The sergeants dispersed one after another, only Zuo Fengchenwei's people remained, and the school field gradually returned to tranquility.

Zhou Jitong was really dizzy and dizzy after eating Xue Shao's heavy foot, and finally came to his senses, his face was still swollen, and his teeth were kicked loose, and he could spit blood foam from time to time in his mouth. After cleaning up, he reluctantly went to the Guan Standing Seat with Xue Shao and stood in front of Li Zhi.

Princess Taiping sat next to Li Zhi and watched Xue Shao's heart bloom and rejoice; Look at Zhou Jitong's embarrassed appearance again, and raise his eyebrows for a while.

Wu Zetian secretly squeezed Princess Taiping's hand and signaled her not to lose her posture. Princess Taiping hurriedly restrained her expression and sat upright, but a pair of beautiful big eyes still fell straight on Xue Shao, her eyes were crystal clear, and she couldn't hide her joy and admiration at all.

Wu Zetian secretly shook his head and smiled, since ancient times, beauties love heroes, and every girl who has just fallen in love has a heroic hero Lang Jun in her heart. Today, Xue Shao is so brilliant on the school field, Taiping's love for Lang is bound to be even worse.

Li Zhi spoke openly: "Zhou Jitong, you are conscientious and responsible, and the first Zhonglang general also participates in the martial arts of Qianniu, I appreciate it very much, and I specially give you a hundred silk horses to show encouragement and reward, and allow you to go back to recuperate from your injuries during the half-month vacation." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is fine, he can serve as a guard!" Zhou Jitong said hurriedly.

Everyone next to him also had a feeling, could it be that His Majesty wanted to alienate Zhou Jitong, so that Xue Shao would have a chance to replace him?

Li Zhi said with a smile: "If there is an injury, it must be treated, and the root of the disease must not be lost." You are the most capable and trusted guard general by my side, how can I not cherish it? Zhou Jitong, you can rest and recuperate for a period of time. Half a month later, I will return to my side to be on duty. I'm still waiting to see you participate in the next Thousand Cow Martial Arts Lecture and recapture the Thousand Cow Imperial Sword with your own hands! ”

Jun didn't joke, Li Zhidu said in public that he would not let him "go to tea and cool down", and Zhou Jitong didn't want to say more, so he hugged his fists and bowed, "Your Majesty is sympathetic to the ministers, and the ministers are grateful!" The minister swears allegiance to His Majesty, even if he has no regrets! ”

Pei Xingjian stroked his beard and smiled, "Your Majesty can have such a loyal and brave guard general by his side, the old minister is very impressed!" ”

Wu Zetian said: "Yes, Your Majesty! The concubines thought that Zhou Jitong was loyal and brave, and a hundred silk horses alone were not enough to show it. The concubine suggested that Zhou Ji be given another ten virgins and maids, and he would be promoted to the first rank of loose official, what did His Majesty think? ”

Zhou Jitong was stunned, what does the queen of heaven mean?

Li Zhi nodded and smiled, "What the queen said is extremely true. Zhou Jitong has served by my side for ten years, and his hard work is high, and he should be an example of the guard. The queen invited, I approved! ”

Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Your Majesty Xie." ”

"Minister, Emperor Xie Your Majesty! Thank you for the queen of heaven! Of course, Zhou Jitong can only be grateful.

Xue Shao stood aside calmly and said secretly in his heart, these people saw that Zhou Jitong had lost a lot, and they were worried that he would be depressed or determined to be my enemy, so they all tried their best to appease him. After all, as a captain of the guards, Zhou Jitong is still very competent, and Li Zhi also values him. But Wu Zetian's hand is the most beautiful, and it doesn't make much sense to add a third rank to a loose official, and he gives ten maids, which means that he will completely die and stop worrying about the princess anymore - how can there be a reason in the world for a mother-in-law to send a friend to her son-in-law?

"Alright, you go back and rest!" Li Zhi smiled and said to Zhou Jitong, "The current position of the guard is arranged by the Li Liang Guild separately." ”

Li Xiaoyi was named the Duke of Liang County, and Li Zhi did not call him by name in public but called him Li Lianggong, which shows that he is extremely favored to him.

"Your Majesty, the minister has retired...... Zhou Jitong hugged his fists and bowed, glanced at Xue Shao who was standing next to him from the corner of his eye, and turned to leave.

The ten relatives under Zhou Jitong's command silently followed and walked together.

Li Xiantong and Cheng Boxian offered these thousands of cattle with their personal companions, and they were still standing by the martial arts platform. They all turned their heads to watch Zhou Ji walk away, but in front of the viewing table was a scene of laughter and celebration.

Two backs, one lonely and far away, the other radiant.

"Definitely a tough guy, completely unexpected to me." Li Xiantong said softly meaningfully, "Why is this Xue Shao in front of you so different from the rumors? ”

Several Qianniu beside him were talking in a low voice, and Cheng Boxian, the tallest, laughed and whispered in Li Xiantong's ear: "Big dealer, isn't this a bad thing?" ”

Li Xiantong grinned, "You talk a lot!" ”

Several people laughed tacitly.

For a long time, Zhou Jitong has been more like the general Li Xiaoyi of the Wei Mansion who has rarely come to the school inspection in ten days and a half months, and he is more like the big boss of Zuo Fengchenwei. Today, Zhou Jitong ate such a big turtle in public, and his prestige in Zuo Fengchenwei will inevitably be greatly reduced.

This is the rise and fall, and it is natural that the spring of another Zhonglang will Li Xiantong is coming!

At this time, Li Xiaoyi, who was on the other side of the spectator seat, said: "Your Majesty, according to the example of a thousand cows talking about martial arts, someone challenges to win, and when the first rank of the Jiasan official is given, His Majesty will personally award the Thousand Ox Imperial Sword." What does Your Majesty think? ”

Zhou Jitong left, and Li Zhi didn't have to worry about anyone's face, so he said happily: "Okay, I will give Xue Shao the Thousand Cow Imperial Sword now, and give Xue Shao a rank as a reward for his reward!" ”

The civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty are all twenty-nine ranks, and Xue Shao's original loose officials are from the fifth rank, and the first order is from the fifth rank.

Princess Taiping said bluntly: "Xue Lang, the official system of the Tang Dynasty is a total of nine grades and twenty-nine ranks, if it is not for the great contribution to the imperial court, it will generally take four years to add a first-order scattered official." You're not thankful yet? ”

Everyone laughed, and Princess Taiping's heart was obviously beyond words.

Wu Zetian reprimanded in a low voice: "Taiping, this is a government policy, why do you use it to intervene?" ”

"Yes." Princess Taiping's eyebrows fluttered in response, dragging a pair of small fists hidden under the placket, and waving up and down excitedly.

To everyone's surprise, Xue Shao did not rush to thank him, but bowed his fists without being surprised, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a reluctant request, and I also ask Your Majesty to allow you to take it." ”

"Huh!" Li Zhi laughed, "You might as well talk about it first?" ”

Xue Shao said: "The minister is willing to exchange the Qianniu Imperial Sword and the first-order loose officials for my two personal officials!" ”

"Xue Shao, you are so presumptuous." Li Xiaoyi reprimanded, "Your Majesty's reward, do you have to pick and choose?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." Xue Shao hugged his fists and bowed, "So the minister said, this is a reluctant invitation." Please make up your mind! ”

Li Zhi blinked curiously, "Why are you doing this?" ”

Xue Shao said: "Your Majesty, when the new official takes office, he should recruit ten relatives as a rule. Danchen only recruited one reserve and two white pawns at that time. As an example, Qianniu is prepared to personally escort His Majesty in front of the palace, and has always only needed officers. Therefore, the minister dared to promise to recommend the two pawns to be officers. The sage said, 'People don't know what they can do without faith'! Therefore, the minister had this reluctant request. ”

"You're bold!" Li Xiaoyi scolded, "The military attache of this army, can you make a promise?" ”

"The minister is guilty......" Xue Shao lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"Li Lianggong, please forgive the old man for saying too much." Pei Xingjian said, "If you want to lead your subordinates well, you should have both grace and power." There is nothing wrong with promising some awards as a stopgap measure in exceptional circumstances. For generals to distribute the rewards they have received to their subordinates, there are many precedents in the army, and it is not uncommon for them to be common. Moreover, Xue Shao is a Qianniu Bei who is regarded as a five-grade Beijing official, and he has the power to raise people's own behalf. Recommending two people to the army as officers is not out of line. ”

"I see, Pei Gong knows everything about the affairs of the army!" Li Xiaoyi laughed.

Although Li Xiaoyi is also the general of the two guards, he has never been in charge of anything in the army, and he is only a Confucian and does not know much about military affairs. This matter is well known to everyone in the government and the opposition, and Li Xiaoyi himself is not shy about it, otherwise Pei Xingjian would not have spoken like this in public.

Xue Shao thought to himself, Li Xiaoyi and Pei Xingjian's praise and depreciation, singing and singing, are obviously promoting this matter to the emperor, even if Li Xiaoyi reprimands me in public, it is "openly derogatory and secretly praised". They must have already figured out the thoughts of the two saints and the princess Taiping, so they took the initiative to find a natural excuse for the emperor to fulfill me, so as not to let the emperor fall into the reputation of a reckless official who disregarded his principles.

The pets are invited so inconspicuously, they are all old foxes!

"Pei Aiqing is indeed reasonable, for the general to give his own reward to his subordinates, this is a virtue!" Li Zhi really nodded in praise and said, "Xue Shao, I can promote your two newly acquired white-body relatives to officers. But this Thousand Ox Imperial Sword is a symbol of honor, and it is won by your own challenge. It would be inappropriate for me to pass it on to someone else or return it to Zhou Jitong. Therefore, you still have to accept this knife. ”

"Your Majesty!" Xue Shao is also secretly happy in his heart, his words must be done, and his deeds must be fruitful, so that I can have prestige in Zuo Fengchenwei!

"Go and call those two minions." Li Zhidao.

"Yes."

Xue Shao agreed, walked to the side of the train and called Tang Zhen Pan Yi out. Li Xiantong and some people from the Wei Mansion looked at them in surprise, and Tang Zhen and Pan Yi were even more excited and trembling.

The three of them stood in front of Li Zhi together, and Xue Shao said: "Your Majesty, it's the two of them." One is called Tang Zhen and the other is Pan Yi. ”

"Meet Your Majesty!" These two pawns, who often do chores in the Wei Mansion, were so excited that their tongues rolled a little when they saw such a scene.

"Li Lianggong, Qianniu's personal entourage is generally the eight-grade preparation and the ninth-grade main battle, right?" Li Zhi deliberately asked in public.

"Your Majesty's words are correct." Li Xiaoyi replied.

Li Zhi said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Xue Shao, now you give your promotion opportunity to your subordinates for nothing, don't you regret it!" ”

Xue Shao hugged his fists and said: "The minister will never regret it!" ”

Tang Zhen and Pan Yi looked at Xue Shao, their emotion and admiration were beyond words, and they were already in tears.

"Okay, then I will promote Tang Zhen and Pan Yi to prepare for the eighth grade, and grant the same rank to disperse officials." Li Zhi raised his hand, "Xue Shao, don't forget that these two people were recommended to the imperial court by you." If they are incompetent, you are responsible! ”

Xue Shao clasped his fists and bowed: "The minister never dares to forget his responsibility, and the minister Xie Your Majesty will be fulfilled!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty!" Tang Zhen Pan Yi thanked him excitedly and then retreated.

When they returned to Zuo Fengchenwei's train, it instantly caused a commotion.

Lu Siyi's face seemed to be a little ugly and a little remorseful, I took the initiative to follow General Xue at the earliest, but I didn't get any reward at all. You shouldn't have taken a step back, damn it, damn it!

The other officers and guards were in a surge, and they all began to think about one thing - take advantage of the opportunity to hurry up and become General Xue's personal entourage!

Li Xiantong and the others looked at each other, and a sense of crisis was added to the hearts of many people: only one day later, Xue Shao stubbornly stepped on Zhou Jitong, and won so many hearts and prestige in the Wei Mansion!

- Ruthless character!.

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