Chapter 10: Outside the Tai Chi Palace
During the Tang Dynasty, on the first day of the first day of the first day (fifth day), the emperor would wait to visit the Taiji Hall to watch the government affairs, which was called the morning court, also called the court meeting or court meeting.
It just so happened that Li Hao arrived in Chang'an on March 14th. He went to the court meeting early the next morning. The reason why the morning court is called the morning court is because it is really early, usually starting at 7 o'clock in the morning. Although it starts at 7 o'clock, this is not a clock in at work. As a minister, you cannot enter the palace with a ringtone. Especially in ancient times, when rituals are emphasized, all ministers must arrive outside the Tai Chi Palace half an hour (1 hour) or even one hour (2 hours) in advance to wait.
Moreover, when you go to the morning court, you must be cleaned up neatly. In addition, the time on the road is half an hour to an hour. If you want to attend the morning court, you have to get up at 4 o'clock in the middle of the night.
This was simply bad news for Li Hao, who likes to sleep in. He was too crazy. He was called by the inn at 4 o'clock in the morning. Li Shimin even sent a eunuch to pick him up. After all, Li Hao was just a plain man in a commoner and didn't know anything about the rules of the morning court. Of course, someone would need guidance.
Li Hao tried hard to open his eyes, finished washing half-deadly, followed the eunuch out of Huaiyuan Post and came all the way to Chengtian Gate of Tai Chi Palace.
Chengtian Gate has not opened yet, but there are already 30 or 50 in front of the door full of ministers in official uniforms, eighty or ninety percent of them are bearded. These are the top class in the Tang Dynasty. Li Hao rolled up his sleeves and looked at his watch. It was not yet six o'clock, and he couldn't help but tilt his head and let out a wail: "My God, if I were asked to get up so early every day, I wouldn't even be the prime minister for me."
The eunuch who was standing beside him hurriedly whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that someone will hear you and write it."
Li Hao curled his lips, I'm so stupid, who is so idle that I'm so fucked and I'm so tired that I'm running to impeach me.
As soon as he had this idea, he heard a majestic and cold snorting behind him: "Hmph! Even your lazy appearance is worthy of being the prime minister! If you become the prime minister, then the Tang Dynasty will perish!"
Li Hao was shocked when he heard the sound. Did I just say nonsense? This fierce man is nonsense. Well, he actually dared to openly say that the Tang Dynasty was about to destroy the country outside the Tai Chi Palace, and he said so loudly. This is the rhythm of eating the ambition and courage of the elephant.
Li Hao suddenly turned around and saw a man in a purple official uniform standing more than ten feet away from him. He raised the lantern and took a photo and found that the man was in his fifties, with a majestic face and seriousness. His white beard hung on his chest, staring at him with a pair of dead fish eyes.
Li Hao has studied the official system of the Tang Dynasty. People in purple official uniforms are at least third ranks. That means that this person has a high official position, but no matter how high it is, it is not as high as the emperor. He dares to openly say ruthless words in such a place. Li Hao can't understand why this person can still be alive. Li Shimin likes killing so much that he should have cut his big head and kicked it as a ball.
Li Hao didn't know the other party's identity, so he didn't dare to offend him easily. He put on his signature and smiled and asked, "Old man, are you your surname?"
Seeing that he was rude, the official became even more angry and glared and shouted: "I am the minister of the minister, Wei Zheng!"
When Li Hao heard the word Wei Zheng, he jumped back and quickly distanced himself from him, as if he had seen a mad dog. In his impression, Wei Zheng was even more terrible than a mad dog. He would still teach the emperor if he was unhappy when he saw the emperor. Who dared to be better than him? He dared to point at Li Shimin and curse the foolish monarch, and could live completely. He was so awesome when his head was not kicked as a ball.
Li Hao didn't expect that before he saw Li Shimin, he was worried about Wei Zheng, so he quickly raised his head: "Oh, today's moonlight is good, it's a good time to enjoy the moon."
Wei Zheng's face was gloomy: "I can't see the moon today."
Li Hao was so embarrassed: "Oh, the stars are not bad, they are flashing, they are so naughty."
Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "There are thick clouds all over the sky, where are the stars?"
He was fighting with Li Hao. Li Hao was so anxious that he felt that he was being targeted by a mad dog, so he simply said, "Ah, the dark clouds are good today, and the sky is full of them."
"Hmph!" Wei Zheng had nothing to say, so he could only snort coldly, as if he felt it was not enough, so he added, "A clever word makes people seductive."
Li Hao suddenly became happy when he heard this. He still knew the word "smart words and make people look good". Smart words mean that people are good at words and make people look beautiful, which means that people are beautiful. This word is a derogatory term, which means that they use sweet words and charming false emotions to confuse and please others.
However, when he arrived at Li Hao, he only heard two meanings: 1. Can talk, 2. Be handsome.
He hurriedly bowed to Wei Zheng and said, "Thank you, Wei, for the praise of beating people."
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment and snorted again: "I don't know shame." After that, he shook his sleeves and walked away. His disgusting appearance seemed to see a pile of poop and avoid it.
As soon as Wei Zheng left, he led the eunuch to him and said anxiously: "Oh, you can really get into trouble. You haven't met you yet. Why did you offend the minister Wei? If you go to the palace later, don't talk nonsense, otherwise you will receive the reward and become a funeral."
Li Hao nodded perfunctorily and stared at Wei Zheng's back. Suddenly, he discovered something interesting. Whenever Wei Zheng went, the officials everywhere would scatter. All the officials were far away from him, just like Wei Zheng had just crawled out of the pit, which showed that he was very unpopular.
"It seems that Lord Wei is not very popular in the court. Like the plague god, everyone is avoiding him." Li Hao murmured with a smile.
The eunuch instructed him to keep anxious and said, "Be careful, be careful, Lord Wei heard this, I will not let you go..."
The eunuch was talking when Li Hao suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, and was surprised: "Who is so awesome to ride a horse in front of Tai Chi Palace?"
The sound of horse hooves was coming quickly. As soon as he turned around, he saw a tall horse rushing towards him. He was less than ten meters away from him. He was instantly scared. The eunuch responded very quickly and had already shrunk his head and avoided him far away.
"Fuck! Sell your teammates!" Li Hao shouted wildly in his heart. He wanted to hide, but his legs couldn't use their strength and kept trembling.
The visitor rode his horse to Li Hao, pulled the reins violently, and cut through the night with a neigh. The horseman stood up and stopped two meters in front of Li Hao. Two beads of sweat on Li Hao's forehead rolled down.
"Wow, where did this guy come from? He has good concentration and good concentration." The figure on the horse's back turned over and dismounted, let out a demonic laugh and walked towards Li Hao.
When he walked in front of him, Li Hao saw his appearance clearly. His figure looked like a bear, bearded, and a leopard head. His resolution was a bit low. A rough man would be as rough as he could. Li Hao, who has been familiar with Tang Dynasty history, had no need to think about it. This guy must be the legendary demon king Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin looked up and down at Li Hao, nodded and praised: "Well, it's not bad. He is a handsome man and has extraordinary courage. When I was rushing on the battlefield, the enemy was so scared that he ran away in panic. You are not afraid at all at a young age, and you have a future."
"You have a future for your sister!" Li Hao shouted in his heart, "You are blind! I was so scared that I couldn't move, and I almost peed!"
Cheng Yaojin seemed to remember something and said in surprise: "Hey, it's not right. Today, Chaogan, what are you, a child in a common man, doing outside the Tai Chi palace?"
The eunuch who was guided to the storm came over at this time, nodded and bowed to Cheng Yaojin, "It's so good for Duke Lu to know that this young man is Li Hao who presented medicine to quell the plague. Today, he was specially ordered to go to the palace to receive the imperial edict."
Li Hao pretended to bow to Cheng Yaojin and bowed and said, "My younger generation, Li Hao, pay homage to Uncle Cheng."
"Oh, boy is quite polite, not bad." Cheng Yaojin grinned, revealing his yellow teeth, and at the same time, he stretched out his big hand like a palm fan and slapped Li Hao's left shoulder three times, making his bones almost fall apart. Sure enough, this bear's figure is not white and has a lot of strength.
Li Hao grinned and was slapped by Cheng Yaojin three times, and forced himself to smile and said, "Uncle Cheng is so strong, haha."
"Of course! Wow!" Cheng Yaojin laughed again, "I remember when I was on the battlefield, an iron spear of 8864 pounds was dancing tightly, and it was so relaxed that thousands of troops took the heads of the enemy generals, just like playing..."
Cheng Yaojin grinned and turned on the bragging mode. Li Hao looked at him dumbly, pretending to listen carefully, but in fact he was thinking in his heart: "In the Romance of the Legend, Cheng Yaojin used Xuanhua Axe, which turned out to be fake. This guy's weapon turned out to be a spear."
Cheng Yaojin blew for a long time, and maybe he felt his mouth was dry, so he smashed it, stopped, and looked at Li Hao: "Boy, why did you hear my heroic deeds, but you didn't react at all?"
"Papapapapa..." Li Hao quickly applauded and shouted against his will, "Excellent, so exciting. Uncle Cheng is indeed the number one god general of my Tang Dynasty!"
This sentence was too exaggerated, and Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but blush and waved his hand, "I can't afford to be it, I can't afford to be it. Although I am brave, I really can't afford to be the title of the No. 1 God General of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention others, my righteous brother alone is a hundred times better than me."
"Brother of righteousness?" Li Hao thought about it and immediately knew who it was. He must be talking about Qin Qiong. Qin Qiong is indeed a powerful general. Unfortunately, he was not in good health after the Xuanwu Sect Incident and was sick all the time. Li Hao had checked his information, which should be various complications caused by severe anemia.
Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Hao from head to toe again and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you kid are very likable and have a sweet mouth. I like it very much. Come on, go to the side of me, and I will tell you a few words in person." After that, he grabbed Li Hao's arm and walked to the foot of the city gate beside him.
Li Hao could only follow him helplessly. The two of them came to the corridor of the city gate. Cheng Yaojin lowered his voice and said slowly: "Boy, it is really a blessing to go to the palace to listen to the rewards at such an age. But the old saying goes, good fortune and good fortune depend on each other, so don't be proud of it."
Li Hao didn't expect that he would take good care of himself and immediately felt grateful and nodded, "Boy understand."
Cheng Yaojin continued, "I also like you, and I love you. I would like you a little. I would like to tell you a few words. If you go to the palace, don't look up at the emperor later."
"Why?" Li Hao asked in surprise. He was here to meet the saint, but he didn't let himself look up at the emperor. Then if he went back, he asked, "Li Hao, what does the emperor look like?" He replied, "I don't know, I didn't see it either." Alas, it's embarrassing to think about it.
Cheng Yaojin grinned and said, "Our emperor has a bad temper. You are just a white person. It is a special honor to be able to go to the palace to listen to the rewards. If you see the emperor's long face, the emperor will naturally not be angry in court. However, he will remember it in his heart and think that you are a brave person. It would be fine if you are mediocre all your life. If you become an official one day, when Your Majesty mentions you, he will think of the scene when he first saw you, which will affect your life."
"Ah!" Li Hao glared at him and exclaimed. He had to admire Cheng Yaojin. This guy looked reckless and had a better mind than anyone else. What he said just now was a preconceived truth, which can be roughly understood as, "You dare to see my long face for the first time when you met. It can be seen that you are very brave. Then, wouldn't you dare to covet my throne in the future?"
Chapter completed!