The topic of the portrait of the hero is actually not sensitive, many powerful people in Chang'an City are talking about this matter openly and secretly, Li Zhi threw this topic to the Wu family, it seems to be a casual chatter, but with the current IQ and experience of the Wu family, it is obvious that he will not be idiotic enough to think that Li Zhi is really just chatting with her.

Therefore, Wu's answer was well thought out in a short period of time, and the effect she wanted to achieve was not only to cater to Li Zhi's ideas, but also to be a blockbuster, so as to get Li Zhi's attention.

As a staff member, this is a basic skill that must be possessed.

Wu's current situation in the Jin Wangfu is not good, sensitive and meticulous like her, naturally she has long noticed that Li Zhi is wary of her, this kind of wariness is unavoidable, it is the cause of her own planting, just because she was too impatient when she defected to Li Zhi, and it was Li Sufu who came up, after all, she left a bad impression on Li Zhi, aggressive, disloyal, and so on.

It is too difficult to reverse these bad impressions, Wu has been conscientious since the first day she entered the Jin Palace, she has been conscientious and conscientious since the first day of entering the Jin Palace, everything she handles can be called perfect, and she is also very low-key and humble, never showing her edge, in the eyes of the rest of the palace, this woman can assist His Royal Highness the King of Jin, which is simply a great blessing for the King of Jin.

However, Li Zhi was the only one who didn't appreciate it, and his attitude towards her has always been very cold, no matter how beautiful the things handled by the Wu family, in Li Zhi's eyes, he nodded at best.

Such a situation is undoubtedly very dangerous for the Wu family, and there is a possibility of being swept away at any time.

The wariness is difficult to eliminate, so she can only show more and slowly reverse Li Zhi's opinion, so Wu Shi showed great patience, as always, low-key and humble, she knows very well that Li Zhi is the only way she has worked hard to open up, no matter how many steps forward, there is a cliff behind her, and she has no way out.

"Fair? How can it be fair? Li Zhi's brows furrowed, it was obvious that Wu's answer was very dissatisfied with him.

Wu lowered his head and said unhurriedly: "Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Grandpa Li is only in his twenties this year, and the people who are on the portrait of heroes are either famous ministers or founding veterans, if Grandpa Li is on the portrait of heroes, His Royal Highness thinks it is a good thing for Grandpa Li?" ”

This answer is good, and Li Zhi's face finally eased slightly.

"According to what you say, just because you are young, you can vainly regard this person as a credit for the Tang Dynasty? What is the significance of the portrait of a meritorious person if the merit is judged by age? In the Han Dynasty, the hussar general Huo Qu was only seventeen years old and led a light cavalry to attack the Xiongnu royal court, and was named the champion marquis, and Ganluo was twelve years old during the Warring States period......"

Li Zhi was still unwilling and kept chattering.

Before he finished speaking, Wu sighed and said leisurely: "None of the people listed by His Highness have died well. ”

Li Zhi's words came to an abrupt end, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

"Your Royal Highness, this is the case, the young man's edge is not a good omen, Grandpa Li is not a worldly talent, more aware of current affairs, I have been in Grandpa Li's mansion for two years, I have seen Grandpa Li more and more restrained year by year, his edge is like a sharp sword, it will definitely be out of the sheath when it should be exposed, and it will inevitably return to the sheath after drinking blood, the real famous sword will never always be exposed in front of outsiders, most of the time, the sword is honestly in the scabbard, unless you meet an enemy who is qualified to let it out of the sheath, Your Highness, This is Grandpa Li's way of life, no longer when he was young, introverted can make people go further, and hiding the edge is the best love for the famous sword. ”

Li Zhi nodded thoughtfully.

"Don't say it, don't think so, you say that...... Brother Zizheng has indeed not seen him show his edge for several years, lazy and harmless to people and animals all day long, I often say that he is more and more like a gentleman in the family of the powerful, even some of the things he planned for me, he always hid behind and planned, never exposed himself, so to speak, he ...... In the restrained edge? ”

Wu smiled: "Yes, I have seen countless smart people in the world, and Grandpa Li is undoubtedly the smartest one." ”

Li Zhi stared at her with interest: "You know him well?" ”

Wu's face turned red and shook his head: "If I knew him, I wouldn't have come out of his mansion to join His Highness." In fact, over the past year, he has become more and more unfathomable, no one knows what he was thinking when he was lying in a daze under the ginkgo tree in the middle of the yard all day, it is certain that he must think higher and farther than me, and what I plan is not as good as what Grandpa Li is. ”

Li Zhi was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Although I don't know much about you, I can also be sure that when you were in Brother Zizheng's mansion, you must have thought about being his woman, and you were even willing to be nameless and pointless, but Brother Zizheng rejected you, right?" ”

Wu Shi was startled, his pretty face first red and then white, and gradually appeared a little ashamed.

"Your Highness has asked Grandpa Li about me?"

Li Zhi said with a smile: "No need to ask, Miss Wu, although your city is quite deep, but after all, it is still inferior to Brother Zizheng, he knows the introverted edge at his current age, but you don't seem to understand this truth, and besides, your face has exposed too many secrets." ”

Looking at the embarrassed Wu family, the smile on Li Zhi's face gradually converged, his eyes stared at her face, and he said slowly: "I don't know how you acted before, but since you decided to assist me, you have to set up some rules, simply put, I have the same temperament as Brother Zizheng, and I can't tolerate the practice of hurting heaven and reason in my eyes, although it is easier to achieve the goal by unscrupulous means, but in addition to power, I also have the heart to look up to heaven and earth, whether I can be the emperor or not in this life, I hope that my hands are clean." Zhou Gong set the ceremony, Confucius and Mencius made Confucianism, everything in the world, there is always a law and rules that do not violate benevolence and righteousness, and this is also my rule. ”

Wu Shi was stunned, quickly put away the shame and indignation on his face, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Remember the training of His Highness, and never contradict it." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "This is very good, Miss Wu, don't blame me for being reckless, it's better to say everything ugly in front, let's make a rule first, and have a certificate for rewarding and punishing in the future, it's better than not teaching and punishing, in other words, well...... 'don't say it's unpredictable'." ”

Wu Shi was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, I am not harmless, and my determination to assist His Highness is what I sincerely expect, and I only want to exchange my talents for a safe life." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Brother Zizheng often says that the emphasis between people is 'communication', this word is a bit tongue-twisting, but it makes a lot of sense, you see, we used to have a lot of estrangement, and after today's face-to-face 'communication', misunderstanding is good, estrangement is good, is it a lot less?" ”

Wu Shiqiang smiled: "Yes." ”

Li Zhiruo said meaningfully: "If you don't live up to me, why is it difficult to settle down?" ”

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Walking out of the main hall and standing under the corridor outside the hall, the cold wind blew by, and the Wu clan shivered silently, and then showed a complicated wry smile.

Obviously he has left the Jingyang County Mansion, but why does he always feel that he has not escaped from his shadow, but is getting bigger and bigger?

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The third day of October in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan.

Taiji Palace suddenly sent a will, which was promulgated by Shangshu Province and spread to the world.

The Son of Heaven set up the portrait of the heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion, in order to show the achievements of the founding heroes of the past from the dragon Dingding, and set up the portrait on the Lingyan Pavilion of the Taiji Palace.

A total of 24 portraits of heroes are depicted by the famous Yan Liben of the time, and the 24 founding literary and martial artists are all full body portraits, and enjoy the incense offerings of the Tang Dynasty kings for generations.

As soon as this will comes out, the whole world will be in awe.

On the fourth day of the first month of October, the bell tower of Taiji Palace rings the bell to summon the civil and military officials in Beijing, and the civil and military officials above the fourth rank enter the palace in court clothes and stand in shifts on the square in front of the Lingyan Pavilion.

The cold wind of late autumn swept up the dead leaves on the ground and swirled and fluttered in mid-air.

Li Shimin was wearing a dragon robe, standing solemnly in front of a quadrangular statue in front of Lingyan Pavilion, with his hands raised and his eyes closed, as if he was reminiscing about the past eventful years.

Nearly a thousand courtiers behind him stood with their heads bowed, but the crowd in the square was silent.

Time seems to stop at this moment, go backwards, flow back to the years when the Jin Ge Iron Horse dominated the world, when the heroes were all over the sky, when the rebels were all over the place, and the scene at that time was a scene of heroes galloping across the field, and heroes passed away in the twilight......

In the past, where are the heroes of the past?

In the autumn breeze of Li Shimin's independence, he suddenly found that he was the only hero left in the world.

Turning around slowly, Li Shimin looked at the familiar faces behind him, and a deep loneliness suddenly rose in his heart.

Some of the brothers who are kind-hearted to each other have passed away, and some are still alive, whether they are dead or alive, they have finally become kings and ministers.

At this moment, the mood seems to be more bleak than the autumn wind.

A eunuch held a bright yellow holy decree, cleared his throat, took two steps forward, and was about to start reciting the holy decree, Li Shimin didn't know what he remembered, waved his hand at the eunuch, and said lightly: "Order...... Jingyang County Gong Li Su proclaimed. ”

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, obviously Li Shimin's decision was too unexpected, and then immediately bowed and saluted, and raised his voice in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty has a decree, and I order Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, to come forward and announce the decree——"

The words fell, and there was a whispering discussion in the crowd, Li Su originally stood in the crowd with his eyes and nose, and his nose and heart stood in the crowd in a low-key manner, and he couldn't help but stay for a moment when he heard the eunuch's summons, and then he didn't know who kicked him in the buttocks.

"Porcelain, I'm stunned, don't hurry up, it's a big bargain for you to pick up."

Without looking back, he could hear Li Ji's voice, Li Su finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed his body and walked forward quickly.

While walking, he thought about Li Shimin's intentions, and soon Li Su figured it out.

First, the portrait of the meritorious hero of Lingyan Pavilion was proposed by Li Su, and secondly, these days about whether he Li Su can be on the portrait of the meritorious hero has caused a lot of controversy in the Chang'an court, Li Su is really a wonderful flower in the nearly 30 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the most incredible thing is that he is so young, but he has made so many contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and he has carefully counted his achievements, whether it is making firearms, guarding Xizhou, introducing rice seeds, or being ordered to quell the chaos, and offer countless suggestions...... There are too many merits, and they are not inferior to any of the founding heroes, but unfortunately, Li Su's age is too young, and he is not the minister of Conglong during the Gaozu Uprising.

Li Shimin asked Li Su to announce the decree in front of nearly a thousand courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty at this moment, which has some meaning of compensation, and at the ceremony of the portrait of the meritorious hero today, Li Su's decree will also be recorded in the history books by the historian, and it will lay the groundwork for Li Su to assist the next emperor in the future.

After thinking about this, Li Su's footsteps were finally firm and steady, crossed the ministers, stepped up the stone steps, and Li Su stood in front of Li Shimin with his hands down.

Li Shimin looked at him, smiled slightly, and said: "Zizheng, the portrait of the hero is set up by you, and you come to recite this holy decree because there is a cause and effect." ”

Li Su bowed and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

After receiving the yellow silk holy decree held by the eunuch in both hands, Li Su smiled calmly, calmly unfolded the holy decree, looked up at the thousands of courtiers in front of him, and recited in a loud voice: "...... Since ancient times, the emperor has admired virtue, which is not only inscribed in Zhongding, but also in Danqing. It is to be manna Liangzuo, Lin Pavilion is beautiful, built a martial artist, and Yuntai records its traces......"