If you look along the Vermilion Bird Shinto from Lingyan Pavilion, cross Chengtian Street, and cross Dali Temple. Rows of official residences are located on either side of the Suzaku Shinto. Liubu, Zhongshu Province, Yushitai, Xuexuejian, Tiance, Shence......

But behind the Taichang Temple, it has been approaching the location of the Daming Palace. A quaint or even old palace is abrupt and out of step with the surrounding architectural style.

Taimiao, which not only has the spiritual seats of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, but also includes the princes of the past dynasties.

This is the forbidden land of the Tang Dynasty, a forbidden place that even the royal family cannot easily step into. It's not the spiritual seat enshrined inside, but the toast of the people who still exist in the Taimiao - Datang!

I'm afraid he probably can't remember how old he is. I only know that during the Taizong period, the toast was in the Taimiao. At that time, the toast was already the leader and pillar in the hearts of the world's scholars, scholars, and Confucian scholars.

Some people say that he is the younger brother of Emperor Taizu, and some people say that the toast is the little prince of the Sui Emperor at the end of the previous dynasty. There is also a theory that the toast is the king of Qi who survived the night of the Xuanwumen Change.

There are different opinions, no one knows the true identity of the toast, and no one knows how long he lived. But the only thing that is clear to the Tang Dynasty is that although the toast does not ask about current affairs, every time there is a dispute over imperial power, his words are better than tens of millions of troops! Whenever the eastern capital is bleeding and drifting, the toast in the Taimiao Temple will appear in front of the Taiji Hall full of blood.

From the Holy Queen, Zhongzong, to the present. The toast is no less than the princes who have saved Li Tang four times. From green silk to white hair, the originally majestic back has slowly turned into a rickets.

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Li Fu and the other three stood in front of the bluestone stairs of the Taimiao, and the gate of the Taimiao was closed. The faded knocker had not been knocked on for a long time, and a layer of green spots had arisen in the knock. There is no one to change it, or no one dares to change it.

"Let's go."

Tai Bao stepped forward, looked at the three teenagers on the street, opened the knocker himself, and then spoke.

"Lord Taibao, there is no need for the two of us to go in, right? The person who should go in shouldn't be ....." Yang Zixu looked at the slightly open door, and couldn't help but feel worried. Li Fu once said before the Lantern Festival test that he was going to return the half of the "National Policy", and the location was the Taimiao. At that time, Yang Zixu did not believe that Li Fu could enter the Taimiao, and also told Li Fu that no one in the Tang Dynasty could enter the forbidden land of the Taimiao without the instruction of the toast. Now, he believes.

But when he really walked to this bluestone staircase, Yang Zixu didn't dare to step forward, not only him, but Chu Ge also had the same idea.

"It's the three of you who want to see the toast teacher, come in." Taibao smiled faintly. Seeing this emotion, he remembered that he was the same in front of the Taimiao back then, a little fundraising, and even confused.

"Let's go, let's treat it as a study with the prince. Just be a supporting role and accompany Li Fu for a while. Chugo took a deep breath. took Yang Zixu's hand and walked into the threshold of the Taimiao.

The midday sun is not as restless as in summer, but it is also extremely bright. But for some reason, there is no ray of sunshine in the temple hall. Only the rows of candles emitted a faint glow, which was slightly dim.

An old man dressed in plain clothes, holding a piece of cloth in his thin hand and gently wiping it on the heavy offering table. His breath seemed to be fused with the entire hall, like a dream.

The old man slowly wiped the offering table, the movement was very slow, it seemed that it had been wiping like this for many years, I don't know how long it took, the old man let go of the rag in his hand, tremblingly lit the three pillars of incense, and then took a step forward and inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner on the offering table.

Taibao and the other four quietly watched the movements of the old man in front of them and did not speak.

Then, the old man turned around and his eyes fell on the three little ones in front of him. Flat smiled and said, "Energetic, it's good." It's been a long time since there have been young people in this temple. ”

Li Fu and the others did not answer, but knelt down very seriously and bowed to the old man meticulously.

"Sit down, you don't have to." Toast slowly sat on the futon on the side, put his hands in his sleeves, and said slightly.

The three teenagers looked at the toast, and then at the Taibao. After a moment's hesitation, he sat down under the three neatly arranged futons opposite the toast.

"What's that?"

Just as the three of them sat down, the toasters looked at the small jar in Li Fu's hand. Bland.

"Toast back to your lordship, this is the ..... wine that Master asked me to bring you."

Li Fu cautiously handed the jar in his hand forward, this is when he came to the Eastern Capital, the master asked Li Fu to bring two jars of wine. At that time, Li Fu thought that the master had drunk it for him, but he only knew it when he saw the master's letter. One of the jars was to be given to the toasters.

"That little drunkard had to leave the Eastern Capital at that time. It's a good thing for him to go, there has been no news in the past fifteen years, and I can't even drink a pot of wine. It took fifteen years to bring me a pot, and when you write to him and tell him, you say I'm upset. Toast shook his head and chuckled.

At this moment, the toast is like the eldest elder in the ordinary family, counting the favorite descendants in front of the children and grandchildren.

"You call him Master?" Toast's gaze fell on Li Fu's face and asked.

"Yes, Master." Li Fu said truthfully.

"Do you know his name?" Toast said lightly.

"I don't know." Li Fu thought about it, the master never told his name, even if he knew that the master was the empress, he never asked the name of the master.

"This kid, just a name, what is there to hide." Toast shook his head, dissatisfied.

"You remember, he is your master, and he was the top of the Lantern Festival test list two hundred years ago. I am one of the three princes of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of Shanglin Yuan. It is Qinglian monk Li Bai. A faint smile appeared on the corner of Toast's mouth, and the voice of the white-clothed green lotus two hundred years ago appeared in his mind. couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his eyes, and said in a deep voice

"Li Bai. Out of the mud without staining, with pure white bloom. ”

"When I'm older, I always like to be lively. Today, I will call a few of you little ones to talk to me, an old man, and relieve my fatigue. I just don't know if the three of you are willing to listen to my old man's ramblings. Toast closed his eyes slightly and said.

The three of them didn't dare to say they didn't want to. Being able to listen to the teachings of the toast is the long-cherished wish of many Confucian scholars in the Tang Dynasty.

"Lord Toast, are you going to teach the three of us?" Yang Zi asked with the courage to get the teaching of toasting, which he never dreamed of.

"Yang Bingtian's grandson. That little slippery grandson is so old. Toast's eyelids opened slightly, and he looked at Yang Zixu carefully, as if he was very satisfied with him.

"Yes, that's the student grandfather."

If others said so, Yang Zixu would probably have no good face to give the other party a long time ago, but in the face of the toast, Yang Zixu put away the smiling face of the past and did not dare to make a mistake.

"Yes, he can be a general, but he doesn't live up to the reputation of that little slippery head back then. However, those fireworks places will be less subtle in the future, although they are young and romantic, but once they step into the army, they still have to focus on their family and country. Toast bowed slightly, and said to Yang Zixu.

Yang Zixu's face turned red for a while, he didn't expect that his little was not only spread in the Eastern Capital, but even knew about the toast in Taimiao.

"I heard that in this battle in the northern frontier, you killed three enemy generals in a row. The giant spirit is closed, and I am the prestige of the Tang Army. In a few days, the Ministry of War will canonize your paperwork, but don't be complacent. The future strategy will depend on you juniors. Toast looked at Chu Ge on the side and said seriously.

"The students remember the teachings of the toasters." Chu Ge's heart was shocked. In this war, Rong Di made a lot of contributions to his establishment, but this credit will not be canonized by the Ministry of War. And the toast's words are to clearly tell himself that the documents of the Ministry of War will be issued in the near future, and this is to be a general! And behind this, it is not difficult to find that this is the meaning of toasting.

"When people are old, they just gossip too much. If you three little ones don't bother you, I'm telling you a story. ”

Toast was silent for a moment, sighed, and said in a calm tone.

Before the three of them could react, the toast began to speak slowly........