Di Renjie finished eating the noodles in one go, poured the noodle soup into his stomach, and then collapsed on the chair like a corpse and did not move.

He said weakly: "The noodles made in this restaurant are really delicious." ”

Li Bai said speechlessly: "It's because you're hungry." ”

Hungry people will feel extra sweet even if they nibble on a white steamed bun, not to mention Di Renjie, who fought all night in the rainy night, and his dampness almost penetrated into the bone marrow.

As he spoke, he cleaned up Di Renjie's noodle bowl, and then heard the sound of rubbing footsteps outside the door, and as soon as he opened the door, Dinisha came up with two bowls of noodles, both of which were full of large bowls of noodles.

Because most of the people in this restaurant are children of martial arts families, their food volume is naturally different from that of mortals, so they generally use this kind of big bowl, which is not rude, but very intimate.

In fact, before the martial artists reached the Martial Saint, the amount of food they generally ate would far exceed that of ordinary people, which corresponded to Li Bai's refining and refining qi in the foundation building stage.

The two sat down and continued to eat.

The noodles made by this restaurant are indeed very good, and compared to this era, noodles are just a cutting-edge food developed from soup cakes (i.e., noodle soup).

can make this kind of taste, except for Li Bai casually ordering two sentences, in the end, it is a restaurant specially for the children of Xungui, and the personal quality of his chef can also be seen.

Different from the clear soup and white water made by Li Bai himself, the noodles decorated with shallots and chicken thighs, the noodles made by the chef of the restaurant are covered with a thick layer of beef, and the emerald green vegetable leaves can be faintly seen floating and sinking in the fragrant bone broth.

The taste is also full, with the mellow bone broth, even the noodle soup in one go, I feel like the whole person is about to be reborn.

However, Dinisha was a little uninterested in this, and after eating two bites of noodles, she picked all the beef into Li Bai's bowl.

made Di Renjie frequently look sideways, thinking that they were sprinkling dog food to show affection.

In fact, this is not the case at all, even if it is only a short time together, Li Bai can also sense that Denisha should be a very simple and pure person.

Just as the eyes of the obscene are all obscene, so the eyes of the pure are pure.

The reason why I didn't eat beef was because I didn't like to eat it, I didn't think too much, Li Bai decisively ate all the beef into his stomach, and said in his heart You must have never eaten Lanzhou ramen with two pieces of shredded meat floating on it.

After breakfast, Di Renjie got up a little and said, "Let's go, I invite you to the house today to gather and treat you two well, which can be regarded as thanking you two for your help yesterday." ”

Li Bai said: "Aren't you very busy?"

Di Renjie smiled slightly: "I'm injured, Your Majesty allowed me to take three days off." ”

"So Yuan Fang didn't take a vacation, and you can run out and eat and drink?" Li Bai frowned.

Di Renjie smiled, and heard Li Bai say bluntly: "It's really a black-hearted boss." ”

The three of them walked out the door, avoiding those casual or casual glances, and headed straight north.

As mentioned before, Chang'an's sewer system is very good, so even though Chang'an has gone through a raging rainstorm, it still does not hinder travel, but the scattered sewage pits will splash a pile of mud when stepped on.

As long as you dodge these bluestone slabs that have been bumped and broken by time, the road will be as easy to walk as a modern city, and of course, you must avoid the carriages that come and go and run into the pit from time to time.

In a short time, the three of them arrived at their destination.

Di Renjie's mansion was not located in the official office, since he was on vacation, he naturally would not invite him to the official residence like last time, but took them to an inconspicuous mansion that was also located in Changle Fang.

"This is my home, doesn't it feel like a breeze on my sleeves? Di Renjie pointed to his slightly shabby house.

It is indeed very shabby, especially the "Liangguo Mansion" that stands opposite to the opposite side and stands at the door with two stone lions stepping on stone balls.

The vermilion gate looks majestic and full of wealth.

The healthy servants guard the door, and they all have a calm breath and are quite personable.

"People are noble families, and the treasures rewarded by the emperors of the past dynasties are enough to be massive, so naturally there is no need to be low-key. However, you, the sheriff, have just taken office for a few years, and if you have accumulated thousands of pieces of furniture, I am afraid that the documents for the impeachment of you by the Imperial Historical Observatory have already been turned upside down. ”

Li Bai didn't care about it, and he wouldn't sigh about "Zhumen's wine and meat stink" here, because this was far from being a real Zhumen.

In the southern part of the Tang Dynasty, some wealthy mansions are simply built like palaces, and the extravagance is enough to make these Chang'an nobles as jaw-dropping as turtles in the countryside.

Moreover, even if this "Liang Guogong" mansion is not conspicuous even in Chang'an, many large government mansions occupy a whole square at every turn, covering an extremely wide area, which can be called a "small Chang'an" and "city within a city"!

All the autonomy within it, the head of the house is the lord of the city.

"Let's go. Di Renjie knocked on the door.

The one who opened the door was an old man with a missing leg, his face was quite old, full of wrinkles, and there were vaguely several scars left by the army, seeing that his master was back, he smiled and said: "Ah Lang is back, I didn't expect to bring guests this time." ”

As he spoke, he led the three of them into the door and said respectfully, "Ah Lang, you talk to the two guests first, and I'll prepare some snacks for you." ”

Di Renjie said with a smile: "Elder Wu doesn't have to bother, we came here after breakfast, let's talk about it first and then mention others." ”

Li Bai rolled his eyes, you are really picky.

The three of them entered the main hall and sat down one after another.

Di Renjie said: "Taibai, Your Majesty's book for you and Hua Mulan and others has come down, and it is being sent to Broken Leaves, as fast as three or five days, and as slow as half a month, it should be able to be delivered to Li Ke, the Broken Leaf Supervisor." ”

Li Bai nodded, the book is the edict, it is very formal, the reason why it is called "system" instead of "edict" is to avoid the word "曌" in Wu Cao's name.

"What's in this book? Didn't Mulan be a big official, make twelve turns, reward hundreds of thousands of strong, or something like that?"

Di Renjie sneered: "Don't think too much, it's nothing more than to reward you for your contribution to guarding the Great Wall, and the other is to eliminate the suspicion of treason against the enemy, and by the way, you will be promoted to the sixth rank...... But don't worry about the latter one, it's useless. ”

Li Bai nodded, although it didn't do any good, but it finally relieved Mulan of their urgent need in the Western Regions, which was enough.

"Actually, don't think it's nothing, because of Li Ke, this is already the greatest honor that can be given to you on the surface, and the other is to give your father-in-law Hua Arc a title of Dongyang County Lord, three hundred food towns, hereditary replacement. ”

Li Bai said: "Only a baron?"

According to his understanding, the baron is the lowest level of the title, and there should be viscounts, earls, marquises and dukes on top of it.

As a result, I saw Di Renjie laughing: "'Cai' a baron? Since today's son ascended the throne, he has never canonized a new noble, and the county man who stands out from your father-in-law is simply clearly labeled as today's son, even if it is the founding county uncle of Dongyang County with a long heritage, he does not dare to provoke it, and the benefits of pouring the sky are too small." ”

Li Bai thought about it, it was really a big benefit, nodded and said, "But I think it's wrong." ”

"By the way, tomorrow is the day of the opening of the imperial examination, and the Son of Heaven directly proposed a place for you before, so will you go tomorrow to participate?"

Li Bai was silent.

The real cattle people of the Tang Dynasty have all performed their duties, although there are many talents recruited in a single imperial examination, but there are only a few top-notch ones, without Miyamoto, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a strong enemy that can be compared with him.

But the main quest requires people to appear in front of the saint, and the higher the degree of completion, the better the reward, so he is very entangled now.

His swordsmanship has indeed been recognized, and he has been promoted to the first place in Chang'an.

However, the degree of completion of poetry is inevitably a little insufficient, and if it is submitted, the benefits may be somewhat reduced.

If you want poetry to shock the world, you still have to go through the formal way.

Thinking so, he said, "I want to participate in the imperial examination." ”

Di Renjie was slightly stunned: "Huh, are you sure it's not a martial arts?"

"What, do you look down on people?" Li Bai said with a smile.

Di Renjie shook his head: "That's not it, with your ability, it's really not a problem to take the imperial examination, but I think you shouldn't be the kind of person who is willing to be a 'parent official who buries his head in one side of the people and shepherds one side'." ”

He said: "Speaking of which, now my Tang Dynasty is in the land of employing people, Your Majesty is eloquent, Taibai, you have outstanding martial arts, you might as well sell it to the emperor's family, and earn an official title in the future, which can be regarded as a glorious ancestor." ”

Li Bai smiled and said, "There is going to be a new war again, which side are you going to fight?"

Di Renjie smiled bitterly: "Although the Song Kingdom in the south is weak and is in the midst of a war with the Southern Barbarians, the more it is at this juncture, the more it cannot take advantage of the danger of others. ”

"The eastern countries are also not in harmony with each other, Qin, Chuhan, Wei, Shu, Wu, how can these six countries unite, wave their armies to the east, and it is not difficult to unify the Central Plains. ”

"It's just that the benefits are not big, but the price paid is hard to bear. Di Renjie sighed, dipped some water with chopsticks, and drew a simple map on the table.

"You see, my Tang Dynasty, including the Western Regions, has a vast territory that is better than the six eastern countries combined, and our demand for territory is actually not large, and although the territory of the seven countries is not large, none of them are hard bones that can be easily gnawed down. ”

"Compared with waving the army to the east, the cost of expanding to the west is obviously smaller, and the benefits are greater, and when my Tang Dynasty is strong to a certain extent, the Han people in the world will return to their hearts, and they can subdue the Seven Kingdoms without using swords. When Di Renjie said this, his eyes lit up a little.

Li Bai listened silently, all people with ideals in this world are worthy of respect, he also has ideals, he is becoming stronger and stronger, standing taller and higher, seeing farther and farther, and then marrying Mulan.

If he can't become stronger and stronger, stand taller and higher, and see farther and farther, then he thinks it's not unacceptable to settle for the second, marry Mulan, and then be a soft rice man.

This is the legendary domineering female president who fell in love with me!

Time gradually passed, and at noon, the old servant delivered simple dishes, Di Renjie took out the treasured wine, and Li Bai also rarely took out the wine gourd and poured a full glass with the two of them.

No matter what the occasion, if there is alcohol, people will talk more.

The three of them chatted, and gradually even Denissa, who had been silent, would interject from time to time.

"Denisa, tell us about your organization, and the Western landscape, which I haven't heard anyone talk about yet. Li Bai said.

Nowadays, he has a relatively clear understanding of the eastern world of the King Continent in his heart, but the West is still vague, whether it is the background of the Glory of Kings itself or ordinary Tang people, they know very little about it.

"Our organization is located north of King's Canyon, on a small island they call Claymore, which means double-edged sword in our language. ”

"The organization is actually more or less connected with the lords of the land of warriors, and many times our sisters have to be ordered to go to the command of those lords, help them fight and exchange for mercenary money, the commission is very expensive, although most of them have to be handed over to the organization, but even if some are left, for us warriors, it will not be spent. ”

"Most of the western half of the land of warriors is included in the empire, while the eastern half is occupied by the noble alliance, which is actually only a force composed of lords and lords of the empire. ”

However, since the war between the two sides, the Empire declared the League of Nobles heretical, and the vast majority of paladins were called to gather under the banner of the Empire, claiming that the king of the Empire was no longer favored by the gods, and could not even draw the sword of victory and oath necessary for kings, and threw out a large number of gold coins, and hired an alliance of allies from the Saracen dynasty and Assassins from Assasin to fight against it. ”

"At present, the two sides are engaged in wars, large and small, and the lords assisted by our great sword are all members of the noble alliance. ”

"I also worked as a mercenary under a nobleman for a while, killing two paladins of the Empire, and as far as I am concerned, it is difficult to fight against the Empire with a patchwork coalition. But it is impossible for the empire to recover the entire land of warriors, and the difference in strength between the two is not large. ”

Li Bai frowned and said, "The Saracen Dynasty is really dancing happily." ”

Di Renjie asked, "Saracen Dynasty, are you talking about the Great Cannibal?"

Li Bai nodded, whether it was the Saracen Dynasty or the Arab Empire or the Great Cannibal, it was just a different name for the same country.

Di Renjie snorted: "The Great Food has coveted my land in the Western Regions for a long time, and now that he is strong, after the Western Regions are pacified, he will be the first to take it!"

Originally, in history, the Tang Dynasty did have a war with the Great Food, the Battle of Talas, the 30,000 troops led by Gao Xianzhi were wiped out, and it was also since that war that the Tang Dynasty's control over the Western Regions has become increasingly weak.

"I hope that in this world, the Tang Dynasty soldiers can be as pointed by the Excalibur and will not repeat the mistakes of history. Li Bai muttered to himself, picked up his wine glass and kowtowed to the two.

"Drink to win!"

The three of them clinked glasses, pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and the sun hung down.