The sound of the toast was not loud, but in the Taiji Hall, no one dared to make a sound, and it was as silent as death.

That session, Taifu, Emperor Wuhou, and... Won the top three. But now, only the Marquis of Emperor Wu is still in the court, and his prestige is flourishing.

"Is the toast teacher here today?" The emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who returned to the throne, was also puzzled, and he didn't ask about the affairs of the court for a long time, why did he remember to come to this Taiji Hall tonight?

"Your Majesty, according to etiquette, the top three names of this Lantern Festival test should have been announced by the old minister. But after all, he is old and his legs and feet are inconvenient, so he has been done by Sangong for all these years. Tonight, I don't know why, and suddenly I want to go to Lingyan Pavilion to see those old friends. Walking and walking, I walked to this Taiji hall. Toast bowed to His Majesty the Emperor and spoke.

"Since the toast teacher is here, then, the top three in this Lantern Festival test will be announced by you, the teacher, I haven't seen the teacher for many years." Although the emperor's face was smiling, a chill flashed in his eyes.

Toast trembled and took the imperial list in Dazai's hand and slowly unfolded it.

The eyes of several students in the hall were focused on the small imperial list.

The toast unfolds the golden scroll and reads them one by one. All those who are on the emperor's list are today's students with outstanding performance.

"Wang Wei - Ninth in the Martial Arts"

………

"Gong Ao - Seventh in the Martial Arts Test"

"Yang Zixu - Sixth in the Martial Arts Test"

Finally, it's time to announce the top three...

"Li Siye - the third in the martial arts test"

"Yang Ning - second in the literary test and second in the martial arts test."

"Li Fu"

Toast paused, glanced at Li Fu, and from Toast's eyes, Li Fu seemed to see the shadow of the master.

"Civilian-military champions!"

Then, the old toast said: "According to the Tang Dynasty ceremony, the double kui is not over fifteen, and the third prince will tie the hair for the double kui." Li Fu, come here. ”

Toast beckoned to Li Fu. And everyone in the hall watched the toast next in disbelief.

"But ..... this year's hair bundle, I'll do it." Toast naturally took the jade comb from Dazai's hand.

"Teacher, this ......."

"Lord Toast, a leader of the Lantern Festival test, how dare you let you tie your hair personally!"

"Toast, this is not in line with the etiquette....."

"The children of the royal family are adult and fashionable, and they can't ask for a toast to tie their hair, let alone a commoner. In this way, my Tang Dynasty ceremony collapsed, and I wish you to think twice! ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and as soon as the words of the toast fell, the great Confucians in the Taiji Hall spoke one after another. Toast personally tied his hair, which has not been heard of for hundreds of years. I remember that year, when Emperor Taizong set up the crown prince, the prince's coming-of-age ceremony toasted his hair, and there was only one time in the 800 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!

"Toast teacher, the royal family and grandchildren don't have this treatment, is it appropriate?" Dazai on the side also had a difficult face at the moment.

At this moment, the Tang Dynasty Emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair was very calm on his face, and there was no expression on his fat face.

"I am already old, the time limit is approaching, starting with Emperor Gaozong, no prince has been made a prince before the age of fifteen. This year's Lantern Festival has become a wish of mine. Toast turned around, bowed to the emperor, and spoke.

In the main hall, quietly, the emperor sat quietly on the dragon chair. It seems to be integrated with the main hall and the dragon chair.

His eyes were closed and motionless, as if he were in some kind of contemplation.

"I'm ready!"

When the emperor opened his eyes, he saw that the flesh on his neck suddenly appeared from the neckline, and his head nodded slightly.

Dazai nodded, bowed slightly, and a palace maid served a wine bottle with a tray on the side. Toast grabbed the wine bottle and said in a deep voice: "Toast!" ”

In the Taiji Palace, two rows of palace maids walked lightly to the ministers in the hall from the side curtain holding trays.

"I wish the Tang Dynasty a prosperous and strong people, and the people are healthy!"

"I wish the Tang Dynasty to sweep the universe and all nations to come to the court!"

"I wish the Tang Dynasty a thousand generations and a long history!"

………….

After the congratulatory speech, Dazai hid his face with his sleeve and drank it all. Everyone in the hall also drank it all, and then countless bright fireworks rose from the night, illuminating the entire Daming Palace brilliantly.

And now, it's almost time.

"Li Fu, come and sit down." Toast once again beckoned like Li Fu.

Li Fu was stunned in place, and the news that he was going to send a toast for himself still exploded in his mind like a violent thunderstorm. Still haven't come back to my senses.

"Ah~~" Li Fu suddenly shouted, his facial features focused together, one hand on Yang Zixu's shoulder, and the other hand rubbed his right foot violently.

Yang Zi tilted his head to the side, his shoulders kept shrugging slightly, and one hand tightly covered his mouth, trying not to laugh.

And Yang Ning stood on Li Fu's right, as if he hadn't done anything just now.

Li Fu calmed down his apprehension, walked to the toast, and then knelt down.

The toast used a jade comb to comb Li Fu's long hair slowly and neatly.

The process of tying hair is extremely exquisite, requiring each strand of hair to be combed neatly. The process is simple, but extremely tedious. Toast's hand is very steady, and he combs it very slowly. The whole process lasted almost half an hour.

After bunging, Toast will place the jade comb back on the tray. Then remove the cotton strap from the tray and tie the bun on.

The last step is Peiyu. The Tang Dynasty established the country with military force and ruled the country with literature, which is a state of etiquette. The Confucian classics say that a humble gentleman is as gentle as jade. Peiyu at the last step of the gift of tying her hair.

The Tang Dynasty's "Rites and Records of Yuzao" said that the Son of Heaven wore white jade and Xuanguo ribbon, the prince Peishan Xuanyu and Zhu group ribbon, the doctor wore water canglutama and pure group ribbon, the prince Peiyu jade and Qi group ribbon, and Shi Pei Yunwen and Miao group ribbon.

Ordinary students like Li Fu can only wear beautiful jade with red yellow ribbons.

The hair is tied at the end of the ritual of the hair tie that the celebrant has finally read,

In the end, it was the gift that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty awarded to the top three in the Lantern Festival exam.

Fireworks shine in the Daming Palace, bringing light and heat at night, but not dazzling.

"He is the name of this year's Lantern Festival test civil and martial arts?"

"It is said to be the descendant of Taifu?"

"Could it be something wrong?"

"Even Yang Ning was squeezed to second place by him, can't you see anything outstanding about this young man?"

"Nonsense! Yang Ning abstained Okay, otherwise it would not be certain who would have died. “

The crowd waiting outside the Daming Palace looked at the students who came out of the Vermilion Bird Shinto, and they were talking, with incredible expressions on their faces, and more people looked at Li Fu, who was the leader.

The Lantern Festival will be very lively in the year, for the people of the Eastern Capital, if there is no Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival will be no different from usual, it is better than that.

However, the name of this year's Lantern Festival exam is not Yang Ning, not any of the five masters of Tiance, not one of the six top players of Shence, not a scholar of Houfu, not a student in prison.

Rather, Li Fu.

A fifteen-year-old boy from Liangzhou, a person who does not have any support behind the Eastern Capital, and may also be a descendant of Taifu.

No one wants to believe it, but it's happening.

Even if it is true, people still can't accept it, the details of the Lantern Festival test have already been reported, and the words of Taifu have been mentioned many times this night, and even the royal family has no attitude towards it. It seems that Taifu never left.

The next moment, a message spread through the crowd.

The two sides of the Shinto Road and the eastern capital instantly became more silent, and then exploded with a bang.

Li Fu's last hair tie ceremony turned out to be personally handled by Lao Jiuzhu! Even the Tang Dynasty Emperor did not object!

Toast your hair? Want to know what that means?

The importance of this matter is almost more shocking than Li Fu's name at the top of the list!

Is he the crown prince?

No way! Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, in the past 800 years, only Taizu, Taizong, and Gaozu have established princes. And neither the later Holy Empress nor the current His Majesty has ever appointed a prince.

Toast even ignored the etiquette and forcibly did not tie his hair back? This is simply incredible, and what is even more unexpected is that His Majesty the Emperor actually agreed!

The bright moon in the sky shone obliquely on the Shinto, dragging Li Fu's shadow for a long time. Li Fu carried a long black box on his back, which was the reward for this year's Lantern Festival.

After the hair was tied, the emperor did not personally hand over the rewards of this examination to the top three, but left the Taiji Palace, and the final process and rewards were presided over and selected by the toast. Even Li Fu himself didn't know what was in it.

"I'm here with a book?" Yang Zixu couldn't hold it back at first, opened the brocade box in his hand, and found that it was half a broken ancient book, not even a name, and he was very dissatisfied.

"I'm so much better than you. Kindness.....

It's a sword. Yang Ning also opened the brocade box in his hand. There was a hint of disappointment in his tone.

Hearing that this was a sword, Li Fu's gaze subconsciously fell into the brocade box in Yang Ning's hand, and he couldn't leave.

The sword is very simple, the years have left traces on the body of the sword, the scabbard is an ordinary leather scabbard, the hilt is also very simple, from the inside to the outside exudes an ordinary atmosphere, there is nothing to attract attention, there is no dust or blood, in short, this sword is ordinary to the extreme, but it makes him want to be close.

Li Fu reached out to grasp the hilt of his sword.

Yang Zixu's hand was in front of Li Fu, and he held the hilt of the sword in his hand first.

"Why is this sword so familiar?" Yang Zixu took it in his hand, pulled it out and played it a few times, and looked at the sword body carefully.

"What is this?" Yang Zixu stared at the two quaint little seals on the head of the sword, and gasped. Then, he hurriedly inserted the sword back into the scabbard, directly snatched the brocade box in Yang Ning's hand, put it in, and held his hand without letting it go.

Yang Ning looked at him and said, "This is mine." ”

Yang Zixu hugged the brocade box in his hand tightly, and Qingjun's face was full of excitement. "Brother Yang Ning, shall we change?"

"This ....."

Yang Ning noticed that Li Fu also seemed to like this sword very much, so he wanted to pick it up and take a look at it first, but Yang Zixu took it first. But I don't really like weapons like swords. This made Yang Ning a little difficult, but he still insisted on saying to Yang Zixu: "You should return this sword to me, you don't like to use a sword." ”

"How do you know I don't like swords?" Yang Zixu still did not give up on the sword in his hand.

"Li Fu, what is yours? Such a long box. Yang Zixu turned his gaze to the long box behind Li Fu.

A black metal spear was divided into two sections and lay quietly in the brocade box, with dragon patterns coiled on it, and a piercing killing intent emanated from the spear.

"This ....."