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Chapter 10 Chapter 10: Outside the Tai Chi Palace
In the Tang Dynasty, on the day of Shuo (first day of the lunar new year) and Wang (fifteenth day of the lunar new year), the emperor would wait to visit the Taiji Hall to watch and listen to the government affairs.

It just so happened that Li Hao arrived in Chang’an on March 1th, and went to make a pilgrimage early the next morning. The reason why the morning pilgrimage is called early pilgrimage is because it is really early. It usually starts at 2 o’clock in the morning, although it does not start until [-] o’clock. , However, this is not clocking in at work. As a courtier, you cannot step on the bell to enter the palace. Especially in the ancient times when rituals were emphasized, all courtiers must arrive half an hour ([-] hour) or even an hour ([-] hours) in advance to wait outside the Taiji Palace.

Moreover, to participate in the morning court, one must be groomed and tidy. Adding the time spent on the road, it takes another half an hour to an hour. If you calculate carefully, if you want to participate in the morning court, you have to get up at 4 o'clock in the middle of the night.

This is bad news for Li Hao, who likes to sleep late, it is too frenzied. He was woken up by the housekeeper at four o'clock in the morning, and Li Shimin specially sent a eunuch to pick him up. After all, Li Hao is just a commoner. I don't know the rules of the early court, so of course someone has to guide me.

Li Hao tried his best to open his eyes, finished grooming half-deadly, and followed the escort eunuch out of Huaiyuan Station, all the way to the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace.

The Chengtian Gate has not yet opened yet, but there are already three or five groups of ministers in official uniforms standing in front of the gate, and eighty to ninety percent of them are bearded. These are the current top class in Datang , Li Hao rolled up his sleeves and looked at his watch. It was not yet six o'clock. He couldn't help but raised his head and wailed: "My God, if I get up so early every day to attend the court, I won't even be the prime minister." .”

The receiving eunuch at the side hurriedly whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful not to be heard and read your book."

Li Hao curled his lips, I'm so white, whoever has nothing to do and came to impeach me.

As soon as he had this idea, he heard a majestic cold snort behind him: "Hmph! With your tired and lazy appearance, you are worthy of being a prime minister! If you become a prime minister, wouldn't the Great Tang Dynasty be about to perish!"

Li Hao trembled when he heard the sound, did I just talk nonsense?This fierce person is talking nonsense, well, he dared to openly say that the Tang Dynasty is going to perish outside the Tai Chi Palace, and he said it so loudly, this is the rhythm of an ambitious elephant.

Li Hao turned around abruptly, and saw a man in a purple official uniform standing about ten feet away from him. He held up a lantern to take a picture, and found that this man was in his fifties, with a dignified face, a serious face, and a gray beard. Hanging on his chest, he was staring at himself with a pair of dead fish eyes.

Li Hao has studied the official system of the Tang Dynasty. People who wear purple official uniforms must be at least the third rank, which means that this person has a high official position, but no matter how high he is, he is not as high as the emperor. How dare he openly say outrageous things in such a place? Li Hao couldn't understand why this man was still alive. Li Shimin liked to kill so much, he should have cut off his big head and kicked him as a ball.

Li Hao didn't know the identity of the other party, so he didn't dare to offend easily. He put on his signature smile and asked, "What's your name, old man?"

Seeing his rude words, the official was even more annoyed, staring and shouting: "My servant, Wei Zheng!"

When Li Hao heard the word Wei Zheng, he jumped back in fright, and hurriedly distanced himself from him, as if he saw a mad dog. In his impression, Wei Zheng was scarier than a mad dog. Whoever was caught and punished, the emperor was upset. The emperor, who dares to be better than him, he dared to point at Li Shimin and yell at the foolish emperor, but he was able to live intact, his head was not kicked like a ball, it was so awesome.

Li Hao didn't want to be missed by Wei Zheng before he saw Li Shimin, so he hurriedly raised his head: "Ah, the moonlight is beautiful today, it's really 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: "Ah, the stars are not bad, they twinkle and twinkle, so naughty."

Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "The sky is full of thick clouds, how can there be stars?"

He fell in love with Li Hao, and Li Hao was very anxious, feeling that he was being watched by a mad dog, so he simply said: "Ah, today's dark clouds are not bad, the sky is full."

"Hmph!" Wei Zheng had nothing to say, so he could only snort coldly, as if he didn't think it was enough, he added, "You are a trickster."

When Li Hao heard this, he was suddenly very happy. He still knew the word "clever talk and coquettishness". Obsequiousness and hypocrisy to confuse and please others.

However, when he came to Li Hao, he only heard two meanings: 1. Can talk, 2. He is handsome.

He hurriedly bowed to Wei Zheng: "Thank you, Wei Daren, for your compliment."

Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, then snorted angrily again: "I have no shame." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked away, with a disgusted look, like seeing a lump of cake, avoiding it.

As soon as Wei Zheng left, the escort eunuch rushed to his side and said anxiously: "Oh, you are really capable of causing trouble. I haven't even met you yet. Why did you offend Mr. Wei, the attendant? You can go to the palace later." Don't talk nonsense, otherwise receiving the reward will become a funeral."

Li Hao nodded perfunctorily, staring at Wei Zheng's back all the time, and suddenly found an interesting thing, as long as Wei Zheng went, the officials there would rush away, and all the officials would stay away from him, just like Wei Zhenggang Like the one who crawled out of the latrine, it can be seen that he is very unpopular.

"It seems that Mr. Wei is not very popular in the court. Like the plague god, everyone avoids him." Li Hao murmured with a smile.

The eunuch then said anxiously: "Speak carefully, speak carefully, I am not willing to give up with you after being heard by Mr. Wei..."

While the eunuch was talking, Li Hao suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind him, and he was surprised: "Who is so awesome, dare to gallop in front of Tai Chi Palace?"

The sound of horseshoes came very quickly. As soon as he turned around, he saw a tall horse rushing towards him, less than ten meters away from him. He was instantly frightened and dumbfounded. He shrank his head and dodged far away.

"Fuck! Sell your teammates!" Li Hao yelled in his heart, he really wanted to hide, but his legs couldn't make any effort and kept shaking.

Someone rode his horse up to Li Hao, pulled the reins violently, and a neigh pierced the night. The horse stood up and stopped two meters in front of Li Hao. Two beads of sweat rolled down Li Hao's forehead.

"Wow Kaka, where did this kid come from? He has good concentration, good concentration." The figure on the horse turned over and got off the horse, let out a devilish laugh, and walked towards Li Hao.

When he walked in front of him, Li Hao saw his appearance clearly. He was like a bear, with beards, and a leopard head with ring eyes. The resolution was a bit low. He was a rough guy, as rough as he could be. He had already read Tang History Li Hao knows without thinking, this guy must be the legendary Hunshi Demon King Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin looked Li Hao up and down, and nodded in approval: "Yes, yes, he was born with a good-looking talent, and his courage was extraordinary. When the old man was rushing to fight on the battlefield, the enemy soldiers were so frightened that they ran away when they saw the old man coming. Baby, you are not afraid at such a young age, you have a future."

"Your sister has a future!" Li Hao yelled in his heart, "You are blind! I was so scared that I couldn't move, I almost peed!"

Cheng Yaojin seemed to have remembered something, and said in surprise: "Hey, that's not right, what are you, a commoner kid, doing here outside the Tai Chi Palace today?"

At this moment, the receiving eunuch ran over, nodding and bowing his head to salute Cheng Yaojin: "So that Duke Lu will know that this young man is Li Hao who offered medicine to quell the plague, and today he is specially ordered to go to the hall to listen to it."

Li Hao pretended to bow his hands to Cheng Yaojin and saluted: "Junior Li Hao, I pay my respects to Uncle Cheng."

"Oh, the boy is quite polite, not bad." Cheng Yaojin grinned, showing his yellow teeth, and at the same time stretched out his big hand like a cattail fan to pat Li Hao's left shoulder three times, until his bones almost fell apart. Sure enough, this bear's figure is not for nothing, it is really strong.

Li Hao received three slaps from Cheng Yaojin, grinning his teeth, and said with a forced smile, "Uncle Cheng is really strong, hehe."

"Of course! Wow!" Cheng Yaojin let out a devilish laugh again, "I think back then, when I was on the battlefield, a 64-jin iron lance danced airtightly, and thousands of troops defeated the enemy. It’s easy to call the first level, it’s like playing..."

Cheng Yaojin grinned and turned on the bragging mode. Li Hao looked at him dully, pretending to be listening carefully, but in his heart he was thinking: "It is said in the novel that Cheng Yaojin used a Xuanhua axe, but it turned out to be a fake. His weapon turned out to be a lance."

Cheng Yaojin blew for a long time, maybe he felt his mouth was dry, so he slapped his mouth, stopped, and looked at Li Hao: "Boy, why didn't you react at all after hearing about the heroic deeds of this old man?"

"Papa papa..." Li Hao applauded quickly, and shouted against his will, "Wonderful, so wonderful, Uncle Cheng is indeed my number one general in the Tang Dynasty!"

This sentence is too exaggerated, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help blushing, waved his hands and said: "I can't afford it, I can't afford it. Although the old man is brave, he really can't afford to be the number one general of the Tang Dynasty, let alone others , My righteous brother alone is a hundred times more powerful than this old man."

"Brother Yi?" Li Hao thought about it, and immediately knew who it was. He must be talking about Qin Qiong. Qin Qiong is indeed a strong general. Unfortunately, he became ill after the Xuanwumen incident and has been ill. Li Hao checked his information and it should be Various complications caused by severe anemia.

Cheng Yaojin once again looked at Li Hao from head to toe, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you are very cute, and you have a sweet mouth. I like it very much. Come on, come with me, and I will tell you a few words in person. Talk." After speaking, he grabbed Li Hao's arm and walked towards the city gate.

Li Hao had no choice but to follow him, and when the two came to the corridor of the city gate, Cheng Yaojin lowered his voice and said slowly: "Boy, it is really a great blessing to be able to go to the palace to listen to the appreciation at your age." points, but as the old saying goes, bad luck and good fortune depend on each other, so don't get carried away with your complacency."

Li Hao didn't expect that he would take care of him seriously, so he felt grateful immediately, nodded and said, "Boy understands."

Cheng Yaojin continued: "I love you because you are pleasing to the eye, so I would like to tell you a few words, after you go to the palace, don't look up at the emperor."

"Why?" Li Hao asked with staring eyes in surprise. He came here to meet the saint, but he didn't let himself look up at the emperor. If he went back and 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: "Our emperor has a bad temper. You are just white. It is a special honor to go to the hall to listen to the appreciation. If you see the emperor's long face, the emperor will naturally not be angry in court, but he will keep it in mind." , I think you are a very courageous person. If you have been mediocre all your life, it will be fine. If one day you become an official and your majesty mentions you, you will remember the scene when he saw you for the first time. It will affect your whole life."

"Ah!" Li Hao stared in amazement when he heard the words, and had to admire Cheng Yaojin. This guy looks rough, but he has a smarter brain than anyone else. What he said just now is based on preconceptions. It can be roughly understood as, "Your first meeting If you dare to look at Zhen Longyan, you can see that you are very courageous, so don't you dare to covet my throne in the future?"

Li Hao tidied up his clothes, and solemnly bowed to Cheng Yaojin's long body: "Thank you Lu Guogong for your teaching, Hao will remember it in his heart."

(End of this chapter)