The news of Feng Hou's promotion was too shocking, including Gu Qing, everyone's minds were still buzzing, and they couldn't digest this shocking news for a long time.

There are many magnates in Chang'an like dogs, if you don't talk about Gu Qing's fame in Shilin, only talk about the status in the court, Gu Qing was originally just a long history of the left guard, in terms of existence, it is roughly equal to a translucent solid, wandering on the edge of being far away from the center of power, the official affairs are complicated and there is no oil and water, and the literary name may be admired by Shilin, but the bigwigs in the court rarely look at Gu Qing.

Just a young man in his twenties, his ability to reach the sky, that is, he offered a few strategies during the rebellion of Nanzhao Kingdom, and Chang'an wrote some excellent poems after being an official, in addition, the most eye-catching thing was that he broke into a few troubles, and indirectly made the prince Jiwang a commoner.

Is such a young man worthy of the attention of the bigwigs?

However, after today, the bigwigs have to pay attention to Gu Qing.

became famous overnight, and he became famous overnight from the history of the left guard, not only was he promoted to the general of the left guard, but the most surprising thing was that he was named Hou.

Fenghou, the glory that most courtiers can hardly hope for in their lives, but a boy in his twenties can easily do it, from the long history of being unknown, he suddenly stepped into the circle of magnates, and since then he has become a genuine prince and magnate in Chang'an City, what kind of luck is this.

Li Twelve Niang's Mansion.

The banquet lacked a master, and Gu Qing still stayed in the Huaqing Palace in Lishan to follow the Son of Heaven, but it did not affect the joyful atmosphere in Li Shiniang's mansion.

Zhang Jiuzhang, Li Guangbi, Yan Zhenqing, Du Fu and others sat in the front hall, Zhang Huaijin was like an idle butterfly wearing flowers, diligently pouring wine for the elders, and the joy on his face was like a bandit leader who had just robbed the women of a good family to return to the cottage.

Li Twelve Niang's news channels are very mysterious, and most of the courtiers in Chang'an City do not know the reason for Gu Qing's knighthood, but Li Twelve Niang knows that when Li Guangbi and others first stepped into the Li Mansion, Li Twelve Niang learned the ins and outs of Gu Qing's marquis.

When the guests arrived, everyone was happy and suspicious, Li Twelve Niang told the truth about Gu Qing's knighthood.

After that, there was silence in the front hall.

"I see, no wonder it's ......," Zhang Jiuzhang sighed with a smile.

Yan Zhenqing also smiled and said: "The merit of saving the driver, it is not an exaggeration to be a marquis, Gu Qing has a life-saving grace to His Majesty, from now on, the saint does not need to mention it, His Majesty will be used as a confidant, and the future of this son is unlimited." ”

Zhang Huaijin put down the wine jug and sat in the corner in a daze.

After a long time, Zhang Huaijin said quietly: "You elders only care about Brother Gu's promotion to the marquis, and no one asks him if he was injured in the fire and how much he suffered. Such a big fire, it must be very painful to burn on the body......"

Everyone looked at each other, but Li Twelve Niang glanced at Zhang Huaijin deeply, and the more she looked at it, the happier she became.

The two girls of the Zhang family, Li Shi Niang, like it, Huaiyu has a cold temperament, but she is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Huai Jin is delicate and innocent, Li Shi Niang has seen how Zhang Huaiyu worked hard for Gu Qing in Qingcheng County, and she has also seen Zhang Huaijin come to her house every day, and what she says is Gu Qing.

The thoughts of these two girls are haunting Gu Qing, and they are both supposed to get married, how should Gu Qing choose?

Li Twelve Niang inexplicably had a kind of happy trouble, they are all good girls, they all like Gu Qing, it's better to have it, but she can't say this, after all, the Zhang family is the prime minister's family, I'm afraid she won't want sisters to marry the same husband.

Gently stroking Zhang Huaijin's head, Li Twelve Niang chuckled: "What a silly girl, don't worry, the person who inquired about the news in my house said that Gu Qing was not injured, but his throat was smoked by thick smoke, and it was a little inconvenient to speak, so he was muttering." ”

Zhang Huaijin suddenly turned his worries into joy, slapped the table suddenly, and shouted heroically: "Then what are you waiting for, Brother Gu's joy of being a marquis, if you don't get drunk tonight, you will drink it!" Then the music, the dance! ”

Everyone was startled, Zhang Jiuzhang couldn't hold his face, and he trembled with anger: "Bastard thing!" What a system in front of the elders! Have you forgotten the rules of etiquette that you have taught in the dog's belly? ”

Zhang Huaijin's surging passion was poured cold water on the head of the second ancestor, and he sat down honestly in a remote place with his mouth shut.

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, she quietly stole a pot of wine from the table, hid it beside her legs, and took a big sip of the spout while the elders were chatting, and then quickly pretended to sit as if nothing happened, her little face was flushed, and she still looked like she was low-browed.

Others didn't pay attention to her, but Li Shiniang had sharp eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, and didn't poke her, and even turned her head to call the female disciple, and softly ordered Zhang Huaijin to send another pot of good wine.

Among the guests present, the only one who was a little unhappy with Gu Qing's promotion to marquis was Li Guangbi.

It's not that he has an opinion on Gu Qing, Li Guangbi purely feels that his face is a little unbearable.

"When Gu Qing first came to Chang'an, he was just a small record in the left guard to join the army, and it was only less than a year, and he was already a general in the left guard, and he was named a county marquis......" Li Guangbi took a sip of wine in a sullen voice, and sighed: "I'm afraid I can't do anything to this kid casually in the future, in theory, he can kick me as much as he wants......

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Yan Zhenqing was so happy that he squirted out a sip of wine, and laughed: "Don't say this, the old man has forgotten, Gu Qing is now the general of the left guard, you are the general of the left guard, the official position is half a level older than you, and I saw Gu Qing in the left guard in the future, you have to give an official salute, haha!" ”

Li Guangbi said angrily: "I'll avoid him in the future, can't I?" ”

After pouring a sip of wine, Li Guangbi sighed: "This kid is promoted so quickly, I have never seen anyone in my life who can rise so fast, he is only in his twenties, won't he be crowned the prince of the country in another ten years?" ”

Zhang Jiuzhang stroked his beard and said leisurely: "Actually, Gu Qing's promotion is not the only one, you don't see the speed of Yang Guozhong's promotion, then it is really fast." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

That's right, in terms of the speed of promotion and knighthood, Yang Guozhong is much faster than Gu Qing.

Four years ago, Yang Guozhong was just a small county lieutenant, just because his cousin was a concubine, Yang Guozhong rose to the top, from supervising the imperial history to serving the imperial history, and held fifteen positions in less than a year, until now he has more than thirty positions, and he was knighted as the Duke of Weiguo, after Li Linfu's death, when His Majesty returned to Beijing from the Lishan Palace, Yang Guozhong saw that he was going to take over Li Linfu, and the official worshiped the right minister, and became a veritable extremely human minister.

In terms of the speed of promotion and knighthood, although Gu Qing is very fast, he is still not as fast as Yang Guozhong.

This is the end of the topic, and everyone is silent. Some topics will be taboo if you continue to talk about it, now the promotion and knighthood of the Tang Dynasty has gradually lost its rules, and the personal glory and wealth all depend on the likes and dislikes of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven looks at you pleasing to the eye, and you can be prominent overnight, and if you are not pleasing to the eye, you can be dragged down from the peak position overnight.

Zhang Jiuling, the virtuous minister of the year, was demoted from the prime minister to the governor of Jingzhou overnight, Zhang Jiuling's life can be described as a cliff-like fall, and for Li Longji, it is just a move of the chess pieces on the chessboard.

After being silent for a long time, Li Twelve Niang suddenly said: "Gu Qing once said that he would re-pave the road in the world, and there would be no uneven roads in the world from now on, he said this sentence in front of the grave of his parents, he ...... It seemed to be one step closer to his ambitions. ”

Everyone was awe-struck and looked at Li Twelve Niang.

If in the past, a young man in his twenties said anything about repaving the road to the world, others would only think that he was young and naïve, and dared to make such unrealistic statements.

However, now that Gu Qing is the marquis of the county, the official worships the Zhonglang general, and he is already an official at the age of twenty, especially when he is deeply favored, and he is in the limelight, it is difficult to imagine what position Gu Qing's status will be in the future, if someone says that he will soon worship the prime minister, others will no longer doubt it.

So, a young man who is destined to be an official and hold power in the future will still be regarded as young and frivolous and naïve when he says that "there is no more uneven road in the world"?

Zhang Jiuzhang said solemnly: "If Gu Qing has this ambition, although the old man is old, he is willing to help him." ”

Li Guangbi nodded heavily: "Although I am not talented, at least I have the strength, and I will do my best to help him." ”

Yan Zhenqing stroked his beard and smiled: "Although I have no deep friendship with Gu Qing, his ambition is exactly what I want, and the old man is willing to attach his tail." ”

After hearing what everyone said, Du Fu was so excited that his fists clenched, his body trembled slightly, and his face turned red and said: "Down, down...... Although it is a white body, I am willing to pave this remnant body on a new road in the world, if there is no uneven road in the world, Du has no regrets although he dies. ”

After everyone chatted for a while, they suddenly heard a long wine burp from a remote corner, and everyone turned their heads in amazement, and found that Zhang Huaijin, who had been silent for a long time, was drunk and his face was flushed, and he sat cross-legged without sitting down, his upper body swayed back and forth, left and right, and his eyes were straight and showed a smirk from time to time.

Everyone immediately laughed, but Zhang Jiuzhang was angry, slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Zhang Huaijin, are you going to turn the sky upside down?" Who allowed you to drink? Get out of the house for the old man! ”

Zhang Huaijin was already drunk, and the entire Chang'an was hers when she was drunk, so she still smirked.

Li Twelve Niang walked to Zhang Huaijin's side with a smile, hugged her into her arms, lovingly helped her straighten her messy sideburns, and said with a smile: "Huaijin is drunk like this, I won't go back tonight, let's sleep in my house." ”

Zhang Jiuzhang shook his head and sighed: "It's not a system! is so disrespectful and rude, the Zhang family's upbringing is all fed to the dogs! ”

Li Guangbi said dissatisfiedly: "The little girl just drank some wine secretly, you don't have such a big hat, you get drunk when you get drunk, Zhang Lao'er, I'm afraid you forgot how you looked when you were drunk, and you were embarrassed to train your granddaughter, hehe." ”

Everyone laughed, Zhang Jiuzhang's old face became more and more unbearable, and he slammed the table and said angrily: "Li Guangbi, the old man broke off friendship with you!" ”

"Break off friendship, break off friendship, whoever speaks first is a dog!" Li Guangbi's eyes were round, not to be outdone.

Li Twelve Niang snorted coldly, squinting at Li Guangbi: "Who broke off my friendship with me last time, and within a few days, he came to find wine with a shy face, heh, why don't you scream twice?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Li Guangbi also laughed, looking around left and right while laughing, as if the person Li Twelve Niang said was not him.

At the end of the banquet, everyone got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Huaijin was left in the Li Mansion.

In the dead of night, Zhang Huaijin snuggled in Li Shiniang's arms, there was still a hazy drunkenness in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Aunt Li, Brother Gu is already an official and a high-ranking official, and I seem to be getting farther and farther away from him......"

Li Twelve Niang patted her on the back and said in a low voice, "You take a few steps closer to him, and it won't be far." ”

Zhang Huaijin shook his head and said, "When I take a step closer, he will take a step back, and he only has Sister A in his heart......"

Closing his eyes, Zhang Huaijin muttered like a dream: "It's really tiring to get close to his heart......"

After speaking, Zhang Huaijin fell asleep, and a tear from the corner of his eye slowly slipped down his cheeks.

Girlish feelings, there are always tears in the poem.

…………

Sealed as a marquis, promoted, and his life suddenly came to a peak with completely different scenery.

Gu Qing's mood was naturally joyful, but the motive for joy had nothing to do with fame, fortune and officials.

After receiving the holy decree of the Marquis, the first thought in Gu Qing's mind was Zhang Huaiyu.

When he left Shiqiao Village, Zhang Huaiyu once said that when he was crowned a prince, he could propose to her.

So now, is it considered qualified?

After thanking him, Gu Qing sat alone in the room, his mood fluctuated, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

I have to say that the surprise of fate came too quickly and too suddenly, Gu Qing had only left Shiqiao Village for more than a month, and then he was suddenly sealed Hou, I thought that it would take two or three years to say that it would take two or three years, Gu Qing was waiting for an opportunity at any time, and planned to make a big contribution, but who knew that after a fire, the credit would be smashed down so hard.

Surprised? Not surprised?

It was really unexpected, Gu Qing originally thought that at the moment of life and death, Li Longji's promise to be a marquis was just nonsense about a dog jumping off the wall, Gu Qing himself didn't take it seriously, who knew that Li Longji was serious, and he really didn't joke, and he had to praise His Majesty the mediocre emperor.

A poem popped up inexplicably in his mind, "Light smoke dispersed into the house of the five marquis", which can probably perfectly describe Li Longji's casual behavior of sealing the marquis.

This poem is not a good word, Gu Qing himself is a beneficiary, of course, it is still inconvenient to say it to outsiders, the most basic quality of being a man is that you can't scold money when you take money.

After entering the Yichun Pavilion to thank him, Gu Qing returned to the house of the guest house, and before he entered the door, he met many eunuchs and generals of Yulin Guard, and everyone bowed down to congratulate Gu Qing.

Listening to auspicious words naturally requires money, especially these eunuchs in the palace, if they are not interesting, they will even make enemies.

Gu Qing had no choice but to smile and respond humbly all the way, while taking out the money from his arms, from the small thumb-sized silver nuggets to handfuls of copper coins, and when he returned to the house, the money on his body had been taken out cleanly, leaving only a penny in the close-fitting embroidery bag. If Huaqing Palace doesn't eat in the future, Gu Qing may starve to death.

What is the Marquis of Qingcheng County, obviously the Marquis of Scattered Wealth......

When he returned to the door of the house, there was a eunuch waiting outside. Seeing Gu Qing come back, the eunuch smiled and handed Gu Qing the golden book of the marquis, and half of the general's tiger talisman for transferring troops, as well as a brand-new purple official uniform and jade belt, and then respectfully told Gu Qing that His Majesty has a will, and Gu Qing, the Marquis of Qingcheng County, can receive 1,000 households and 300 households.

Gu Qing understood in seconds.

The "food eup" is nominally produced by the fiefdom farmers given to him by the imperial court, and the "real food eup" is the real fief income that belongs to him.

Gu Qing doesn't care, with his current net worth, he really doesn't take the so-called food in his eyes, and his current source of income is mainly the income from Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing's shops.

After thanking the eunuch who passed the decree, Gu Qing returned to the house, sat bored for a long time, and began to think about whether to celebrate, Feng Hou naturally had to treat himself for such a festive event.

So Gu Qing decided to eat meat, all kinds of meat.

He opened the door and ordered the eunuchs to serve meat, barbecue, steamed meat, and all kinds of meat.

The eunuch at the door had just gotten the benefit of Gu Qing, and he diligently ran all the way to the imperial kitchen supervisor.

Not long after, the meat was brought in by the eunuch, and Gu Qing ate it unceremoniously, eating with a mouth full of oil, and the eunuch also brought Gu Qing a jar of wine very intimately.

Fat meat under wine, the more you eat, the more you have.

When he was immersed in the great cause of eating meat and couldn't extricate himself, he heard a eunuch outside screaming: "Her Royal Highness Princess Wanchun has arrived-"

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up and opened the door.

Princess Wanchun was dressed in palace clothes, surrounded by palace people, and walked to the door of Gu Qing's house, Gu Qing bowed and saluted, Princess Wanchun looked cold, hummed lightly, and then walked into the house like a proud swan, nostrils facing the sky.

When I entered the door, I saw pots of meat on the table, including barbecue and steamed meat, and the cups and plates on the table were messy.

Wan Chun was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you eating?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Yes, the minister is hungry, does Her Royal Highness the princess want to come a little?" ”

Looking at the mess on the table as if it had been bitten by a group of hungry dogs, Princess Wanchun snorted in disgust, as if the table was a gong bucket that had just been excreted, and went around the long way to find a place away from the table and sat down.

Gu Qing inhaled deeply.

Don't be angry, don't be angry, this tsundere girl has not been beaten by society, and she doesn't have the same knowledge as her.

Gu Qing really wanted to beat her on behalf of society, but this arrogant woman's identity was a bit tricky......

Wan Chun didn't know that she was also disgusted by Gu Qing, so she still raised her head proudly and looked at the environment in the house.

Naturally, the room in the guest house could not be compared with the princess's bedroom, so after looking at it, Princess Wanchun let out a disgusted tsk again.

Gu Qing suddenly wondered if this tsundere girl was here to smash the field......

"Your Highness is here, I don't know ......," Gu Qing still asked respectfully.

Wan Chun sighed and said, "This palace is here to congratulate you on your title as a county marquis, and your official promotion to Zhonglang General." ”

Gu Qing was stunned, he was disgusted by you twice as soon as he entered the door, you call this way "congratulations"?

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the princess, the Son of Heaven is wrong to love, but the ministers are not worthy of the position, and they are full of fear." Gu Qing said humbly.

Someone congratulated him on the natural need to pay a little heart, Gu Qing subconsciously touched his arms, and found that he only had a penny left, and then reacted that the other party was a princess, and he should not covet his own penny, so Gu Qing put down his hand again.

Wan Chun noticed Gu Qing's movements and asked curiously, "What do you want to take?" ”

Gu Qing couldn't hide it, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "The rules of the folk are that people want to give money to Suixi, but Her Royal Highness the princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and it probably won't be rare......"

Wan Chun suddenly said with great interest: "The people still have this rule? This palace is rare, how much are you going to give? Take it out. ”

After speaking, Wan Chun stretched out his white palm to Gu Qing's nose, and Gu Qing could even smell the faint fragrance.

Gu Qing sighed, took out the last remaining penny from his arms, and put it on Wan Chun's palm.

Wan Chun was stunned, looked at the lonely penny in his palm stupidly, and said, "That's it?" ”

"That's it." Gu Qing nodded affirmatively.