Today's lunar calendar October 15, the next Yuan Festival, and the night of the full moon, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty set up a banquet in the palace, giving a banquet to hundreds of civil and military officials, and major poets came to compose poems to the banquet.

As the founding hero of the Quartet with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, General Mo Lin was naturally a guest at the banquet, no, early in the morning, General Mo's Mansion received a holy decree from the imperial palace.

General Mo Lin was born with divine power, fought bravely, fought on the battlefield many times, and made great achievements. When Tang Taizong launched the Xuanwumen Change, he had been charging ahead of the battle, but the real founding general, no, the first eunuch chief Zhang Gonggong to come to announce the decree was the General's Mansion.

The carriage that Zhang Gonggong sat in stayed in front of a towering and quite imposing mansion, three beast head gates came into view, on both sides of the gate, squatting two huge stone lions, solemn and majestic eyes looking at the people who came to pass, on the plaque directly above the wide and heavy vermilion lacquer gate, the three big characters of the Mojun Mansion shone brightly under the light of the morning sun, dazzling.

The coachman of the carriage tightened the reins one meter away from the general's mansion, and the horse relied on inertia, although the neck was tightened, the horse's front hooves still took a few big steps forward, and just stopped accurately and steadily in front of the gate of the general's mansion.

Originally, the two soldiers standing outside the gate saw the two carriages of the imperial court coming from afar, and one of the soldiers hurriedly knocked on the door, and when the slave inside opened the door, he asked the slave to pass the message to the governor, and then the governor told the general.

So when the carriage was parked at the gate of the General's Mansion, the General had already led the chief guard of the General's Mansion, the chief of the courtyard, and more than a dozen people including the three ladies and the lady's personal maid to come out to greet them.

As soon as the carriage in which Gonggong Zhang was sitting stopped, the three little eunuchs in a carriage behind hurriedly got off the carriage, first a little eunuch holding the holy decree in both hands, and then stood solemnly beside him, and a little eunuch holding two wooden steps in his hands, walked to the carriage in front, lowered his body, and put the steps on the ground, and another little eunuch lifted the curtain of the carriage.

Gonggong Zhang lowered his head slightly, his arm was in the dust, and his feet stepped on the steps that had just been placed, and he walked down slowly.

"Father-in-law Zhang, come to the General's Mansion early in the morning, I miss the welcome, and I hope to understand, the mansion has prepared a little wine and side dishes, talk about respect." General Mo Lin was dressed in an official uniform and bowed slightly, and the chief guard and the chief of the courtyard behind him bowed.

The ladies and maidservants stood solemnly, their hands interlocked, their right hands on the top, placed on the left waist, slightly bent their knees, and slightly blessed their bodies to greet Grandpa Zhang.

Although the rank of the general is much higher than that of the chief eunuch, but now Gonggong Zhang is a popular person around the emperor, and the etiquette he should have must not be lost, for fear of falling into the hands of others in the future.

"Hey, General Mo, the miscellaneous family can't afford it, what kind of identity is the general, how dare the old slave drink with the general, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, today the old slave has important things to do, and the miscellaneous family has to handle the things that the emperor explained to the slave family properly." Gonggong Zhang waved the Buddha dust, smiled, and said softly in a sharp voice.

This Mo Lin founding general, and the rest of the five big and three rough generals are different, not only can be civil and martial, outstanding achievements, but also very humble, I have come to announce a few times before, the generals are warm greetings, so every time Zhang Gonggong sees General Mo Lin, he is smiling and soft, not like treating the rest of the generals.

"Father-in-law Zhang, please enter the house quickly, you see that the sun has risen in the east, don't bask in the sun." The general owed a debt, stretched out his hand, and asked Gonggong Zhang to take the first step.

"General, look at my damn memory, the emperor has not finished the matter he told me, more than half of the hour has passed, hurry up and enter the palace to announce the decree." When Gonggong Zhang saw the rising sun, he hurriedly quickened his pace.

Gonggong Zhang held the hand of the little eunuch beside him, entered the beast head gate located in the southeast corner of the inverted house, stepped into the shadow wall full of exquisite murals, and walked into the hanging flower gate, through the long hand-copying verandah, and came to the courtyard of the huge courtyard of the general's mansion.

The courtyard of the General's Mansion was already densely packed with guards, slaves, slaves, and maids, the chief of the guards, and the chief of the courtyard stood in front of the guards and servants lined up, standing straight.

Gonggong Zhang handed the dust in the crook of his arm to the little eunuch next to him, and pulled open both ends of the holy decree with both hands: "The holy decree has arrived, General Mo Lin will accept the decree."

General Mo Lin, the chief receiver, said: "Chen Mo Lin takes the order." Then shake the sleeve on the left, shake the sleeve on the right, shake it again, kneel down with both legs straight, and listen to the holy decree with the upper body straight.

The rest of the people knelt down, bowed down, and bowed their heads to the bluestone ground.

Zhang Gonggong read in a sharp voice: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I have ascended the great treasure so far, Heqing Haiyan, Wufu Minkang, today coincides with the Xia Yuan Festival, and the special new number is issued to announce General Wei Chi, and I will celebrate with you to show that you are happy with the people." Chin this! ”

At the end of Gonggong Zhang's decree, General Mo Lin got up and received the decree with both hands, and then knelt down and thanked him: "The minister accepts the decree, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Behind him, a large number of slaves, slaves, maids, and wives kneeled and shouted: "Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Get up." Gonggong Zhang proudly skimmed the kneeling black press, and said in a sharp voice, and everyone got up when they heard this.

"General Molin, the emperor can specially explain to the slave family, and this first holy decree can be handed over to the general's mansion first, which is enough to show the emperor's love for you!"

"The emperor's love for the minister, the minister must remember it in his heart, do his best, and after he dies, he must serve the emperor with his body." After expressing his heartfelt feelings, General Mo Lin was busy saying again: "Grandpa Zhang, please in the house."

"General Mo, I can't help it, the old slave has to go, it's all sunburned, and there are other generals and officials waiting for the miscellaneous family to announce it." As he spoke, Gonggong Zhang led a few little eunuchs out of the courtyard and went straight to the verandah.

"Father-in-law Zhang has important things to do, then I won't stay longer, and when Father-in-law Zhang has free days in the future, he will definitely remember to come to the general's mansion to talk about it." General Mo Lin led everyone to follow his father-in-law, out of the Hanging Flower Gate, bypassing the shadow wall, and until outside the gate of the General's Mansion.

"If you don't send it, the old slave will leave, and the general will stay." Gonggong Zhang sat in the carriage, opened the sedan curtain, and waved his hand at the general.

"Then don't come here, my father-in-law has a good way." General Mo Lin clenched his fists and bowed slightly.

Father-in-law Zhang lowered the curtain and said to the groom, "Go." The groom whipped his horse's buttocks, and the horse raised its front hooves, neighed, and ran on steadily.

General Mo Lin watched the carriage of Gonggong Zhang gradually drive away, until it disappeared from sight, then turned his head and led everyone back to the house.

At the moment when he stepped into the door of the general's mansion, he stretched out his hand to support Ye Wanqiu, the third lady who was standing beside him with a big belly and was pregnant for ten months.

"In the past few days, I heard Yan'er say that you have stomach pain from time to time, I'm afraid that you won't have to give birth today, and now I have to go to the palace to participate in the emperor's banquet, which is unshirkable, but I miss you in my heart, how is this good?"

General Mo Lin gently stroked Ye Wanqiu's round belly, frowned slightly, and said softly.

The emperor's banquet is set in the unitary hour, the hour has been announced, and the noon has to set off, although the general's palace is in Chang'an City, but there is still a distance from entering the palace, and the palace has to accept cumbersome inspections, so the general has to set off to enter the palace with a little preparation.

"General, don't worry about the concubine, you must rest assured to participate in the emperor's feast, there are housekeepers and slaves and slaves, and the most important thing is that the two sisters will arrange everything, and they will not let the concubine suffer any grievances, so that the general has any worries."

The woman who was pregnant with Liujia caught a glimpse of the jealous and cold gaze of the second lady standing on the other side of the general, and hurriedly blessed her body, and took the opportunity to mention the eldest lady and the second lady.

"It's okay, Mrs. Su, Mrs. Liu, the big and small affairs of the family will be handed over to you for the time being, and I will rest assured that I will hand it over to you before I return home after the banquet, I must protect Wanqiu and the child safely, otherwise I will only ask you!"

Although the first few sentences are light from the general's mouth, the last sentence is sonorous and powerful, and everyone knows the deterrent effect.

"Obey the order, general, the concubine must take care of Sister Zhiqiu." Mrs. Su Mengli and Mrs. Liu Yiyi hurriedly bent their knees and knelt in front of the general, and the housekeepers and servants around them saw the master kneeling, and then pounced one by one to kneel, and at this time, the general was kneeling in front of a black man.

In addition to the two slaves and maids who were supporting the third lady, Hui'er and Yan'er, they looked at each other, kneeling, not kneeling, and simply burying their heads deeply by supporting the third lady.

Ye Wanqiu saw the two sisters kneeling, and hurriedly let go of the cigarette to hold her hand, one hand borrowed the strength of the hand beside her, and the other hand supported her waist, bowed slightly, and wanted to kneel, but her stomach was too big, and she was in a hurry, so anxious that dense beads of sweat oozed from the hair on her forehead and temples, and her little face was red.

Seeing this, General Mo Lin hurriedly put his hands around Ye Wanqiu, and when he saw the situation, he hurriedly retracted his hand, and then knelt down gently.

Yan'er and Huan'er knew very well in their hearts that although the general had always loved the third lady, as the personal slave of the third lady, the status and treatment were naturally higher than those of the slaves and maids in other rooms, but the eldest lady and the second lady were kneeling at this time, no matter how high the status was, it was not good to make a faux pas in front of the eldest lady and the second lady, kneeling on the ground, Huan'er and Yan'er lowered their heads, glanced at each other, smiled, and then hurriedly lowered their heads.

"Get up, third lady, you take care of it, don't go out on any errands, smoke a child, and help Mrs. go back to the house to rest." Yan'er hurriedly got up and hugged the third lady.

"Qinglong, Red Tiger, have you all packed up?" The general asked the two personal guards beside him, the left dragon's real name is Wei Long, and the right tiger's real name is Xu Hu.

"General Qiyu, everything is in order, and you can leave immediately." The two majestic guards clenched their fists and said.

"General, the concubine will send you out." The third lady, Ye Zhiqiu, blessed her body and wanted to send the general.

"Madam, you just go back to the house and rest, the baby in your belly is important, Mrs. Su, Mrs. Liu don't have to send it again, I will set off here."

After speaking, he led the left dragon and the right tiger and a number of soldiers out of the gate of the general's mansion.

General Mo Lin rode horses under the scorching sun to the gate of the Xuanwu Gate of Taiji Palace, it was already Shen Shi, the sun was hot on the body, General Mo Lin and Zuo Long and Right Tiger and others dismounted, accepted the personal inspection of the palace commander, and were confiscated The sword on the body, there are regulations in the palace, unless the imperial guard, those who enter the palace are not allowed to carry swords.

The rest of the guards and horses stayed outside the city gate and waited, and General Mo Lin and the left dragon and the right tiger walked to the Daming Palace, and then the little eunuch led them into the palace to wait for the emperor's summons.

The major civil and military officials in the side hall were sitting on chairs and sipping high-quality tea, chattering about the affairs of the DPRK and the DPRK, and when they saw General Mo Lin and others coming in, they all got up silently, clenched their fists, and invited him to take a seat.

It is precisely because Mo Lin is the founding general that the Tang Dynasty is in the opening period, and the emperor attaches great importance to the generals, so the civil and military officials have deep respect for General Mo Lin.

General Mo Lin and others also returned the salute with their fists, sat on the upper seat, and the personal guards stood behind them, and the little eunuch in the palace immediately filled the general's teacup with tea.

"Yo, General Mo, you can hurry early, I just arrived on the front foot, you have already sat down leisurely, tasting high-quality tea, and you are not waiting for my little brother."

General Mo Lin didn't need to raise his head, just listening to the sound knew who the owner of this sound was like a huge thunder, and had a thick and loud voice, he got up slowly and unhurriedly, and looked at the four strong men who walked in from the door with a faint gaze.

The leader is a rugged military general with a height of eight feet, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, sword eyebrows and cold eyes, a leopard's head and ringed eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers.

"It turned out to be General Li Tong, who was disrespectful and rude." General Mo Lin hugged his fists, saying that he was rude, but he did not move a step forward to greet him.

To say that although they are also generals of the Tang Dynasty, Mo Lin looks down on this general from the bottom of his heart and hates iron and steel, and he has been defeated in many battles, and he is still arrogant and has no self-knowledge.

Speaking of this General Li Tong, it is a long story, although he has been defeated many times in the war, but after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he was lucky to be promoted to the rank and knight, in the final analysis, because he stood in the right position when the Xuanwumen mutiny.

Li Tong is the cousin of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the uncle of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and when Tang Gaozu Li Yuan rebelled, he led some people to raise troops to respond to Li Yuan, and he was also the only foreign Li clan relative who responded to him when Tang Gaozu raised troops, so this credit was counted among the founding fathers.

Later, in the battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Tong did not hesitate to stand on the side of his second nephew. Later, Tang Taizong Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution and seized the throne, and Li Tong could be regarded as a good person.

Although Li Tong was not directly involved, he participated in the plot the night before yesterday, drinking with Tang Taizong Li Shimin until dawn, or he sent someone to escort Tang Taizong Li Shimin back to his mansion, so he was looked at by Tang Taizong Li Shimin.

Later, after Tang Taizong succeeded to the throne, he was entrusted with an important task, hoping that he could have a distinguished record, so that he would be promoted and crowned in the future, not because he was a relative of the Li family, but a thousand calculations are better than ten thousand, this is a dou who can't be supported at all.

When Tang Taizong first asked him to fight Yu Wenhua, Li Tong was the first time to fight, this enemy was very weak, Tang Taizong felt that he should practice his hands, but Li Tong had been fighting with his soldiers for a month, and Yu Wenhua's city did not look like it was going to be broken at all. On the contrary, Dou Jiande seized the opportunity, and he took the city of Yu Wenhua in two days.

Later, he fought with Dou Jiande, and as soon as Li Tong heard about Dou Jiande's name, he didn't even defend the city and ran back directly. He ran to Li Ji's place, and Dou Jiande chased after him, broke the city where they were, and then arrested the two together. Dou Jiande was not a very excessive person, he didn't kill him when he was arrested, and later released Li Tong.

Another time, in the battle of encircling and suppressing Liu Heimin, General Li Tong was defeated with one blow, and he actually fled with his cronies in person, losing two-thirds of his soldiers, horses and military supplies.

If General Mo Lin didn't lead the troops to defeat Liu Heimin and wipe his buttocks, I don't know how many Tang Dynasty soldiers he could sacrifice, it was really "a general is incompetent, tired of thousands of troops." ”

"I heard that not long ago, General Mo Lin was awarded the title of Hussar General, and the official rank was promoted to the first rank, which is really gratifying." General Li Tong walked straight to the seat next to General Mo Lin and sat down.

Seeing this, the eunuch holding the teapot hurriedly filled General Li Tong with tea, and the three major generals behind him also took their seats.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, General Li, as the founding father, was also promoted to the general of the auxiliary country, and the three Linglang were also knighted, it is really young and promising, I heard that Liu Heimin is about to move again recently, and the emperor has to send you to send troops to encircle and suppress again, if you return triumphantly, the emperor will have to look at you differently."

Although General Mo Lin spoke to Li Tong, his eyes didn't look at him, he held up the teacup with the palm of his left hand, and touched the pattern on the porcelain tea set with the thumb of his right hand, and there was no sense of protrusion, as if he was born to be printed inside, well, this teacup must be a high-quality porcelain out of the kiln.

Open the lid of the cup, the tea leaves in the teacup are flat, smooth and straight, the color is tender and green, the aroma is fresh and tender, the taste is fresh and sweet, the bottom of the leaves is delicate and delicate, and the color, fragrance, taste and shape of the tea are all in one.

At a glance, I knew that it was Longjing, and I tasted a small sip of tea, sure enough, the special Longjing, the taste is mellow, the color and fragrance are complete, well, extremely fragrant, and the best tea.

General Li Tong saw that General Mo Lin congratulated him, but in fact he didn't raise his eyelids, and saw him take a sip of tea gently, then cover the cup, and put it on the small wooden stool coffee table next to the chair where he was sitting, and the whole movement was as gentle as a scholar.

"Girls are the same, drinking tea is also grinding." General Li Tong secretly cursed in his heart, which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened, he was just defeated by Liu Heimin not long ago, and now he mentions Liu Heimin, and deliberately said that the emperor looked at me differently, and it was clear that he wanted to show a joke to the civil and military officials who were waiting.

Since the emperor became the emperor, he sealed the world and rewarded the meritorious ministers, and a large number of people who were not as good as him have been reused as ministers of the humerus and humerus, and they have won their hearts.

are also generals, why can he Mo Lin be named a hussar general, ranking in the first rank, and I have an official position lower than him, although he is an auxiliary general, but he is a positive second grade, and defeating the battle is not what I want to defeat.

I was the first person to support Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and I once raised troops in Guanxi. But now the people who are not as good as me are above me, and I am really unconvinced. Besides, I'm still the elder of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!

Let's just say that on the day of the last Kaifeng, after hearing that he was appointed as the general of the auxiliary country, after waiting for the next dynasty, he immediately asked Zhang Gonggong to tell him, and after seeing the emperor, he expressed his dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, his nephew would say a lot of words: "Uncle is my dearest, and I respect you very much." But when it comes to the rules of rewarding meritorious deeds, I think you know it too. Although you initiated the rebel army, you did not serve the country, so you cannot be rewarded. Moreover, you have lost two battles, and the rest of us have come to my aid many times, otherwise our army will be defeated. Therefore, I want to reward and reuse them. And you're my uncle, so I'll be rewarded for your fellow contributions as a founding father, okay? ”

Li Tong knew that he Emperor Taizong of Tang was influenced by his words, because of his qualifications and status, he Tang Taizong was afraid that he would make peace with the old departments of the Qin Palace, and he was afraid that the old ministers would be angry, so he gave him the title of General of the Auxiliary State, what is the use, it is not under those pens and generals!

It is said that beating people does not slap their faces, and scolding people does not expose their shortcomings. The two major black spots in Li Tong's life are that he was captured alive by Dou Jiande, and the other was beaten by Liu Heimin and fled. These two things are the pain of Li Tong's life, you are General Molin, and you are still mocking him and slapping him in the face among so many civil and military officials.

The more Li Tong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he had led the dogs and the people to ride horses and had been slightly red from the sun, but now because he thought of those things, he felt that his face was dull, and he only felt that his face was getting hotter and hotter, and his heart was like a fire, and his mouth was getting more and more thirsty, and his dry mouth made him even more irritable in his heart, so he picked up the teacup placed next to him, and drank the tea in it as if it were spring water.

Who knew that the freshly brewed tea was piping hot, and the hot tea was not spit in the mouth, nor was it swallowed, Li Tong just held it in his mouth, his two cheeks were round and round, his eyes were round, and the sweat on his forehead came out silently, quickly condensed into big beads of sweat, and rolled down.

Li Tongguang caught a glimpse of the rest of the others with their heads down and smiling, so he had to swallow the hot tea slowly, his mouth was already hot and numb, and there was a slight smell of blood between his lips and teeth.

"Bastard, dog minion, full of such hot tea for my father to drink, what is his intention, he is so vicious, do you want me to drag it out with a thousand cuts?"

Li Tong's eldest son, Li Mang, immediately bounced up from the chair, walked to the little eunuch standing behind his father with tea, snatched the teapot from the eunuch's hand, and poured more than half of the pot of tea on the little eunuch's face.

If it weren't for the fact that the sword on his body had been confiscated before entering the palace, Li Mang had no weapon in his hand, if he had a sword on his body, I was afraid that this little eunuch would have reported to Lord Yama a long time ago, Li Mang, Li Mang, his reckless and impulsive style of acting really had a fight with his name.

The little eunuch couldn't care about the pain of the separation of skin and flesh on his face, and hurriedly ran forward and knelt down in front of Li Tong, knocking his head on the gold brick like pounding garlic and begging for mercy: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the little one doesn't dare anymore, just spare the life of the minion!"

Ben because of the gold brick is a kind of high-quality paving brick for the use of important buildings such as palaces, the texture is fine, knocking like a metal sonorous sound, the head of the little eunuch is like a chicken pecking rice has been knocking, and suddenly there is a knock in the hall.