Wu Chengsi immediately understood that the woman in the car must be his cheap fiancée.
Since the court meeting in the morning, Wu Chengsi made some remarks in the court hall. After the court meeting, many military generals got close to him, and many even invited him to visit the government.
Wu Chengsi was busy solving the Hanlin Academy case, so he declined them one by one.
However, there were two people who could not refuse, one was Sikong Li Ji and the other was Prince Li Hong.
At the invitation of the prince, he went to the East Palace first after the court, chatted with Li Hong for a while, had lunch, and then took his leave.
After leaving the East Palace, he planned to go straight to Dali Temple. Unexpectedly, Princess Taiping suddenly sent someone to find him halfway and asked him to accompany him to Li Garden to watch the "Liger Fight".
Princess Taiping had helped him a lot, and Wu Chengsi could not refuse, so he accompanied her to Liyuan.
While thinking, Princess Taiping lowered her head and asked, "Second cousin, what are you thinking about?"
"No, I'm just worried about the case." Wu Chengsi said vaguely.
"Hey, why are you working so hard? Even if you solve all the cases in the world, what will happen? You might as well enjoy yourself in time, right?" Princess Taiping said with a smile.
Wu Chengsi saw that she was immersed in pleasure at such a young age, and said in a deep voice: "Taiping, do you know what the fate of the princess was in the early Han Dynasty?"
Princess Taiping was slightly surprised and shook her head.
"While they enjoy the noble status of a princess, they also have to bear the responsibilities of a princess."
"Responsibility? What responsibility?"
"Make peace!"
"...You, why did you suddenly say this?" Princess Taiping's face changed slightly.
Wu Chengsi said slowly: "When a country is not strong enough, it has to put down its dignity and sacrifice its women for temporary peace."
"But our Tang Dynasty is so powerful, how can my father and mother want me..." Princess Taiping thought he had received some news, and her face turned pale.
Wu Chengsi said with a serious face: "Don't worry, with the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, even if they get married, they will be like Wang Zhaojun in the late emperor's time, and they will not let the real princess marry far away."
The topic changed and he said: "But you have to remember that the strength of the country is constantly changing. If you want to never have a princess get married in the Tang Dynasty, everyone must do their job well to keep the country prosperous and strong."
Princess Taiping breathed a sigh of relief and pouted: "I know. But I've come here today, so I'd better leave after reading. I will try to disturb you as little as possible in the future."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of you disturbing me, but it's office time after all."
"Just this once, it's okay if we don't do it next time!" Princess Taiping said angrily.
Wu Chengsi smiled and agreed.
While they were talking, a group of people entered the Li Garden. An old deacon rushed over and said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness the Princess, you two are here at the right time. The fight between lions and tigers is about to begin. Please come with me." .”
He guessed that the Wu brothers must have made an appointment together, so he brought them to the balcony where Wu Sansi was. Wu Sansi's face changed slightly, and he quickly put on a smile and came forward.
"Second brother, cousin Taiping, you are here too."
Wu Chengsi deliberately downplayed the relationship with Wu Sansi and nodded perfunctorily. Princess Taiping responded very coldly. The two of them went straight to an empty table and sat down, without Wu Sansi sitting at the same table.
Wu Sansi returned to the round table with a livid face and thought to himself: "It seems that Li Zhiying must have told the second child about the embarrassing story I just mentioned about him. Humph, we are completely at odds with him this time, so that's fine, let's go Let’s see!”
Cui Baosheng took Gao Funan over to propose a toast to Wu Chengsi. When he came back, Wu Sansi's expression became even more ugly, and the atmosphere at the table was almost frozen.
Fortunately, at this moment, a group of people came in from the east corner door of the lobby carrying a thick wooden stick.
The wooden stick was more than two feet long, and was carried by two strong men at the front and rear. In the middle was a tiger tied upside down. The tiger's limbs were tied together and hung on the wooden stick, and even its tail was tied. .
Wu Chengsi couldn't help laughing when he saw it. At first glance, he thought these people had come in carrying a pig.
The lobby was suddenly filled with people, and the crowd chased after the tiger to look at it, and the brave ones even touched the tiger's butt.
"Look, it's such a big insect!"
"The belly is quite soft. It will be very comfortable to wear this fur on your body!"
"Who else can bite such a big tiger? I don't think there is any need to compete, this tiger will definitely win!"
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Mr. Xu's lion is bigger than this tiger?"
"Daddy, why is this cat so big? It's so cute."
"My dear, remember, this is a tiger, not a cat!"
The tiger was nearly three meters long, and its mouth was covered with a wooden muzzle. It couldn't even roar, and could only be discussed and played by the people around it. It had no dignity at all as the king of beasts.
Next to the tiger was a mighty Khitan man, holding a whip in his hand. He must have been the animal trainer. Several big men moved the tiger into the cage through an iron door in the corner.
The animal trainer shook his hand towards Li Cheng, indicating that he was ready.
Wu Sansi had recovered his emotions and smiled at Li Cheng: "Brother Li, you are such a big tiger. I think you will definitely win this time!"
"Uncle, this should be our Korean tiger, which is bigger than the Central Plains tiger." Gao Funan puffed out his chest and said.
Cui Baosheng snorted coldly: "How can a Korean tiger be so big? This is clearly our Silla tiger!"
Tigers in Liaodong are much larger than tigers in the Central Plains, so people from all countries in Liaodong are proud of tigers, especially Goryeo and Silla.
In addition to riding and shooting, the upper-class nobles of the two countries value the ability to train tigers most. Anyone who is a master of tiger training can achieve a very high status in both countries.
After Wu Chengsi saw the tiger, he had to admire that the Tang people really knew how to play. He took a few steps closer to the fence and wanted to take a closer look at the poor tiger.
On a balcony to the north of the second floor, four scholars were also looking at the tiger. One of them suddenly caught a glimpse of Wu Chengsi from the corner of his eye. He hurriedly covered his face with his sleeves and whispered: "Oh no, Wu Zhangyuan is here too. The three of them are here too." Brother, I’m leaving first!”
That person was Wang Bo. As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly passed through the stage gate and went downstairs. The other three people were Lu Zhaolin, Meng Huailiang and Zhou Xing.
Lu Zhaolin looked up, covered his face with his sleeves in panic, and said anxiously: "I don't know if Mr. Wu saw me, Brother Meng, Brother Zhou, let's go quickly!"
Meng Huailiang gently shook the folding fan and said with a smile: "It's rare to meet us here, so we should go to see you and give you a gift. Didn't Miss Xiaoxue also say that Gu Douzhi recommended us two to this father-in-law?"
Lu Zhaolin stamped his feet and said: "If you want to ask, I should change the time. If he sees me waiting here to have fun, it will affect his opinion of us. Let's go, let's go!"
While talking, he took Meng Huailiang away.
Zhou Xing rolled his eyes and followed through the platform gate, but instead of going downstairs, he came to the third floor, walked around to the east, and entered the balcony.
He walked to Wu Chengsi and Princess Taiping, bowed and said: "Student Zhou Xing, I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I have met Duke Zhou!"
Princess Taiping said softly, "Hey" and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, are you also here to watch the fight between a lion and a tiger?"
Zhou Xinglang said: "Students have always felt that the literati of the Tang Dynasty were too weak and lacked ruthlessness. Therefore, students like to ride horses and shoot arrows, and are also very interested in this kind of battle between fierce beasts."
Wu Chengsi heard that he had extraordinary knowledge and couldn't help but look up at him.
Princess Taiping turned around and introduced: "Second cousin, I just met Mr. Zhou recently. He is a Jinshi who understands the law and is a very knowledgeable person."
When Zhou Xing heard this, he was secretly happy. Recently, he often went to the princess's house to meet her, and he found every opportunity to show off his talents. Finally, he was praised as "very knowledgeable" in the princess's heart.
Wu Chengsi made an invitation gesture and said: "Master Zhou, please sit down." After Zhou Xing sat down, he asked: "Master Zhou, what do you think is the biggest hidden danger in the Tang Dynasty?"
Zhou Xing's heart trembled, and he roused himself and said: "Students believe that today's hidden dangers lie within, not outside. The country should clean up the administration and put an end to the existence of corrupt officials!"
His words were quite satisfactory. Wu Chengsi did not comment and asked: "As for the external hidden dangers, where do you think they are?"
Zhou Xing panicked and didn't know how to answer. Meng Huailiang's words suddenly came to mind and he hurriedly said: "Students think that in the short term they will be in Korea and in the long term they will be in Tubo!"
Wu Chengsi's eyes lit up and he poured a cup of tea for him: "Please tell me in detail."
Zhou Xing's memory was very good, and he immediately replied: "The students thought that the Goryeo Kingdom had always been disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court would have a war with Goryeo sooner or later. As for the Tubo Kingdom, they conquered Tuyuhun a few years ago and are now at their strongest
period, and is always threatening our passage between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, it is really a serious danger."