"That boy looks two years younger than me, how could he be related to a court official?" After Xu Xingting thought for a while, he turned his attention to the young master in a blue shirt and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Fang, do you know me?"
That person?"
Fang Jin smiled calmly, picked up the teapot on the low table, poured a glass of water and drank it, and asked: "I wonder which poem Master Xu just had a dispute with Brother Qian?"
Xu Xingting looked suspicious, but continued to reply: ""Beauty"."
"Does Mr. Xu know who composed this song "Beauty"?" Fang Jin continued to ask.
"Of course I know!" Xu Xingting replied impatiently. He just wanted to know who the man was with King You. Fang Jin actually went through such a big detour with him. But something suddenly occurred to him and he stared at him with wide eyes.
The other party: "You, you mean, that person just now was Tang Ji?"
"It is me, the most talented man in Huaizhou, Tang Ji, who is currently the sixth-rank head of the Household Department!" Fang Jin introduced Tang Ji and couldn't help but raise his head.
At the Jianghai Poetry Meeting, Bai Lu was stimulated by Tang Ji and decided not to write poetry again, so he naturally took over and became the second most talented scholar in Huaizhou. However, when it came to poetry attainments, Fang Jin felt that Huaizhou and even the entire Ningguo had none.
It is an honor for someone to be on the right side of Tang Ji and for him to be ranked behind him.
In an instant, the whole hall became no longer peaceful. Many talented people heard that more than half a month ago, a person was selected by the current Holy Minister to enter the court without passing the imperial examination. But didn't the other person enter the Ministry of Works? How did it become
The sixth grade is in charge?
"Huh? The person chosen is Tang Ji?"
"Yes, I was a little unconvinced at first, but knowing that it is Empress Tang Ji, it's okay to be dissatisfied. But shouldn't the person in charge be a ninth-grade official?"
"Hey, you must be ignorant. I heard from my uncle that Tang Ji has provided many useful strategies to His Majesty. He received the promotion decree this morning. Not only did he join the Household Department, but he will also be a member of the Star Guards in the future.
, Star Guards, don’t you know, they are His Majesty’s personal guards, if you enter there, as long as you don’t make any mistakes, your future will be bright!”
"Alas, I have been studying hard for Han Chuang for more than ten years, and now I have to face the provincial and palace examinations. What about him? He is already a sixth-grade official!"
"Don't sigh. I am from Huaizhou. I have witnessed with my own eyes the great masters of the Tang Dynasty writing and writing poems. The poems are all masterpieces. If you can do it, I believe that His Majesty will specially recruit you to the court."
"..."
Immediately, all the students became envious of Tang Ji. Thinking of what happened just now, they turned their attention to Xu Xingting.
"So, Mr. Tang didn't dare to compete with Xu Xingting just now, but he was disdainful?"
"Xu Xingting's poetry is pretty good, but it's still far behind Tang Ji. I guess he doesn't want to hurt him."
"Well, I guess you don't want to hurt all of us."
"Xu Xingting's face has been completely lost now!"
"..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Xu Xingting's face turned extremely ugly. He didn't read the almanac when he went out today. He first bumped into King You and then mocked Tang Ji, which made himself a laughing stock.
It's really unlucky that his mother opened the door for him, so unlucky!
Thinking of this, he didn't stop in the lobby and ran towards the door.
Seeing this scene, everyone shook their heads,
Tonight, there will probably be one more person in the huge city of Kyoto!
At the back left side of the hall, Li Chonghan picked up a pastry and bit off half of it, took a sip of sake, and murmured: "So that's Tang Ji, and he looks very ordinary!"
A few days ago, he followed his father to Jin Prince's Mansion and heard Li Xian saying that he wanted to recruit Tang Ji. He thought he was some great official, but he turned out to be a stupid young boy. He didn't think much more about it.
He yawned, but smelled a strange smell. To avoid being disliked by the beautiful girl, he quickly picked up the teapot beside him and poured a few cups of tea down. He suddenly felt sleepy and said to the servant next to him:
"Remember to wake me up when the show is about to end."
"Yes!" the servant quickly replied.
...
The moon was sparse, and the moonlight filled the entire side yard.
Tang Ji and Li Yu wandered around for a while and sat down on a stone step beside the corridor.
Jiu'er leaned sleepily on Tang Ji's shoulder, squirming and muttering about various delicacies.
Li Yu looked at the irregular moon disk on the horizon, and immediately relaxed a lot. He sneered and said: "When I was five years old, my mother and concubine unfortunately passed away. Since then, the eldest and third emperor brothers have
He would bully me whenever he had nothing to do, just for fun. Fortunately, the Second Emperor Brother and Concubine Yun took care of me at that time, but the good times did not last long. When I was eleven years old, the Second Emperor Brother was also killed and died.
Before, he asked me to take good care of Qi'er. From then on, I decided to fight for it, but I was too young, and no one in the court was willing to help. As time went by, I became decadent again, and was later
He was falsely accused of hiding the dragon robe secretly and went to Huaizhou."
Hearing this, Tang Ji turned his head and raised his eyebrows slightly. He had asked about this guy's mother before, but Li Yu chose to avoid answering. He didn't expect that this child's fate would be so tragic. He stretched out his hand and patted him.
shoulder, and then said: "What about Song Yao? Didn't you say that she helped you when she was a child?"
"Yeah, Li Xian spat at me once, and she pushed me to the ground. I was almost taken as an assassin." Li Yu recalled what happened when he was a child in his mind, and couldn't help but laugh. After he recovered his thoughts, he raised his eyes.
Looking at Tang Ji: "I have been complaining before. I obviously did nothing wrong and was framed. Why did my father demote me to Huaizhou? But since I met you, I feel that being demoted to Huaizhou is very uncomfortable."
You are lucky. You are different from others. They will treat me respectfully when they see me. But you are different. You dare to call me by my name and yell at me. The most important thing is that your optimistic attitude also affects me.
Let me have the courage to come back and face all this again."
"Okay, okay, don't say it so disgustingly, it's disgusting." Tang Ji stretched out his hand to rub the goosebumps, raised his eyes to look at the moon, and said with a smile: "Who makes us good brothers!"
Li Yu stretched out and said: "Let's stay in Kyoto for two years. When I get back what Li Qin and Li Xian owe me, we can take Sister Jiang and Sister Yao with us and find a place wherever we want.
, earn a little money and live a happy life."
"I agree!" Tang Ji nodded and replied. After all, he also had many things to investigate.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Jiu'er, who was lying on his shoulder, said in a sweet voice: "If you don't agree, I have to bring Jiu'er with me!"
Hearing this, Tang Ji and Li Yu laughed out loud at the same time.
Tang Ji touched her head, looked up and saw that many women appeared in the main courtyard, so he held the little girl's head and tried to get up: "The banquet is over, let's go."