When Su Ang walked out of the study, the sky had darkened, the breeze was blowing, and a full moon slowly rose from behind the attic, imprinted in the rippling pool, and the fish swimming in the water could be faintly seen.

Su Ang stood by the pond, looking at the fish steadily, and for a while he had a lot of thoughts, why are people so tired? Every day is like walking on thin ice, for fear that if you are not careful, you will fall into the water.

Thinking of this, Su Ang couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Suddenly, someone seemed to be walking behind him. Su Ang turned around, and it turned out to be Mrs. Huang Yuyan.

Huang Yuyan walked over, put on a long robe for Su Ang, and lightly opened her lips: "It's humid at night, is there anything on my husband's mind when I stand here?" My father would come here from time to time, and he would sit all day, and he seemed to be preoccupied. ”

Su Ang grabbed his wife's soft twing, pulled her into his arms, and said with a chuckle: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about how to meet the emperor tomorrow." How did you get here? ”

"I haven't seen my husband come back for a long time, and I think it's because my father and my husband have been discussing affairs for a long time. In the evening, I didn't see my husband come back, I was afraid that my father would embarrass my husband, so I sent a maid to the study to have a look, and the maid came back and said that I heard that you and my father seemed to have a dispute, and I couldn't rest assured, so I came over. ”

"Don't worry, my father-in-law and I just had a dispute because of a disagreement, and now it has been dealt with. Let's go, let's go back, it's cold at night, don't freeze your body. ”

Huang Yuyan nodded obediently, and let Su Ang carry her to the new house.

There was nothing to say all night, and it was already early in the morning of the second day, Su Ang packed up early, and followed Huang Gongfu to prepare to meet the emperor.

Huang Gongfu got into the luxurious chariot, and Su Ang rode a horse to follow. Halfway through, Huang Gongfu lifted the curtain of the car and beckoned Su Ang to come over, Su Ang approached, Huang Gongfu said: "I forgot to tell you something yesterday, and when I saw the emperor, I had to bow three times and bow nine times, which you must already know." You are a smart person, you know what to say and what not to say in front of the emperor. ”

"Yes, I know."

"Alright, let's go." Huang Gongfu lowered the curtain and sat back down.

When they walked outside the palace gate, there were already a lot of civil and military officials gathered here, everyone saw Huang Gongfu's car approaching, they all stopped talking and looked over, some of the clan elders came over, hugged their fists and saluted, Huang Gongfu took Su Ang to inevitably have a greeting.

After a while, with the sound of bells, the gate of the palace slowly opened, and everyone sorted out their court clothes and walked respectfully towards the Zhaohua Palace.

The first time he met the emperor, Su Ang was a little apprehensive, looking at the emperor sitting on the high dragon chair, he suddenly had a thirst for power in his heart, this feeling was extremely strong, for himself and for his senior brother.

After Su Ang knelt and bowed, Huan Sheng took a closer look and said, "Is this Huang Aiqing's son-in-law, he is really a talent, heroic and extraordinary." I don't know where your ancestors are, what are your abilities? ”

Huan Sheng looked at Su Ang, what he said in front of him was not true, but he was a little resistant to these old nobles, Su Ang entered the court, and their power would be greater, which Huan Sheng was very unwilling to see.

Without waiting for Su Ang to reply, Huang Gongfu had already walked out and said, "The son-in-law is from Shunzhou, and he followed his teacher into the mountain to learn art in the early years, and he just went down the mountain not long ago. The minister saw that his appearance and character were good, so he recruited a son-in-law. He has learned a wide range of things, is familiar with the science of governing the world, and is well versed in the art of leading soldiers. Your Majesty, now the court is lacking such young talents, so the ministers have the courage to recommend to the emperor. ”

"Okay, Huang Aiqing is meritocracy, she doesn't avoid relatives, she is really an important minister of the country, and it is not in vain that I trust you so much. It's just that if I entrust him with a heavy task like this, I am afraid that the officials of the DPRK and China will not accept it, how can this be good? Huan Sheng's face was slightly embarrassed.

"This ......" Huang Gongfu understood in his heart that this was just a pretext, after the withdrawal of the self-reform faction in the DPRK and China, there were only the neutral faction and their group of patriarchs, who would disagree with this, but he couldn't say it clearly, "Everything is up to the emperor." ”

Huang Gongfu secretly looked at Yan Yifan, Yan Yifan saw this, his heart moved, he walked out of the train, smiled, and said: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, you might as well take the test to teach, if you have real talent and real learning, you can be entrusted with important tasks, if you are just a person with a false name, then you can directly be punished according to the crime of bullying the king." ”

Huan Sheng glanced around, saw that no one spoke, and thought about it in his heart: most of the officials in the court are old and decrepit, just like Da Si Nong, and now is also the time for the handover of green and yellow, if you don't introduce young talents, once something happens, no one can support it, so just take a look and say, if you really have real talent, use it first, and find a crime to drive him out of the court in the future, or kill him directly.

Huan Sheng smiled, "Okay, then it's up to Yan Aiqing." Since it is said that he can both govern and martial arts, then ask Wenzhi first. Su Ang, you listen, I ask you what is the business of a king? ”

Su Angluo took a step forward and bowed his hand, saying: "Your Majesty, the so-called business of the king can actually be divided into two sides, the king, the people are convinced, and they are willing to bow down and profess their ministers, so that the world will come to congratulate; The hegemons mostly use force to intimidate the world, so that they have to bow down to the vassals, and this kind of wind and waves, the slightest mistake, will be doomed. This grass people's foolish opinion is also. ”

"Then what do you think the king should rule the country with so that all the people can congratulate him?" The person who walked out of the civil official sequence in his fifties for a year, he was born tall and burly, with a beard, and he did not look like a civil official at all. I just listened to the public talk about the way to govern the country, and I was confused, so I asked questions, and I hope to forgive me. ”

Su Ang looked at He Miao, and couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous, the person who could ask such a question was actually in the high position of the official in the middle school, which was really ridiculous.

But Su Ang can't say that he will come out, because this answer can only praise Zhao Guo's way of governing the country, who dares to say that it is not good? Now he couldn't help but answer, Su Ang had to return the salute and said: "The Zhao Dynasty has lasted for a hundred years, and naturally has its own strategy for governing the country, since it can last for a hundred years, it means that the strategy of the dynasty to govern the country conforms to the will of heaven." The grass people are not talented, and they also agree with this, so they naturally dare not make a big statement. ”

He Miao laughed, "Isn't this different from not saying it?" He then returned to the train.

Huan Sheng then said: "I also want to know how to make the world more prosperous, I wonder if the public can discuss it?" ”

"Your Majesty, according to the views of the grass people, if the country is a unified country, it should be based on benevolent government and the legal system as the framework, so that the people can be stable, the world will be obedient, the lawless people will return to the right path, and the territory will be protected from foreign enemies!"

Su Ang's voice surrounded the hall for a long time, the ministers were dumbfounded, Huan Sheng lowered his head and thought about it, Uncle Yang was severely punished when he was in the court, which caused a lot of old nobles to be uneasy, and today I listened to Su Ang's words, and I felt that there was some truth.

"Well, it makes sense, and I listened carefully. Do you still have to take the test? ”

At the end of the train, a gray-haired man walked out tremblingly and said, "Since you have been studying art for a long time, don't you know if you can understand the rhythm of music?" ”

"The grass people occasionally listen to the teacher talk about the study of music and rhythm, and they are not proficient." Su Ang replied.

"In that case, can you know where the rhythm of music comes from, and can Li Shu know the rhythm of music?"

"Whoever has a sound in the world can be called a rhythm, so this Tao comes from all things in the world. The people are humming casually, don't they know the rhythm? If you don't know the rhythm of music, what is the one who hums? ”

The man shook his head, "All of them are mortal, how can they enter the hall of elegance." ”

"No, if you say it according to this, then most of the "Book of Songs" will not be able to ascend to the hall of elegance."

Huan Sheng smiled and said, "Okay, okay, no matter what." Su Ang, since you said that you can do both martial arts, now that you know about this martial arts, I don't know how martial arts are? Which general might as well compete with him? ”

"Your Majesty, the hall is solemn, how can you move the sword soldiers? You might as well go to the school so that we can see the skills of Lord Huang's son-in-law. Someone in the military commander sequence said loudly, causing everyone to respond.

"Okay, let's head to the schoolyard." Huan Sheng got up and walked out first, and the ministers followed.

The Imperial City Campus is located outside the north gate of the Imperial City, covering an area of more than ten miles. When everyone entered, it suddenly became lively. Huan Sheng walked to the high platform to the north and sat down, and a group of ministers followed and stood up.

"Then let's take a look at the art of mounted archery."

A guard had already set up a wooden target at fifty paces, Su Ang stepped on the horse, strangled the horse and ran to the side, holding the bow in his left hand, holding an arrow in his right hand, pulling the bowstring, and falling with a "catch" sound, the arrow came out in response, hitting the bull's-eye, and there was a cheer around.

"Good!" Huan Sheng clapped his hands and applauded, "You might be able to shoot at a moving target?" ”

"Grass people are willing to give it a try!"

Hearing Su Ang's answer, Huang Gongfu's hand was clenched tightly, at first he was a little sure, but now that he has changed the moving target position, I don't know if he can still shoot, if he doesn't hit, it will not only be Su Ang, but I am afraid that he will not be able to raise his head in front of the emperor in the future.

But Huang Gongfu is not the only one who thinks like this, Huan Sheng looked at Huang Gongfu who was a little flustered, and sneered in his heart, if he can't win, see how you Huang Gongfu will show off his power in the future.

Su Ang didn't know this, but he reined in his horse, stared at the moving target tightly, clenched the bowstring, stretched the bow and set the arrow, and waited until the bow was full, quickly let go, the bowstring made a crisp sound of "boom", and the arrow went straight through the bull's-eye. The soldier behind him was startled, and cold sweat quickly flowed down his forehead.

Another round of cheers resounded throughout the school field. Huang Gongfu breathed a sigh of relief, and his clenched hands slowly loosened.

Huan Sheng chuckled and clapped his hands and stood up. "Well, it's really powerful, this bow needs a stone to be full, I never thought that not only the bow was fully drawn, but even the arrow target was shot through. Okay, it's really a great blessing for the country to have such a brave person," Huan Sheng looked at Huang Gongfu again and said, "Lord Huang really has a pair of discerning eyes, and he can recognize such a person." Go, go back to the palace, I want to reward you well. ”

Huan Sheng's Luan drove in front, followed by the carriages of a group of ministers, and it was really a rare scenery from a distance. Su Ang's reputation will also resound in the mouths of the imperial city from now on.