Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

The sky-high price of ten taels of gold was absolutely beyond his expectation.

At this time, Li Shimin sighed deeply, frowned and said, "Even so."

"You don't look like the kind of person who can hold back 500 taels of gold just for one breath."

"But I still don't quite believe it. You wrote the mere five-character couplet yourself, and you can't tell it right?"

Li Qiu sighed softly at this time, and patiently explained to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Yansuo Pond Willow, look at the five characters in this couplet."

"The radicals correspond to fire-metal-water-earth-wood."

"If you follow the strict couplet standard, the characters in the second couplet cannot be the same as the first couplet, but the order of the five elements must be the same fire-gold-water-earth-wood."

"And, that's not all, the nouns for smoke, the pseudo-action effect of the word lock, and pond willow are common nouns that everyone knows."

"If it is correct according to the standard, the wording must follow the same standard."

"Besides, there are flat and flat rhymes, the pictures depicted, and the beautiful and leisurely artistic conception, all of which must be matched."

"It is too difficult to meet the above points at the same time, and to come up with this perfect second line."

"Actually, some people have made a lot of couplets on Lord Feng's side."

"But in these couplets, either the five elements do not match, or the words are difficult to understand, or the concept is too poor."

"In short, there is no perfect and qualified couplet."

"The minister here is similar, such as Tao Ran Jinjiang Embankment, Feng Rong Haiyan Autumn, Feng Jian Town Pu Song, Mo Ran Jian Lingquan..."

"I've thought about it a lot, but I haven't come up with a suitable, standard couplet yet."

After hearing his words, Li Shimin realized that there are so many knowledge and ways in this couplet.

Then he couldn't help blowing his beard and staring, "You bastard."

"Why did you hang this couplet without a second couplet at the door of Ren Fengdeyi's house?"

Li Qiu quit at this time, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty, at the beginning you just asked the ministers to write the first couplet, and let them write the second couplet by themselves?"

"I didn't say that this couplet has to be made up by the minister at the end..."

After hearing what he said, Li Shimin just wanted to slap this bastard who dared to talk back to his father.

But what Li Qiu said was not wrong, and Li Shimin couldn't get to the bottom of it, so he could only laugh and scold him, asking him to pick some fresh cherry tomatoes and courgettes to bring back to him.

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin took the food box and went directly to Lizheng Hall, where Empress Changsun was.

"Guanyin maidservant, come quickly, see what delicious food I brought you?"

Seeing that Li Shimin was in a good mood, Queen Changsun also smiled.

"Now Qiu'er, whatever they come out of there must carry the words Furong Garden or Furong Academy."

"I heard that these words are also the favorite style of the dignitaries and common people in Chang'an City."

"Are you going to Qiu'er again?"

Li Shimin nodded, and handed the food box to the old eunuch Xu De, asking him to take it down for cleaning and preparation.

Then he smiled and said that Li Qiu had been ripped off and brutally slaughtered these ministers.

Empress Changsun also smiled slightly, "This child has lived a hard life since he was a child, and he is afraid of poverty."

"I do everything with the intention of making money."

"But he's also smart. In terms of making money, I'm afraid few people can match him."

Li Shimin shook his head at this time, "This bastard, he is really proud, he has made money, and when he comes back, don't I have to clean up the mess for him?"

"Last time, he made a smoke lock willow pond, and the couplet containing the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and the five elements was hung in front of Fengdeyi Mansion."

"Because I couldn't come up with the second line, I put the [-]-year-old Feng Deyi into bed."

"That's the dignified prime minister of the Tang Dynasty!"

"I went to his place today, mainly to get the second couplet out, and to fill up the peach board at Feng Deyi's door."

"However, who would have thought that what this bastard offered to others would be an absolute, unrepeatable couplet!"

"If you look at his requirements, I'm afraid no one will be able to come up with such a complete second line."

"Hey, you just say this kid, how did you think about these weird things every day?"

Chapter 204 Only half a month left, you can't take it anymore?

The next day, Li Shimin sent someone to persuade Feng Deyi to take down the couplet written by Li Qiu, "Smoke Lock Pond Willow".

Then write a random copy and hang it up.

But Feng Deyi couldn't bear such a face, he couldn't live or die.

In desperation, Li Shimin had no choice but to issue an order to forcibly take back the peach wood board.

This is the end of the matter.

Soon, the Shangyuan Festival (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month) arrived.

The city of Chang'an was full of banners and lanterns, once again immersed in a bustling scene.

There are also many customs on this day.

Especially the lantern appreciation, night tour, and song singing at night are the most desirable.

The Tang Dynasty implemented a strict curfew system.

Every evening when the gong is played, the common people will return to the various workshops, and it is forbidden to go to the streets unless there are special circumstances.

But on the day of Shangyuan Festival, everyone can skip the curfew and play freely at night.

Every year, with only one day like this, it becomes more and more precious.

At night, the Furong Garden is also very lively.

However, Li Qiu led Luo Kexin and Wu Sui into the city alone, one in each hand, and went on a night tour and watching lanterns.

Of course, in the shadows behind them, there is still A Ke following.

In private, Li Qiu smiled wryly, saying that in the city of Chang'an, the Imperial Army guards everywhere.

Law and order is a mess.

Moreover, as far as the strength of himself and Luo Kexin is concerned, let alone ordinary thieves.

Even if the Turkic people enter the city, they are not afraid, so what can happen?

However, A Ke still stubbornly insisted on her mission, wandering in the night.

Li Qiu had nothing to do with her, so he let her go.

At this time in Chang'an City, the streets were full of people in twos and threes, rubbing shoulders, and it was very lively.

Especially on the Zhuque Street on the central axis of Chang'an City, it is the most prosperous and lively.

There are all kinds of lanterns here, and there are performances of playing a hundred operas.

Playing Baixi is a performance in which people dress up as various animals, which is also the original form of dragon and lion dances in later generations.

This Suzaku Street is 150 meters wide!

But it was still crowded, crowded and messy.

Although Luo Kexin and Wu Jue were dressed as men again at this time, Li Qiu still wanted his woman to stay away from the dense crowd.

Li Qiu then took Luo Kexin and Wu Jue to stroll on a relatively quiet street.

Traveling at night in this era is quite interesting.

"Brother Luo, Wu Jue."

"Look, today is the rare Shangyuan Festival, you two don't need to rush back home."

"Or else just stay overnight in the Furong Garden."

"The three of us brothers stayed overnight in the Crystal Palace and slept together in a big quilt. What do you think?"

Hearing his implied words, Luo Ke gave him a hard look, and then slapped off the bastard's paw that "unintentionally" placed on his chest.

"Think beautifully!"

"He's half a month away from the door. Could it be that you can't bear it these few days?"

But just when Li Qiu felt a little lost, Wu Jue who was beside him murmured with a ruddy complexion, "Daddy did say that you don't need to go back to play in the Furong Garden tonight..."

But before Li Qiu howled excitedly, Wu Jue was dragged away by Luo Kexin.

"Hey, I said Xiao Wujue, aren't you afraid that this guy has no conscience and will abandon you from beginning to end?"

"Be careful and let him be bullied."

"Leave him alone tonight, we two brothers share the same bed..."

After finishing speaking, the two of them sneaked a glance at Li Qiu behind them, and then ran away laughing like silver bells.

The hated Li Qiu had a toothache.

When the three of them were talking, laughing, and making trouble, they walked to a relatively quiet street in front of the square, only to see a man dressed like a Taoist priest threatening two women from a poor family in the dark. .

"Hmph, you baby, you have a strange evil in your bones, and the medical center can't cure it."

"Follow me up the mountain and be accepted as an apprentice by me, maybe you will survive."

"Here are two hundred wen, here you go."

"After that, this boy will have nothing to do with you."

"If you don't follow suit, the child will die, and you won't even be able to get the two hundred coins..."

At this time, Li Qiu and the three of them had already approached, and they could vaguely see that the boy in the woman's arms could be about one or two years old.

Maybe they were forced by words, but the two women reluctantly handed the child to the Taoist priest slowly.

"Xianchang, we don't want the two hundred Wen."

"We can also have nothing to do with him."

"Our baby is only twenty months old."

"We can only ask you to save him, as long as you can keep him alive, please..."

Saying this, the two women knelt down and worshiped.

As for the Taoist priest with a sinister face, he grabbed the boy who was already seriously ill.

The action was rough and the force was so great that the quilt wrapping the boy fell to the ground.

Right now it's the cold winter season, no matter what he does, it doesn't seem like he wants to save the boy.

After catching the boy, the Taoist turned and left.

The two women immediately began to cry reluctantly, wanting to catch up and wrap the quilt around the child again, but they dared not, for fear of angering the elder.

At this moment, a white fist with endless anger appeared in front of the Taoist priest out of thin air.

Then, with a bang with great force, it hit the Taoist priest's face.

Immediately hit him back a few steps.

The owner of this fist is Luo Kexin.

However, Luo Kexin snatched that child just right.

On the other side, Wu Jue has already quickly picked up the quilt and wrapped it up with the boy.

"You! Who are you?!"

"How dare you attack me?"

"Can't you find death?!"

Just as he went mad and scolded him angrily, three or four guards in plain clothes came out from the darkness of the alley.

Although they were wearing casual clothes, from their temperament and expressions, they could tell at a glance that they were definitely the elite guards of the palace.

Seeing these four men approaching aggressively, with malicious intentions, and even hidden murderous intentions, Li Qiu couldn't help being annoyed at this moment.

He took a step forward and came to the Taoist priest. He was furious and punched him down. There was a loud bang. The Taoist priest's face was covered in blood, and he fainted.