What is it like to have your face sealed?

Thank you. People in Datang have just been disliked.

The official residence is six grades, the annual income is thousands, and the official position and income are proper for the upper class elite, but a mountain is still higher than a mountain, and the court is still at the bottom of the food chain, and the superior can easily take away the official position and income that he has struggled to come with a word.

So, what should I do if I am disgusted by the princess?

What else can I do but endure it?

Gu Qing sometimes dislikes his unhappy face, he can't say it's ugly, his facial features are very upright when he looks at them separately, if he puts it more than a thousand years later, he is definitely a very attractive handsome guy, a proper decadent male protagonist, and his natural loveless expression doesn't know how many girls and young women can attract the flood of maternal love, and when he sees him, he can't help but hold him in his arms and make him happy, until he is happy.

It's a pity that this face lives in this era, it is not at the right time, Datang's aesthetics are different from more than a thousand years later, people in Datang like to look at upright facial features, or an elegant image like a fairy, Gu Qing's face is really a little depressed, it can be said that it is very non-mainstream.

The only place where this face can be applied is to blow suona at someone else's funeral, which is called complementing each other.

It can be seen that Princess Wanchun is a very straightforward and upright girl, and it can also be seen that she attaches great importance to Gu Qing's talent, and asks Gu Qing about the specific date of going to the Taoist temple, which makes Gu Qing very embarrassed.

In the end, Gu Qing had to seriously consider going to Princess Yuzhen's Taoist Temple, and set a date five days later, and Princess Wanchun smiled with satisfaction.

The crown prince Li Heng and Princess Yuzhen watched this scene with a smile next to them, and finally Li Heng ordered the palace people to pour wine for Gu Qing, Gu Qing saluted the prince again, Li Heng actually drank a cup with Gu Qing this time, which surprised the courtiers and magnates present.

After the toast, Gu Qing saluted, turned around and retreated.

Princess Wanchun kept staring at Gu Qing's back, and it wasn't until he sat back in her position that she withdrew her gaze.

Princess Yuzhen looked at her quietly, suddenly sneered, and said, "Eyelashes, but you have a crush on this talent?" ”

Princess Wanchun was also not shy, and said with a smile: "The imperial aunt is not talking nonsense, I didn't fancy him, I just think that this person is young and lives in the sixth grade, talented and saintly, but I have never seen the slightest arrogance in him, he is calm and sophisticated, and it is completely different from those gentlemen in Chang'an, I am just a little curious about him." ”

Princess Yuzhen was nearly fifty years old at the time, and her life was bumpy, so she smiled when she heard this: "The love between men and women often starts from the word 'curiosity', you are not young this year, the imperial brother has looked for several Chang'an meritorious children for you, you are all stubborn, is it possible not to marry in your life?" I think that Gu Qing is good, talented and elegant, personable and unassuming, I heard that he has not yet married a wife. Such a beautiful young man, if you don't make a move, I'm afraid you will be taken down by other women. ”

Princess Wanchun pouted: "Imperial aunt, my niece is really just curious about him, and there is no love between men and women, so don't pull the red thread in the imperial aunt." ”

Princess Yuzhen glared at her angrily, and said with a smile: "Okay, I want to see which talented heroes can be favored by your Princess Wanchun in the future, and you have to pay attention to your own family affairs, although the imperial brother is very fond of you, he also said that you should choose your own husband, but the red face is easy to age, the years are ruthless, and the older a woman gets, the more difficult it is to find her true heart." ”

Princess Wanchun raised her little nostrils proudly: "Hmph, if a man only values a woman's appearance and promises it, what kind of sincerity is it?" Even if she has been in love for several years, the day when a woman will eventually grow old and decrepit, won't she be disgusted by him and die at that time? I don't want such a lucky man, if all the men in the world are lucky, what if I don't marry and die lonely for the rest of my life? ”

Princess Yuzhen seemed to have been poked in the sore spot, her expression was stunned, and she said faintly for a while: "You, after all, you are young and beautiful, and you dare to say these words so confidently, and in another ten years, if you can still be so proud, it will be admirable, I only hope that there will not be such a day, the price of many years of loneliness in exchange for a moment of pride, it is not worth it." ”

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At the end of the song, people scattered, and there was only one more loneliness.

In the evening, the Chongyang banquet finally dispersed, and the guests and hosts returned happily and got into the carriage to return to Chang'an City.

Gu Qing was already a little drunk, in fact, Gu Qing was reluctant to drink on such a major occasion, no matter how light the wine of the Tang Dynasty was, it would have an alcohol content, and if he was drunk and said the wrong thing, it was likely to be the consequence of losing his head.

In this regard, Li Bai is a good negative teaching material, this thing was drunk in the palace and dared to ask Gao Lishi to take off his boots, and asked Yang Guifei to polish his ink, if it weren't for Li Longji's appreciation of his poetry, if it weren't for Li Bai's own high reputation and many fans in the poetry world, I am afraid that he would be chopped by Li Longji on the spot.

Gu Qing didn't want to drink too much, but Li Mi next to him seemed to be particularly attached to him, kept toasting with him, and drank very arrogantly, such as "You can't do it anymore", "If it's a man, it's done", "You have so many fish left" and so on, persuading the wine too often, Gu Qingrao pushed left and right, and was still drunk by him.

Gu Qing is not the kind of person who is familiar with himself, he belongs to the slow-burning type, he knows people and believes that he will see people's hearts for a long time, and he will never do stupid things that "pour out as before", and those who have suffered with him will be truly regarded as friends by him, otherwise all the rhetoric is just a false statement on the wine table, and it can't be taken seriously after the wine table.

But Li Mi called him a brother and sister after just a meal of wine, which made Gu Qing very unaccustomed. Later, when he thought of Li Yu's identity as a strategist in the East Palace, Gu Qing probably understood a little.

It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really sincere in wooing himself, and he is very subtle, just one moment today, Li Heng praised him, and deliberately drank a glass of wine with Gu Qing in front of the ministers, and Li Yu, the adviser of the East Palace, drank one cup after another with Gu Qing on the grounds of falling in love, and chatted heartily.

If these are in the eyes of outsiders, which camp does Gu Qing belong to?

The carriage was bumpy, the autumn wind outside the car lifted the curtain, and a slightly cool wind blew across Gu Qing's face, Gu Qing's wine suddenly woke up for three points, and then showed a wry smile.

These people, all of them are human spirits. In the future, you have to be more careful in the court.

It was late at night when he returned to Chang'an, and when he arrived at the door of his house, Steward Xu came out in his clothes, and seeing that Gu Qing was drunk, Steward Xu kicked out a handyman and ordered him to send Gu Qing back to the backyard to rest.

Early the next morning, Gu Qing stretched his waist to get up, the maid dressed him in official clothes, fetched water for him to wash, Gu Qing was sleepy-eyed, half-squinted and let the maid wipe his face, and then opened his mouth, the maid smeared charcoal and fine salt on the wicker branches, and gently brushed his teeth.

Gu Qing smiled with satisfaction.

How cool is this decadent and degenerate feudal life......

Go out and get into the carriage and go to the left guard's house. Gu Qing started his busy work.

The affairs that the chief of the left guard has to be responsible for are too complicated, and he should be the only one who has the most work among all the civil and military generals of the left guard, such as the roster, finance, picketing, transfer, etc., and the subordinate officials below will concentrate all the affairs in the hands of the long history, and the long history will screen and approve, and what does the general of the left guard do? What the general has to do is to wait for the long history to summarize all the work and compress it into the range of a few sheets.

Without the hard-working temperament of an old scalper, the official position of Changshi will not last long.

Gu Qing had a strong premonition, he felt that his patience was almost at a critical point, if he did this for another month, he would definitely make a big mistake in Chang'an, forcing Li Longji to dismiss him.

The morning was spent in the approval of various roster transfer lists, Gu Qing was so tired that he couldn't do it, and he had the urge to skip work, and in the blink of an eye, this impulse had become a decision.

Outside the house, there was the sound of broken footsteps, and a figure appeared outside the door.

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes and recognized the person outside the door. is named Zhu Yan, who joined the army from Cangcao of Zuowei's Mansion, and is at the same level as Gu Qing's old acquaintance Zhou Cangcao, in the establishment of Zuowei's Mansion, Cangcao has two people, Zhou Cangcao is in charge of the roster of military officers and soldiers, and this Zhu Cangcao is in charge of substance. A few days ago, when Gu Qing was wandering around in Zuowei's mansion with nothing to do, they became familiar with each other, and they have been in contact with each other a lot on official business in recent days, so they can be regarded as acquaintances.

Zhu Yan was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a professional smirk on his face, and his attitude towards Gu Qing was very respectful.

Gu Qing was more disgusted with the nonsense of working hours, especially when there was a bunch of work waiting for him to deal with, someone came to chat with him inexplicably, completely ignoring whether the other party was free or not, wasting other people's time was tantamount to murder, this Zhu Cangcao had already slashed him several times at the moment.

Seeing Zhu Cangcao's expression flickering when he was chatting, Gu Qing frowned and said in a deep voice, "Zhu Cangcao has something to say, right?" Hurry up and get down to business, seeing that it's almost noon, the official is going to eat. ”

Zhu Yan smiled flatteringly, and said, "The lower officials don't dare to delay Gu Changshi's meal, there is indeed something to say, if Gu Changshi has leisure......

Gu Qing looked at the sky outside and said, "You can probably still say three words of nonsense, and after three sentences, I will lock the door and leave." ”

Zhu Yan hurriedly took out a stack of thick official letters from his arms, pointed out the meaning and said: "The lower officials don't dare to talk nonsense, mainly because they want to ask Gu Changshi to deal with this matter......

Gu Qing took the official letter, looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled: "This is the list of winter clothes that Zuo Wei purchased from Chang'an Shangjia this year, as well as the list of weapons, shields, bows, crossbows and arrows that he exchanged from the Ordnance Supervision Office...... What's wrong? ”

Zhu Yan said with a smile: "Of course there is nothing wrong, this matter is a bit urgent, so I want to ask Gu Changshi to approve it quickly, and the next official must do it before the winter." ”

Gu Qing glanced at him and said, "Knowing that the matter is urgent, you still talked nonsense to me for a long time?" ”

Saying that, Gu Qing was going to sign the list, and just as he was about to put down the pen, Gu Qing's movements paused, and when he raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yan, his eyes suddenly became a little sharp.

Wrong!

Zhu Yan's demeanor and performance are wrong, it is obviously a very normal business, but he behaves sneakily, looking like he has a ghost in his heart, Gu Qing has always lacked trust in others, and he is very suspicious, Zhu Yan's performance really makes him can't help but suspect that there is a name in this list.

"Zhu Cangcao, this list ...... Is it true? Gu Qing asked in a calm tone.

Zhu Yan said: "Of course it's true, how dare the lower officials deceive Gu Changshi." ”

Gu Qing smiled quietly and said, "Okay, put the list here first, and then approve it after I verify it." ”

Zhu Yan was a little anxious: "Gu Changshi, this matter should be resolved quickly, and it should not be delayed......

Gu Qing said slowly: "Zhu Cangcao, the Ming people don't say secret words, some things are signed and detained casually, I will lose my head, this official dares to conclude that there is a famous hall in this list, if you hurry up and tell me the truth now, if you still prevaricate, it doesn't matter, this official will go to Chang'an Shangjia and the ordnance supervisor to take a walk, and ask to find out." I won't sign the pledge until I figure it out, that's clear enough, right? ”

Zhu Yan's face was a little ugly, but he still tried to squeeze out a smile, which looked particularly distorted.

"Gu Changshi, don't be embarrassed to get off the official, the lower official is just an errand runner, and this list is not something that the lower official can call the shots......"

After a few words of wanting to say something, Gu Qing felt more and more that this matter was boring, and I was afraid that it was not small.

Picking up the list and reading it carefully, Gu Qing found that the purchase price of winter clothes and military shoes in the list was particularly high, he didn't know what the market price of winter clothes and military shoes should be, but the price on the list was obviously abnormal, and the premium was a lot.

Chang'an Zuowei under the jurisdiction of the five prefectures and three guards, a total of tens of thousands of soldiers, if the list is manipulated, only a little change, the difference in its procurement is also an astronomical amount.

Gu Qing suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart.

A mere Cangcao is absolutely not that daring, and the person who dares to do anything on the list must be a powerful figure, because there are too many joints to be opened, and if there is no monstrous power as the backing, I am afraid that no one will dare to tamper with the list.

If Gu Qing doesn't sign this list, what will happen to him?

"Zhu Cangcao, who drew up this list and who approved it?" Gu Qing asked, holding up the list.

Zhu Yan showed a bitter look and sighed: "Gu Changshi, the lower officials really don't know. ”

"Who gave you the list, is this question difficult to answer?"

Zhu Yan was silent for a moment and said, "Gu Changshi, if you don't want to sign the detention, the lower official will take the list back, how about it?" ”

Gu Qing quickly stuffed the list into his arms and said with a smile: "I'll think about it first, and then decide whether to sign it or not when I think it clearly." ”

Zhu Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Gu Changshi, you ...... Why bother? ”

Gu Qing sneered: "Zhu Cangcao, the person who should be angry about this matter is me, if I didn't notice it just now, I signed this list, and in the future, I will be the one who is responsible, you almost cheated me, it stands to reason that I should have picked up the inkstone and exploded your dog's head, but I couldn't help it, Zhu Cangcao, I have a bad temper, don't challenge my patience again, you must have heard of Lu Chengping's matter." ”

Zhu Yan sighed: "How dare the lower officials challenge Gu Changshi,...... Anyway, this matter is not something that the lower officials can decide, and the lower officials will leave. ”

After Zhu Yan left, Gu Qing took out the list and read it a few times again.

It can be seen from Zhu Yan's attitude that there is a greasy thing on the list, as for how much money is involved and how many people are involved, Gu Qing is not clear for the time being.

At this moment, Gu Qing was a little hesitant in his heart, he didn't want to do irrational things, behind this list was clearly the handiwork of a certain big man, Gu Qing would definitely not be able to offend.

The power of the left guard is not big, it is about the power of the secretary general, but the power is greater than the secretary general, and some official affairs must be signed by the long history before they can be handed up, and the long history must be passed, otherwise it cannot be handed over to the top at all.

Gu Qing had a hunch that in the approval process of this list, he was the only one who had not been opened. Judging from the list process, this kind of thing should not be the first time to do it, but the long history before Gu Qing may have been bought, but Gu Qing has just taken office, and those people don't have time to buy him, so take the list to test his attitude first? If he cooperates, I'm afraid there will be more lists later, of course, the benefits that Gu Qing can get are probably not a small number.

So Gu Qing was a little hesitant, he didn't want to do that kind of stupid thing where everyone was drunk and I was sober, and he knew that it was unwise and forced, which was stupid.

The soldiers of the left guard are not going to go to the battlefield, what about the clothes and armor and weapons? Isn't Datang a prosperous age? What happens if someone gets some benefit in the prosperous world? The prosperous era is still the prosperous era, and this benefit is nothing compared to the full treasury of the Tang Dynasty.

So what are you still pretentious? Isn't it enough to sign a pledge?

is a long history, how old is it in Chang'an City, where there are as many powerful people as dogs? Who do you dare to offend?

The more Gu Qing thought about it, the more it made sense, and then he decisively put away the list.

This matter can be regarded as a compromise for life and future, good and evil, right and wrong are not so important.

Gu Qing was willing to compromise on this, but he couldn't sign it at the moment. The list is too big, I believe that the person behind the list will soon come out to meet him, it is better for everyone to speak clearly face to face, although the arm can not reach the thigh, but at least communication is still necessary, always can not be confused and take responsibility, be regarded as a fool by others.

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skipped work in the afternoon, Gu Qing had no sense of guilt, at the age of eighteen or nineteen, he was already like an old fritter.

When I got home and was about to take a nap, I just arrived at the door, and Steward Xu greeted me with a little excited.

"Shaolangjun, someone gave a gift in the morning......

Gu Qing was stunned: "Who gave the gift?" ”

"I didn't know each other, and I didn't leave a name post, more than a dozen boxes of gifts, a group of people put down the boxes and left, without saying a word, and the old man didn't stop them."

Gu Qing looked at him strangely: "Why are you so excited when someone else gives me a gift?" Do you think I'm going to give you some? ”

The corners of Steward Xu's mouth twitched, and he smiled bitterly: "Because the gift is too valuable......

"How valuable?"

“…… The old man ordered his subordinates to move the box to the backyard, Shaolangjun, you can see it with your own eyes. ”

Gu Qing and Steward Xu entered the backyard, Steward Xu withdrew from all his subordinates and opened more than a dozen boxes himself, Gu Qing looked at the contents of the boxes dumbfounded, and only two thoughts came to his heart.

The first thought was, I'm going to send it.

The second thought was that the list in his arms must not be signed, it would be fatal.