Tang Guan is very depressed today, to be precise, he has been quite depressed recently.

That day, he took Li Mu's poems to Hongwen Hall as his own poems, planning to kill two birds with one stone, find some trouble for Li Mu, and also add some blockage to Kong Yingda. But he didn't expect Kong Yingda's combat effectiveness to be so poor, he lay on the ground in front of Li Mu after just one move, and he hadn't left the mansion for almost a month today. And he, because the matter was caused by him, and he was Li Mu's stepbrother, the angry professors and students didn't dare to go to Li Mu's trouble, so they came to find him awkwardly, and he didn't know how much he was bullied in Hongwenguan for more than half a month, and how much he suffered a lot of losses, and he was very sad to think about.

As for Li Mu's side, since that day, Tang Guan has never dared to appear in front of him. Especially after seeing Li Mu's stunned Kong Yingda and many subsequent deeds, he didn't dare to show his face. He was afraid of Li Mu's revenge, so he was thinking about whether to go back to his hometown in Bingzhou to hide for two years.

But today, he couldn't hide. Because his father Tang Jian learned a secret news when he was facing the saint. His Majesty intends to correct the name of Datang Daily, and Li Mu handles this matter. Li Mu plans to select and compile in the Hongwen Pavilion, Chongwen Pavilion, and Guozijian, select the outstanding ones, and recommend them as 'Imperial Walking', although this is only a small official tentatively designated as the Nine Grades, but it is a big step to enter the body, walking in front of the Emperor, you can listen to the court discussions, and show your face in front of the emperor. And since the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, he must have the heart to take the school examination, in case he meets the holy will, wouldn't it soar to the sky?

Even if you don't have this luck, you will have to take the imperial examination in the next year, and the people selected by Li Mu this time are all among the candidates for next year's examination, and the articles they write are nothing more than the government and the people's livelihood, which are all things that the emperor values.

Therefore, when Tang Jian returned home, he asked Tang Guan to visit Li Mu. Although he is a prince of the country, the future of future generations cannot be arranged. The eldest son can inherit the title, but when it comes to the second son, he can only wait for the emperor's grace. Tang Jianyan has a total of seven sons, six of whom have been favored by Li Shimin, the eldest son Tang Songling, Taichang Siqing, the second son Tang Meng, Zhechong Lieutenant, the third son Tang Tongren, Sinong Shaoqing, the fourth son Tang Jiahui, Xinzhou Thorn History, the fifth son Tang Shanzhi, just a few days ago Li Shimin's grace, given as the concubine of Princess Yuzhang, the sixth son Tang Zhiyi, is also currently serving in the army. The six sons have been arranged, and the emperor's grace is continuous. There are so many royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City, and there are few who are so favored. When he arrived at his youngest son Tang Guan, Tang Jian really didn't have the cheekiness to ask Li Shimin anymore.

Now that Li Mu has a chance here, as Li Mu's cheap stepfather, he is a good family, so naturally he doesn't have to use it in vain, so Tang Jian sent Tang Guan over. The sheep were slaughtered in the house today, Tang Guan was not empty-handed, and brought one over, although he also knew that Li Mu was very rich now, and there was no shortage of sheep, but he had nothing else to bring, so he was worried about being beaten empty-handed, so he still brought it over.

Came to the door of the Hou Mansion and looked at the four big characters of the Royal Pen's inscription of 'Chasing the Hou Mansion'. Tang Guan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, compared with Li Mu, if he was born in a family, the Tang family in Bingzhou was only slightly inferior to the five surnames and seven hopes, his father Tang Jian was in a high position, and he won the trust of two generations of emperors, and no one dared to bully him in the world, and Li Mu went out of the small city around him, and the son of the halberd chief was also, how could he compare. In terms of age, Li Mu is only two years older than him. Many people in the Hongwen Pavilion who are the same age as Li Mu are still reading the Analects, and when it comes to composing poetry, eight out of ten can't. And Li Mu was already able to compose poems to make Kong Sheng's descendants faint. Let people not be angry, is there really a genius born to know in this world?

"Knock."

Tang Guan rode on his horse and commanded his entourage. He is a handsome son, so naturally he can't carry the sheep by himself, so when he came, he brought a few followers. One of the attendants answered, went to the door and knocked, and after only two knocks, the porter opened the door. He had seen Tang Guan, recognized it, and saw that he was coming, so he hurriedly said: "Tang Gongzi is here, please hurry, Hou Ye is busy in the studio, and he ordered not to disturb, Tang Gongzi can be in the lobby later, and the little one will go and inform Madame." ”

Tang Jian got off the horse, threw the reins to the entourage, pointed to the sheep on the retinue's shoulder, and said, "Today, when the sheep was slaughtered in the house, I brought one to my brother." ”

The porter hurriedly said, "Thank you, Son." ”

"Hmm," Tang Guan snorted and stepped inside. Before he had taken two steps, he suddenly heard the sound of the wind in his ears, followed by a loud sound of stones cracking, and his hairs stood on end in fright, and when he looked closely, a huge axe flew over a foot or so beside him and smashed into the rockery. The handle of the axe, with its chains, was thrown.

"There are assassins!" Tang Guan pulled his neck and screamed, and got behind the gatehouse.

With this shout, I saw that more than a dozen people appeared out of thin air on the roofs, walls, and hidden places, Tang Guan saw it, and was so frightened that he lay on the ground, covered his head and shouted: "The hero spares his life, I am a passerby, let me live!" ”

Li Mu came out from behind the pillar, sighed, and said, "This is my stepbrother who is chasing the deer marquis, it's really embarrassing." ”

"Huh?" Tang Guan got up from the ground, saw Li Chongyi's hand shake, and the giant axe returned to his hand, who didn't know that it had been tricked, and said angrily: "You...... You porter, you're not honest! ”

He originally wanted to be angry at Li Mu, but he didn't dare to say it, so he had to give it to the porter.

The gate valve hurriedly smiled and said: "Childe dissipates his anger, we don't know, we have been coming at the door......"

"Humph!" Tang Guan got up from the ground, held back his anger, and bowed to Li Mu: "Brother is above, the younger brother did something wrong a few days ago, and he has been ashamed in his heart so far, and he has not dared to appear in front of his brother, today his father taught him a lesson, and the younger brother suddenly woke up and came to apologize......" At this time, his entourage came in with a sheep, and Tang Guan hurriedly said: "Today, the sheep were slaughtered in the house, and I brought one to my brother." ”

"Oh, there's a heart." Li Mu smiled and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

Tang Guan shook his head.

"Then go back and bring a good one for my mother and your father."

“……”

Seeing Li Mu turn around to leave, Tang Guan felt as if there were 10,000 pregnant grass and mud horses galloping by. That's not right, what about the number of good gifts? Seeing that the sun is setting, why do you have to stay for a meal?

Seeing that Li Mu was about to go away, Tang Guan remembered his father's instructions, and said stiffly: "Brother, the younger brother has been trained for several hours, and he hasn't eaten lunch, this is ......."

Li Mu's voice came from afar: "There is a soup cake shop on the street, and I don't have the money to let the porter get it for you." ”

"I was wrong!" Tang Guan finally put down his face, pulled his neck and shouted. Li Mu stopped at this time, turned around and said, "Who is wrong?" ”

"I was wrong."

"Who?"

Tang Guan clenched his teeth and said, "I, the son of Ju Guogong Tang Jian, Tang Guan, I was wrong!" I'm sorry for my brother, I haven't apologized in time, I'm a heinous crime. Please forgive my brother, after today, only my brother will look forward! ”

"That's right!" Li Mu walked over with a smile, helped Tang Guan up, and said, "How about it, isn't it very comfortable to say the words that are holding back in your heart." I know that you have wanted to apologize to me for a long time, because you are afraid that I will retaliate against you, that day when you saw me from a distance in the racecourse, you were so frightened that you ran away, why bother, I am also your brother, and I am a well-known adult, how can I be as knowledgeable as you. Apologize to me, and I'll forgive you! Yo yo yo, why do you still have tears in your eyes? Don't you regret taking your entourage, such a humiliating scene, if it gets out, your majesty will be swept away in the future......"

Tang Guan was poked in the sore spot again and again, if he really couldn't provoke Li Mu, he really wanted to be angry with the crown...... But this thought, after seeing Li Siwen holding a giant axe behind Li Mu, completely disappeared without a trace. There is no normal person in this Zhuluhou Mansion, flying around with such a big axe, he is sick! What to do if you hurt someone? No, you can't hurt anyone, because as long as you touch it, that person will definitely die, and there is no chance of injury.

The matter has come to this, what more shamelessness. The heart is indeed a lot easier as Li Mu said, the broken jar is broken, anyway, it's like this.

Tang Guan hung his head, automatically avoided Li Mu's ridicule, and said: "Brother, the younger brother came this time because my father heard that the Datang Daily was going to recruit editors in the Hongwen Pavilion when he was discussing with His Majesty, and wanted me to give it a try." If the elder brother thinks that the younger brother can do it, he will give it a hand, and the younger brother will be grateful. ”

"What a big deal should I be, it's okay, it's on my brother."

Tang Guan looked at Li Mu with a blank eye, not knowing if what he said was true or not. I said yes so quickly, it always felt like something was wrong.

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "What, is there any suspicion?" Look at my eyes, don't they have the word sincerity written in them? The left eye is true, the right eye is sincere, you look carefully, can't you see it? ”

"I saw it, I saw it!" Tang Guan nodded hurriedly, how dare he say that he didn't see it.

Li Mu patted Tang Guan on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it too much, there are guests in the house today, it's inconvenient to keep you, otherwise your brother and I will have a pair of chopsticks?" It's not right for you to think so! ”

"Yes, yes, it's the little brother's fault, it's all the little brother's fault."

"I'll forgive you this time, let's go!" Suddenly, Li Mu remembered something, patted his head, stopped Tang Guan again, and said: "I have made a new wine, called 'Zhuangyuan Hong', you take the two jars and give them to your stepfather to taste." ”

"Ahh As soon as Tang Guan heard that there was new wine, also called 'Zhuangyuan Hong', he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and hurriedly said, "Thank you, brother." ”

"Go ahead."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and left. Turning the corridor, Li Chongyi asked, "Boss, I don't think he's a righteous person. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "If you don't talk about righteousness, isn't it also my stepbrother?" Besides, as far as your boss and I are popular, I'm afraid I can't find someone with the same heart as me, rather than cheapening others, it's better to cheapen this kid. Go and talk to the cook, the sheep he brought will be roasted tonight, and treat the people of Zhangjiazhai to entertain them. ”