concerned?"
Xu Jingzong sighed: "In the past, the traitor Yu Wenhuaji broke into Xingzai and killed Emperor Yang and his late father. Jingzong begged for his life and only survived to this day. Not being able to avenge his father is unfilial, and not being able to seek revenge is unfaithful."
.A person who is unfaithful and unfilial to the clan and talks about literary talent is nothing more than contempt."
A smile appeared at the corner of Li Mu's mouth. He noticed that when Xu Jingzong was speaking, his eyes were not looking at him, but he was paying attention to him from the corner of his eye. After saying this, his body tensed in vain, showing that he was very nervous.
Nervous.
Since it was something shameful, why would he say it?
It is enough to see that he deliberately did the opposite, and this was also a big gamble on his part!