The surname is Li, Xing Si, fat into a ball, and the characteristics are already obvious. Of course, with three points, it can only be said that the little fat man in front of him is a rich child, and it is impossible to conclude that he is Li Tai, but unfortunately, when Li Tai bent over, Li Mu saw the collar of his robe leaking from the back of his neck.

This kind of material, embedded with gold thread, is exactly the same material as the inner lining of the court dress sewn by Empress Changsun that Li Mu got a few days ago.

In this way, the logical puzzle is complete. The surname is Li, Xingsi, fat into a ball, and he also wears clothes made of tribute brocade unique to the palace. If Li Mu couldn't guess that he was Li Tai, then he really had to find a doctor to see if his head was in water.

He was about to reveal Li Tai's identity, but after thinking about it, this little fat man wasted so much strength, and finally dressed up like this, if he was exposed all at once, would it make him very faceless?

Thinking like this, he hesitated for a moment.

Li Tai was already fat, and when he was in the palace on weekdays, everything that exceeded the weight of a book was taken by the maid for him. Now holding this four or five pounds of burden for a long time, his arms have long been unable to bear the strength, he can't hear Li Mu's response for a long time, and he is also very anxious in his heart, he looked up and peeked, and saw that Li Mu didn't look like he was going to agree, Li Tai turned his heart sideways, and he was about to kneel......

Although the prince is the most expensive, there are five, but they are still not to be worshipped. One is the sky, the second is the earth, the third is the king, the fourth is the family, and the fifth is the teacher. In ancient times, apprenticeship was a very important thing.

After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he once revised the 'ceremony', called the "Kaiyuan Ceremony". Among them, for the prince's apprenticeship, the details are stipulated. The prince apprentices to the teacher, and he also has to pay tribute to the bundle. Specifically: five horses of silk silk, two buckets of sake, and three boats of dried meat, placed in one basket. When he saluted, the prince put on his student uniform and went to the teacher's door, put three gifts in the southwest corner, and asked, "I don't know if I can enter the meeting if I can study with Mr. Xiang today?" After the teacher agreed, he came out to meet him. The prince knelt down, bowed to the teacher, bowed three times, and the teacher bowed back three times, at this time the prince should step back, indicating that he would avoid the teacher's return, and then kneel down and pick up the basket, pay tribute to the teacher, bow again, and then withdraw.

Guozijian, Chongwenguan, Hongwenguan, and state and county students are also like this for the first time, and the etiquette is the same, but in terms of restraint, due to different situations, it is gradually reduced.

Li Tai worshipped his master, and his master was also an old acquaintance of Li Mu, serving Wang Qi. At that time, Wang Qi was demoted to Wangzhou because of Li Jiancheng's advice, and after Li Shimin ascended the throne. But it didn't take long for Li Shimin to find that there were few available people around him, and Wang Qi was indeed talented, so he transferred him back with another will.

In order to calm his heart, Li Shimin ordered Wang Qi to teach his second son Li Tai, who was responsible for teaching Li Tai the way of loyalty and filial piety, so Li Tai worshipped Wang Qi as a teacher. But in fact, Wang Jue just occupied his name and did not teach Li Tai much. The books he has read, Li Tai has also read. And the way of loyalty and filial piety, all kinds of classics have long been discussed thoroughly, and Wang Qi can't say anything unusual. Li Shimin asked Wang Qi to teach Li Taizhong and filial piety to know, in fact, it was more to remind him not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Even so, Li Tai also abides by his duty as a disciple to Wang Jue. When you meet, you will treat them with a teacher. And now, Li Mu has answered Baiji's question, as if he is already the first person in Datang's arithmetic. If you worship him as a teacher, you can learn the real skills. Therefore, Li Tai only hesitated for a moment, and his thirst for knowledge made him bow down without hesitation.

This frightened Li Mu, even if his historical achievements never exceeded sixty points, but he also knew that the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not Li Tai, nor Li Chengqian, but Li Zhi, who was only two years old this year. Although the little fat man in front of him still doesn't see the slightest appearance of seeking the throne, if he worships the teacher at this time, it will be difficult to get rid of his relationship when the day comes.

Li Mucai was reluctant to leave such a hidden danger, so at the moment when Li Tai was about to kneel, Li Mu took a step forward and firmly held his arm, not letting him kneel.

"Ben Hou doesn't accept apprentices! Even if you accept it, you won't accept the apprentices who are fat into balls. It's good that you have a heart to learn, but before you lose weight successfully, don't think about worshipping me as a teacher, it's impossible! ”

Li Tai was stupid, he thought of countless reasons that might be rejected, so he pretended to be a poor student and sold miserably. But he never imagined that he would be rejected for the reason of 'fat', what's wrong with fat? I'm here to learn knowledge, not to work, fat is a little fat, just have a good brain!

Li Tai was anxious and said, "Ben...... I, I'm a little fatter, but I'm here to study, if you don't accept it, you won't accept it, why do you want to discriminate against me? ”

"It's not discrimination, how can it be discrimination? I mean, you're a piece of waste, and Benhou doesn't look down on you. ”

Li Mu has decided not to expose Li Tai's identity, since he doesn't have to worry about his status as a prince, one of them is a Hou Ye, and the other is a poor student, Li Mu can naturally speak without scruples, he walked next to Li Tai, suddenly raised his hand and pinched his double chin, Li Tai was stunned, he lived so big, except for his biological mother, Queen Changsun, who pinched his chin. Even the eldest grandson queen, after he left the palace and established the mansion, he never pinched it again. This deer hou, dare to insult me like this!

Li Tai was greatly stimulated, tears were in his eyes, and he was speechless with anger.

Li Mu pinched Li Tai's double chin, and found that it felt very good, so he pinched it twice, and said: "Don't be unconvinced, it just so happens that Ben Hou has free today, come, let's sit down, and I'll tell you in detail, why are you a waste." ”

Li Mu waved his hand, signaled Li Chongyi and the others to enter the house from the side door, and pulled Li Tai to sit on the stone steps at the door.

Li Tai snorted, glared at Li Mu unconvinced, and said, "I want to listen to Master Hou, what can I say!" ”

"Look at you, you're young, you're always excited, since I say so, of course I have a reason." Li Mu is determined to stab Li Tai's self-esteem, only in this way can he dispel his idea of apprenticeship, otherwise when Li Shimin comes down with a will, he will not accept it, nor will he accept it.

"Look at you, what does it mean to wear a 'shabby' and patched outfit? It means that your family is poor! "Li Mu is talking nonsense with his eyes open, even if the raw clothes that Li Tai is wearing outside are not made of tribute brocade, it is also a good silk, and he can't buy one without five yuan of money.

But Li Tai thought that this was his own 'clever plan', which was to make Li Mu think that he was poor. He had read the Datang Daily and knew all kinds of things that happened between Li Mu and the gate lord family, and he was afraid that Li Mu would treat him as a child of the family and refuse to teach him.

"My family is poor, does Master Hou look down on me?" Li Tai has read a lot of history books, and plans to use the 'radical method' recorded in the book. But he was obviously still too tender, and before the next sentence could be said, Li Mu interrupted.

Li Mu said seriously: "Yes, I look down on it." ”

"You!"

"Let me ask you, are you sick?"

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Li Mu wanted to ask such a question, but he still replied: "Although I am fatter, I am not sick. ”

"You're not sick, your family is still very poor, but you're still eating so fat." Li Mu looked at Li Tai's eyes, lashed him at the soul level, and said, "Is this reasonable? ”

“……”

"Are you worthy of your father? You have eaten yourself so fat, you can imagine that your father and mother must be short of clothes and skinny. Pathetic! ”

"No ......" Li Tai wanted to defend himself, but before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by Li Mu: "It's terrible!" ”

A plosive sound sprayed Li Tai's saliva all over his face. Li Tai raised his hand and wiped it, this time he was really going to cry.

"A person who has no filial piety in his heart, how can I accept him as a disciple?" As he spoke, Li Mu pulled his burden out of Li Tai's arms again, opened it, and there were ten strips of dried meat inside. Li Mu saw that the jerky was quite good, and it happened that he hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he took one and tore it open and put it in his mouth.

Sure enough, it is worthy of Li Shimin's favorite child, this jerky turned out to be beef. I don't know if it's like the Cheng family's cow, an unfortunate cow that unfortunately broke its leg, and it tastes so good.

Li Tai looked at Li Mu munching dumbfounded, and said secretly in his heart, this Zhulu Hou is not particular, I sincerely worship you as a teacher, if you don't accept me, it's okay to demean me, you still eat my jerky...... It's beef jerky, is it so easy to get? If it weren't for the fact that the Cheng family's cow broke its leg last month and gave a cow leg to my father, who took pity on me and gave me these jerky, where would I have these jerky.

In order to worship you as a teacher, this king brought you all the dried meat that he was reluctant to eat. You don't accept me, and you eat my jerky......

Li Tai is only ten years old, he has never seen such a shameless person, he can't hold it in his heart, and he cried loudly.

"It's useless for you to cry, I still have to say." Li Mu snatched the burden in his hand and continued: "Your family is so poor, and your parents raised you so fat, and they still provide you with education. It's already good for you, you should study hard. Strive for the first place in the imperial examination next year, and take the Jinshi exam or something. How big is the official of the Jinshi Branch, and how big is the official of the Ming Arithmetic Department? Even if I teach you, when the time comes, will a nine-grade petty official be right for your parents? ”

"It's just that you don't want to make progress, and you forced your parents to buy so much jerky for you to bring to apprenticeship. Tell me yourself, are you still an individual? I said you were a piece of shit, did I say you wrong? Do you feel very ashamed now? ”

Li Tai cried even more sadly, and he was about to smoke.

Li Mu saw Li Tai crying so sadly, worried that he was really good, and didn't dare to scold anymore. grabbed a handful of silver from his arms, didn't look at much, stuffed it into Li Tai's hand, and said, "Although I can't take you as an apprentice, I still have to keep these jerky, otherwise if you take it home, you will definitely eat it yourself." For the sake of your parents, I bought this jerky. If you take the money back, remember to give it to your father, but you can't spend it yourself. ”

At this moment, Li Mu suddenly felt cold behind him, and just as he was about to turn around, he heard a familiar voice coming from behind him: "Give it to me directly, I am his father." ”