Sheriff, give me a smile~

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows: "Why, you two know each other?"

"We met once." Marco Polo smiled slightly.

"Well," Di Renjie nodded lightly, but didn't ask much, and turned to look at Yuan Fang: "You said you were selling pineapples, what kind of pineapples are you selling?"

Yuan Fang looked embarrassed, and glanced at Marco Polo: "This...I..."

Marco Polo gave a "puchi" smile.

Yuan Fang blushed instantly.

Di Renjie shook his head, ignored Yuan Fang, and said to Marco Polo, "Do you understand everything I told you just now?"

"Understood," Marco Polo sighed with a smile: "The temporary residence in Chang'an is handled by Mr. Labor Magistrate."

Di Renjie walked to the table, glanced at Li Bai's annotated dossier: "It's okay."

"Hey, Pineapple, you want to live in Chang'an forever?" Yuan Fang shook his ears.

"It seems so at the moment. I haven't been to the seventh floor of the Zhaixing Building, and the wine I promised to an old man hasn't been brewed yet. I don't want to stay for a long time. Besides, Chang'an is very good, even without this I also want to stay longer for two things."

"Zhaixinglou" Li Bai raised his eyebrows.

Marco Polo shifted his gaze to Li Bai's face, and he immediately recognized that this was the white-clothed poet he had seen a few nights ago.

"Yes, the Zhaixing Building in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty is very famous. I really want to see it. I heard that since its establishment, only two people have entered the seventh floor, and one of them seems to be Your Excellency."

Li Bai said: "You want to enter the seventh floor"

"Yes."

Li Bai smiled inexplicably, and there seemed to be a hint of... irony in his smile.

Marco Polo wondered, how could this person have such an expression?Not long after I met him, nothing unpleasant happened. Logically speaking, this ridicule should not be aimed at me, so...it was aimed at Zhaixinglou

Are you mocking Star Picking Tower?

Really fun.

It was noon when some procedures were completed.

Marco Polo walked out of the gate of the government office with a stack of documents, facing the dazzling sunlight, even the thorny person had difficulty opening his eyes.

"Pineapple."

When Marco Polo heard the sound and turned his head, Yuan Fang came out with him, and couldn't help but smile: "Little friend, what are you doing with me?"

"I..." Yuan Fang bowed his head and hesitated.

"Well, what's the matter?" Marco Polo reached out and stroked his head.

Yuan Fang frowned and avoided: "Don't touch my head."

"why?"

"Because... because the president is not tall!"

Seeing the face of the little dwarf in front of him pretending to be tough and righteous, Marco Polo was amused, and deliberately reached out to ruffle his hair: "In this case, you have to touch your head even more. You won't be cute when you grow tall~"

Yuan Fang didn't dodge it, she blushed and let the young man touch her head: "Pineapple..."

"Um"

Yuan Fang stretched out his hand and spread out his palm, inside was a ring-shaped jade pendant threaded with red thread.

The whole body is emerald green, warm and elegant.

Marco Polo glanced at him: "This is... for me"

"Courtesy, courtesy is reciprocal."

Marco Polo lifted the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.

The quality of the jade is not high-quality, and the workmanship is not very fine. Although it is not a clumsy thing, it is still not comparable to my own pocket watch.

Yuan Fang blushed, and stammered: "My salary is low, and I can't afford good jade. I have saved money for a long time, and I can only buy it if I use it up. You... don't dislike it..."

What a silly kid.

Marco Polo's heart warmed up, his eyes were unconsciously gentle, and he smiled and said, "What if I dislike it?"

"Ah?" Yuan Fang was taken aback: "This..."

"Why don't you give me something better."

"Better stuff but I don't have the money..."

"No need to spend money."

"It doesn't cost money what that is."

Marco Polo squatted down, looked up at Yuan Fang's eyes, his eyes were full of smiles: "You."

"Ah I"

Marco Polo laughed.

"Jade is very good, I accept it, thank you."

"I live in the second house on Dongcheng Third Street, you can come and play with me often. See you next time."

It's the moment of Shen Shi, and the twilight begins.

Di Renjie changed into court clothes and prepared to go to the palace for a banquet.

Li Bai was eating melon seeds leisurely at the side, and seeing Di Renjie so fully armed, he couldn't help laughing: "Why are you making preparations so early, the state banquet doesn't start until three o'clock."

Di Renjie lowered his head and straightened his cuffs: "You are a guest, so you can be late. All officials must arrive one minute in advance."

"There are so many rules," Li Bai threw the melon seed husks on the table: "That's all, I'll accompany you to go early."

Di Renjie ignored him, just stared at the pile of melon seed shells on the table: "Clean it up."

Li Bai choked: "...Okay, okay, I'll clean up, I'll clean up."

In the imperial garden, the palace lanterns are bright and beautiful.

Looking from a distance, the court ladies shuttled orderly among the flowers, red willows and greenery, and the lights on the trees and among the flowers were extraordinarily brilliant.Sometimes the breeze blows by, and the fragrance hits bursts, which makes people feel refreshed.Although the palace banquet held here is not as solemn as in the main hall, it also has a special flavor.

"The east wind is blowing the dew in vain, and the stalks are full of fragrance. Why is the cloud glowing in the west garden. The layout of the palace banquet looks pretty good." Walking slowly in the imperial garden side by side with Di Renjie, Li Bai looked around with Di Renjie at the same time. say.

Di Renjie was about to speak, but he heard a familiar female voice behind him: "To get such praise from Qinglian Sword Immortal, this palace banquet is not in vain."

The two turned around, only to see Wu Zetian standing in front of him dressed in palace attire, under the luminous stream of night light she was gorgeous and dignified like a heavenly being.Behind her were two maids and guards on the left and right.

Di Renjie bowed and saluted: "See Your Majesty."

Li Bai was unmoved.

Wu Zetian smiled indifferently, and stretched out a hand to help: "Di Qing is not polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Bai looked straight into Wu Zetian's eyes expressionlessly, and Wu Zetian also looked at him with a smile on his face.

This guy hasn't changed a bit from a few years ago.

Li Bai will never forget the scene when he broke into the imperial palace a few years ago, trying to seek an explanation for his distant hometown but was severely thwarted.

The person who was at the pinnacle of power in the Tang Dynasty destroyed his pride and dignity little by little with just words without spending a single soldier.

In the face of absolute power, all resistance is futile.

How feelings can beat power, and how poetry can beat politics

"Li Bai, the sword in your hand is only suitable for dancing for the wind, flowers, snow and moon, and singing for the poetic feelings. In the face of real iron blood and cruel power, it is vulnerable!"

These were the last words the man said to himself.

Li Bai staggered out of the palace. For the first time in his life, he was hit so hard that he was powerless to fight back.

That person's words and words wrapped around him like a cloud, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Because everything she said was true.

Since then, I have one more thing, wine.

It seems that only in wine can one find the original and true truth of the world.

The more alcohol you drink, the weaker your dependence on it becomes, from drowsiness at the beginning to soberness at the end.

I can't compare with power because I despise power, and I can't beat politics because I despise politics.

Feelings are not someone's vassal, and poetry is not fragile.

There is a great way in the world, and the world is full of vaults.

The sword in my hand is only raised for the true meaning in my heart. Regardless of his wind, flowers, snow and moon, iron and blood power, as long as I am willing, there will be a song of Qinglian sword in heaven and earth!

Others may not be able to, but I can!

Because—I, am, Li, Bai!

Li Bai laughed out loud and threw his wine glass to the ground.

It is a song "will enter the wine".

Those words are no longer my shadow, because I am Li Bai.

I am enlightened through wine.

I didn't expect to see the emperor again after many years.Li Bai naturally lost the original sense of decline, but it is inevitable to have complicated emotions.

Thinking of so many things in an instant, my heart is relieved.Smiling at the Empress, she bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, long time no see."

Seeing Li Bai like this, Wu Zetian couldn't help smiling: "Taibai should have lived a good life in the past few years."

"It's okay."

"The guest seat has prepared a special seat for you, and you can enjoy the palace banquet in a while."

"Thank you Your Majesty, but...the guest seat"

Seeing Li Bai's hesitation, Wu Zetian asked, "What's wrong?"

"The official also has a special seat"

"nature."

Di Renjie suddenly had a bad feeling that Li Bai was going to do something.

Sure enough, Li Bai said: "Then I can't sit with Huaiying?"

Di Renjie: "..."

Wu Zetian looked at Di Renjie, as if asking what was going on.

Di Renjie felt that it was very difficult for him to speak: "Your Majesty, minister..."

"Your Majesty," Li Bai interrupted Di Renjie, "I came to this banquet because of Huaiying. If I can't be with Huaiying, then there is no need for me to stay at this banquet."

"Oh" Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows.

Li Bai continued: "So Your Majesty thinks it is appropriate for me to sit in the official seat, or Huaiying to sit in the guest seat?"

Wu Zetian thought, even if I think it is suitable for you to sit in the official seat, would you really go?

Forget it, it’s not a day or two for Li Bai to be self-willed. Back then, he could bear the engraving of the poem Suzaku Gate, and raising his sword to enter the palace.

Helplessly smiled and sighed: "Then trouble Di Qing and Taibai to sit at the guest table."

Di Renjie was in a complicated mood, and said politely: "I obey the order."

Li Bai bowed slightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Your boy saluted and thanked you this time with a bit of sincerity, um, Di Qing is still more charming.

——by Wu's Tucao