Xue Shao arrived outside the imperial study of the Xuanzheng Palace, and the inner attendant went in to report. He saw Shangguan Wan'er standing there with an extraordinarily serious expression, and there was a bit of warning in her eyes.

Today's situation seems to be somewhat dangerous.

Xue Shao smiled slightly at Shangguan Wan'er and entered to see the driver.

"Minister Xue Shao, see His Majesty the Emperor, see the Queen of Heaven, and Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Xue Shao bowed one by one.

"Give a seat." Li Zhi's voice sounded a little out of breath.

"Your Majesty!" Xue Shao glanced at him quickly, and indeed his sick face was not very good.

Li Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at Xue Shao carefully a few times without saying anything, just touching the little hand of Princess Taiping on the side and clapping it a few times, hehe smiled.

This meaning is already obvious, at least in terms of first impression and appearance, Li Zhi is quite satisfied with Xue Shao.

"Your Majesty, you ask!" Wu Zetian's face was expressionless, and his voice was also very calm.

"Good!" Li Zhi nodded, "Xue Shao, I want to test you with a question." ”

Xue Shao's heart tightened slightly, and he arched his hand, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"Recently, a minister presented me with a special set of secret codes, which are very strange and exquisite. If you can crack it, it proves that you really have something to learn. Li Zhi stroked his long beard slowly and smiled meaningfully.

Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping were both stunned, "Secret code? ”

Li Zhi waved his hand mysteriously, "Don't worry—Xue Shao, do you dare to give it a try?" ”

"I'm willing to give it a try!" Xue Shao's heart lit up - I didn't expect Pei Xingjian to offer the Lantian secret code so quickly, so it seems that Princess Taiping really succeeded in moving the rescuers, and Li Zhi was obviously working as a nurse to help me!

"Okay." Li Zhi smiled mysteriously and nodded, picked up the brush on the imperial case nearby, wrote a line on each of the two pieces of paper, handed one of them to Wu Zetian and said, "Empress, you come and ask!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Zetian spread out the paper, frowned inexplicably, and said, "Xue Shao, this palace asks you, what do you mean by seven-seven-three, six-four-five, three-one-four, five-five-seven?" ”

Xue Shao almost without thinking, arched his hand and said: "Long live the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Wu Zetian's expression changed slightly in surprise, Princess Taiping turned her head curiously and anxiously, and suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, how did he know the Dao?" ”

That's right, on the piece of paper that Li Zhi handed over to Wu Zetian, in addition to a string of numbers, there are also four words "Datang Wanshou" below!

"Your Majesty, how did he do it?" Wu Zetian also asked in surprise.

"Hehe, isn't it amazing?" Li Zhi had a long face, and he stroking his hair and smiling proudly, "Xue Shao, I ask you again, what do you mean by eighty-one-three, three-three-seven, four-five-six, and one-seven-nine?" ”

Xue Shao took a breath and bowed to Wu Zetian, "Queen of Heaven Shengming!" ”

"Huh?" Wu Zetian frowned strangely, feeling even more inexplicable.

Li Zhiha smiled and handed another piece of paper in his hand to Wu Zetian, "Yao, look at it!" ”

The piece of paper was spread out, and sure enough, it was the string of numbers that Li Zhi had just read and the four big characters "Queen of Heaven Shengming"!

"So amazing?" Princess Taiping and Wu Zetian said in surprise.

"The small skills of Weichen carving insects are not enough to worry about." Xue Shao bowed his hand and bowed.

"Hehe, it seems that Pei Xingjian did not deceive the king, this set of Lantian secret codes was really created by Xue Shao!" Li Zhi nodded and smiled.

"Lantian secret code? Pei Xingjian? …… Your Majesty, what the hell is going on? Wu Zetian became more and more suspicious.

Li Zhishen glanced at Xue Shao twice, turned his head to Wu Zetian and said: "Yesterday, I had nothing to do, so I sent someone to summon Pei Xingjian into the forbidden place to play two games of chess with him. Pei Xingjian presented this set of Lantian secret codes to Zhenjin, and he said that if this new set of secret codes was used to replace the original method of poetry and text concealment to transmit military reports, it would be extremely powerful for the secrecy of military information and the command of the army. And the founder of this set of secret codes is Xue Shao! ”

After that, Li Zhi took out the copy of "Lantian Secret Code" from his arms and handed it to Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian curiously flipped through a few pages and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is confused, and she can't see any clue at all!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Li Zhida smiled, "So, this is the 'password'!" If you don't tell you what's wrong with it, you don't want to understand! - So you can imagine how safe it would be if the military intelligence of the Tang army was transmitted in this way! ”

Wu Zetian repeatedly looked at the "Lantian Secret Code" and glanced at Xue Shao suspiciously, unless I verify it myself, I really don't believe that Xue Shao has such a kitsch of wisdom, and he can actually make Pei Xingjian praise him...... Could it be that he had already discussed it with His Majesty through Taiping in advance?

"Xue Shao, what is your official position now?" Li Zhi asked suddenly.

Xue Shao replied calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is now in the position of the official commander of the school. ”

"The order of the inspector? That's the seven-grade idle official who takes care of the meals in the palace! Li Zhi turned his head to Wu Zetian and said, "Pei Xingjian recommended Xue Shao to me as a practical minister, and asked him to train a group of Shuling Shi to learn this set of Lantian secret compilation and transmission methods. Queen, what do you think? ”

The corners of Wu Zetian's mouth raised slightly, "Your Majesty is slow down." Why don't you let the concubine come back to test Xue Shao again? ”

"Okay." Li Zhi nodded indifferently, do you suspect me of colluding with Xue Shao? All you have to do is take the test!

"Xue Shao, this palace asks you-" Wu Zetian twisted his brows lightly and said, "Long live Your Majesty, how should these four words be compiled with the Lantian password?" ”

These four words are too common and simple, all in the first three pages!

Xue Shao smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Back to the queen of heaven, the Lantian passwords corresponding to the four characters of Long Live Your Majesty are 211, 136, 314, and 138. ”

"How can you prove that what you say is true?" Wu Zetian immediately asked.

This woman is so shrewd! Xue Shao still smiled, "The queen of heaven might as well take the code book to Weichen to identify and explain on the spot." ”

"Good!" Wu Zetian was also interested, and he had to ask for a revelation on the spot.

Li Zhi only stroked his hair and smiled, the first two questions and answers did not cheat at all, I have complete confidence in Xue Shao!

It took about a stick of incense to explain the compilation rules of the "Lantian Code" to the three people present. Li Zhi had already listened to Pei Xingjian's explanation, so he was not surprised; Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping are both extremely smart people, and when they heard Xue Shao say it, they quickly discovered the subtlety!

"Fun! It's fun! Princess Taiping exclaimed in surprise, "Xue Lang, you are too smart!" ”

"Nothing!" Wu Zetian snorted.

Princess Taiping stuck out her tongue and retracted it, hiding behind Wu Zetian's back and throwing a little charm of "encouragement and appreciation" at Xue Shao.

"How, Queen?" Li Zhi asked with a smile.

Wu Zetian had to nod, "It's pretty good, it's useful!" ”

"Actually, when Pei Xingjian came to recommend Xue Shao to me, I was also a little hesitant in my heart." Li Zhi said, "Xue Shao is a relative after all, if we are unusually promoted and reused for him, I am afraid that some people will not be convinced." Therefore, I deliberately wanted to take a test of Xue Shao in person to see if he really had such talents! Now it seems that it lives up to its name! ”

"Your Majesty, please forgive the concubine for speaking out!" Wu Zetian said calmly, "It is true that this Lantian secret code is very exquisite, but the strategy of the current imperial court to promote and employ people is nothing more than cultural and martial arts and moral articles. Now it is reused for Xue Shao with only a set of secrets, and the concubines are afraid of ...... There are still people who are not convinced! ”

Xue Shao sneered in his heart, listening to this tone, do you want to continue to test me?

"What about the Queen?" Li Zhi asked calmly.

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, since there are no outsiders here today, you might as well spread out your words." His Majesty wanted to grant Xue Shao any official position, and the concubines did not have any opinions. However, if His Majesty wants to choose Xue Shao as the concubine of Taiping, the concubine will have to test his moral character and literary talent and martial arts strategy! After all, Taiping is the baby daughter raised by the concubine herself, and she is also the most noble princess in the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty thinks that the idea of the concubine is appropriate? ”

"Okay." Li Zhi nodded, "The two of us only have one precious daughter, Taiping, of course we can't just get married!" ”

Princess Taiping's face turned red and she lowered her head. After all, this is the first time that the words have been said in public.

Xue Shao frowned slightly, Wu Zetian was so scheming, she was obviously on the line, and she wanted to use the name of 'choosing a horse' to impose strict requirements on me with multiple standards. Even Emperor Li Zhi couldn't raise any objections to this name - next, I'm afraid she is going to use the question to play a "strict test" on me!

"Since His Majesty also thinks it is appropriate, then it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and the concubine will take the Xue Shao exam today, which should be regarded as a forbidden countermeasure!" Wu Zetian turned his eyes to look at Xue Shao, and said calmly, "Xue Shao, do you dare to respond?" ”

What are the measures to ban China?

Xue Shao frowned, took a deep breath, and bowed his hand, "Minister, respond to the policy!" ”

What is the imperial examination, and the measures for banning the middle school are the most "advanced" exams in the world! The key is that the ban countermeasures and the first can be promoted! When Wang Bo, who was a teenager, was summoned to the forbidden countermeasures and Gaodi, he was awarded the Qipinsan Chaolang! - At the moment, my ban is like a big gamble, if you win, you can be promoted, and if you lose, of course, there is nothing!

"Good." Wu Zetian nodded and looked at Xue Shao deeply, and said, "That day the Japanese palace summoned you, I remember that you once said that you don't starve to death, and the Confucian crown is more mistaken, you said that you want to follow Rong?" ”

"Yes."

Wu Zetian smiled slightly without praise or criticism, "Could it be that your lifelong ambition is just to be a martial artist who is brave enough to be a puppet?" ”

"It's not!"

"Okay." Wu Zetian raised his face and squinted at Xue Shao, "Then today, in front of the three of us, talk about your ambitions!" ”

Xue Shao hugged his fists and said: "The ambition of the minister is to enter the prime minister and protect the country and the country!" ”

"Ambitious!" Li Zhi blurted out praise.

Princess Taiping's heart is like a deer, and her eyebrows are dancing! …… Since ancient times, beauties love heroes, what girl doesn't want her man to be a hero who has swept thousands of armies?

Only Wu Zetian was still smiling lukewarmly, unmoved, and said lightly: "Out of the phase?" Very good. Now, you will take the general's foreign campaign and the prime minister's pilgrimage as the proposition, and make a poem within the time of half a burnt incense! ”

"Huh?" Li Zhi's father and daughter let out a low voice of astonishment at the same time, this! …… It's too sudden, too harsh!

Xue Shao's heart chuckled, the old demon of Montenegro is really dark enough! Why don't you let me make a "Seven-Step Poem"!

"Queen Mother, this is too difficult...... Princess Taiping whispered timidly.

Wu Zetian turned his face and glared at Princess Taiping, "I'm also good for you!" Do you want to marry a gentleman who doesn't learn anything? ”

Princess Taiping pursed her lips and didn't dare to say more, and looked at Xue Shao worriedly.

Li Zhi's heart was also tightened, and compared to the Lantian secret code, I knew that there was no problem with Xue Shao! I never expected the queen to put forward such a harsh exam question...... Xue Shao, although I have the intention to favor you and fulfill you and the peace, Jun Wu's words have been thrown in front of me, and now it is up to the queen to test the future horse!

Right now, you're on your own!.

[Ask for collections, ask for red tickets!] 】