A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Empress Changsun was reading a Buddhist scripture brought by Tang Xuanzang from the west and just compiled it. Seeing her husband coming, she got up and saluted, "Your Majesty."

"Buddhist scriptures?" Li Er looked at the scroll in Empress Changsun's hand.

"It was compiled by Tang Xuanzang. The concubine wants to see what the Western Buddhist scriptures look like." Empress Changsun waited for Li Er to sit down, watching her husband's forehead dripping with sweat, "It's only autumn, and it's still hot."

Li Er took a look at the Buddhist scriptures and put them down, "I heard that Tang Xuanzang has been reciting scriptures since he went to Tubo, for the compassion of the Buddhist family in his heart."

Empress Changsun ordered the maids to make sour plum soup. The emperor disdains mercy, but it is indispensable. The emperor is always benevolent and compassionate to the people and courtiers, and cold-blooded to threaten the emperor.

"Gu Qing killed too many people." The Empress Changsun said, "The concubine also heard the rumors of the war in the Hexi Corridor. Chu Mo beat him up, Gu Qing left a word, and after hearing this, the concubine felt that Gu Qing was too hostile."

"What did he say?" Li Er was puzzled.

"What does your mercy have to do with me!" Empress Changsun said, "The battle of Yanmenguan, the battle of Hexi Corridor, and the battle of Tubo, every time the blood flowed into rivers. Sin is forced, winning or losing on the battlefield is often life and death."

"Who can't help themselves." Li Er also said with a frown, "Actually, I hoped that Su Dingfang could take over the war in the Hexi Corridor several times. I can no longer use the old general."

"The concubine understands this truth. The position of veterans cannot be higher. They are all heroes who founded the country. If they lose, they will also lose the prestige of the country." Empress Changsun sighed, in fact, Li Er had no choice.

Yu Chigong is now the general of the Zhu Kingdom, and Yu Chigong will spend the rest of his life in Chang'an in the future. The military achievements of the princes are already too much, and a bowl of water needs to be level, let alone so many bowls.

Empress Changsun and Li Er received their wives. Li Er would tell his wife many things that he could not say to other concubines, and there was a tacit understanding between husband and wife.

"Father, queen, mother." Li Zhi came with two bowls of tortoise jelly.

"Child slave! Where are you being naughty again!" Empress Changsun picked up Li Zhi's ear, "If you don't take good care of your sister, you know how to run around in the palace."

"Mother! It hurts, it hurts..." Li Zhi said aggrievedly, "My son, I will give my father and queen some delicious food."

"It's delicious." Empress Changsun picked up Li Zhi's ear again, "When did the palace expenses give you food and clothing? You know how to play around all day long."

"I know I was wrong!" Li Zhi looked aggrieved.

Li Er smiled and took the tortoise paste from Li Zhi, "What is this?"

"This is called Guiling jelly, and Gu Qing taught me to make it." Li Zhi covered his red ears, "Father tasted it, and I also thought that it would taste better after chilling it for several hours, hum! Although Gu Qing I taught my son how to make Guiling jelly, but he didn’t tell me that it tastes better when it’s iced, so it’s abominable to teach me how to keep one hand! Luckily, Erchen is smart.”

Empress Changsun took a sip of iced Guiling jelly, and it tasted really good.

A little eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, Di Renjie is here."

"Let him go to Yanqing Palace and wait." Li Er said.

Di Renjie?Li Zhi had heard that Gu Qing had a disciple, so he quietly retreated and slipped out of the Lizheng Hall while his mother, queen and father were not paying attention.

Following the report from the eunuch in the palace, Di Renjie came to Yanqing Hall to wait, still worried about how to deal with the matter between You Xia and Lu's family, and was thinking about the arrival of a child who was in the same grade as him.

"Are you Di Renjie?" Li Zhi came up and asked.

Di Renjie looked at the luxurious clothes of the visitor, who could walk freely in the palace, and saw that the guards outside the palace did not stop him but were respectful. He seemed to be a prince. He thought that one of His Majesty's heirs, King Li Zhi, should be of this age.

"Ask you something? Why don't you speak?" Li Zhi raised his chin and looked at Di Renjie.

Chapter 243

"I have met His Royal Highness King Jin." Di Renjie said while bowing.

Surprise flashed across Li Zhi's face, and he walked around Di Renjie, "Are you Gu Qing's disciple?"

"Yes." Di Renjie replied.

"Did Gu Qing teach you a lot?" Li Zhi pretended to be an adult and said, "Does Gu Qing still accept disciples?"

"The teacher may accept a disciple, but he will never accept a prince as a disciple." Di Renjie replied with a smile.

"Why!" There was a trace of stubbornness in Li Zhi's words.

Di Renjie smiled wryly, "Because my teacher is afraid of death."

"Why did you die?" Li Zhi asked.

"Because..." Di Renjie really wanted to tell the reason. Gu Qing had gunpowder manufacturing skills, and he was very close to Wei Wang Li Tai. It is the most messy and complicated. It is one thing to be friends with the prince, but if you accept the prince as a disciple, then things are different, and there is a high possibility of death in the future.

Being in the palace has also been fascinated by such things as power and tactics since childhood. When Di Renjie said this, Li Zhi seemed to understand something.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Zhi hurriedly said, "My royal father should be coming soon, you are at Dali Temple, I will come and play with you when I have time."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he left. Di Renjie waited in Yanqing Hall and waited for half a stick of incense before Li Er came.

Watching the emperor walking all the way, Di Renjie saluted and said, "My lord, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"You don't need to be too polite." Li Er looked at Di Renjie, "I have something to ask you, what do you think about the ranger causing trouble this time?"

Facing Li Er, Di Renjie said, "I didn't think too much about it. It's just that Dali Siqing has his own way of doing things. If the boy intervenes, it will be overstepped."

"It's sensible." Li Er smiled, "Every time I look at you, it's like I'm looking at a second Gu Qing."

"Your Majesty, the subject was brought out by the teacher." Di Renjie said with a smile, "Actually, the teacher teaches the subject more things about how to behave, sometimes watching the teacher deal with one thing after another, and you will learn it unconsciously. "

"Di Renjie, do you have any thoughts about your future?" Li Er asked again.

"I still say the same thing, take one step at a time." Di Renjie replied.

Listening to this boy's words, Li Er felt more and more that this boy was the same as Gu Qing in terms of tone and temperament, the kind of not easy to bow his head, the kind of arrogance brought out from the bones.

"It's overkill for you to be a porter." Li Er looked at Di Renjie, "From tomorrow onwards, you will be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Di Renjie bowed again.

"Go on, do your job well." Li Er continued.

"Resignation." Di Renjie saluted again.

All the way away, Di Renjie repeated the conversation with Li Er in his mind over and over again. His words of doing things well are earnest and meaningful. It seems that whether this young minister of Dali Temple can sit still depends on this time. Did the ranger handle the trouble well?

It was already dusk. Di Renjie walked all the way back to the village and came home. The temperature difference between day and night in autumn is a bit big.

"Teacher, I'm back." Di Renjie walked into the house and saw Gu Qing talking with Fat Shang.

"It's really annoying!" said the fat monk. "Those rangers are making trouble everywhere these days. Tell me why the Lu family is so non-stop."

"Be patient." Gu Qing persuaded, "As soon as the turmoil is over, we will make a move to look good for the Lu family."

Di Renjie poured tea and listened to the teacher talking to the fat monk. The monk usually didn't come to the village. As the Green Gang became bigger and bigger, especially the fat monk hardly showed up in the Green Gang.

"Boss Gu, let's make a move." The fat monk pointed to Di Renjie who was beside him and said, "Now Di Renjie is in Dali Temple. With the help of Dali Temple to investigate people, we will kill people directly! I can't bear this bad breath anymore."

"You can't make a move." Gu Qing drank tea, "Di Renjie's pawn in Dali Temple can't move around. If he really makes a move, we will be in great trouble. Don't worry, this matter will be suppressed in a short time. Besides, the Lu family didn't do it once or twice."