August 14, in the early hours of the morning, Bai Mo was already waiting outside the palace, not only him, many literati who were on the list together, and even many officials with high crowns and Bo had also come to the palace gate by ox cart, after all, the emperor of this dynasty wanted to fight for a Taizu's temple number, although he was not very diligent, but he was extremely strict with the etiquette of the morning, noon and evening courts, even if he had something to do temporarily or was simply lazy and didn't want to go to the court, he would send someone out to order a mao to see which one dared to come to the point. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hundreds of years ago, Prince Huai Taizhu Yu Taizong cut Xiaoju meritorious, was Yu Taizong named Jin Bo, is called Jin Mingbo (temple number Jin ancestor), in Wutong Yi and built a "North Underworld City", and with this city as the clan, the North Underworld thus became the Jin King's clan, after the North Underworld City continued to renovate, expand, to the King of Jinsu, finally has today's scale, and changed the city into a palace, is the front of this magnificent palace group, the North Underworld Palace.

The main gate of the North Hades Palace is south-facing, called the Guanhai Gate, the gate is north-facing, called the Chaotian Gate, the Chaotian Gate will only be opened when the sacrifice or the meeting with the envoys of the great powers, and now Bai Mo is outside the Guanhai Gate, humming a little song boringly, he also solemnly trumpeted himself today, wearing a Xuan-colored curly robe, a pair of willow eyebrows were cultivated into a sword shape by He Cai, looking at the more heroic and calm than before, just hesitating, a poorly dressed green shirt Hanshi suddenly stopped in front of him, saluted him, and smiled: "I see you again, Brother Bai." ”

Bai Mo also smiled at him.

"Xun Qing, long time no see."

"It's not long." Xun Wufei thought about it for a while, "We were still facing each other day and night on the river floor, less than half a month. ”

Bai Mo looked up and down the patched green shirt on his body, it seemed that he was wearing this dress when they first met, but the position of several patches seemed to be different from before.

Facing Bai Mo's gaze, Xun Wufei's face was shy: "I am poor, there are only three sets of clothes, winter, summer, spring and autumn and when I change clothes, I wear them in turn, the original good navy blue fabric is about to turn sky blue, I will see Your Majesty soon, I don't know if he will look at me pitifully, and reward me with a dress to wear." ”

The corners of Bai Mo's mouth rose, and he sneered: "It's really possible." After the list was changed, I remember that you seem to have risen one place, before the fourth, now the third, according to the previous matters explained by the Standing Office, we are in turn, and the third will be you, maybe when you come out, you will be able to wear brocade clothes. ”

"Alas, I'm nostalgic for the old, and I can't bear to change my clothes out of feelings, how can this be good?"

"With Xun Qing's temperament, once you enter and exit today, you will have to be a new person after that."

"Not necessarily." Xun Wufei shook his head, "If the whole world is turbid, if you are turbid, you will live if you are turbid, and if you are not turbid, you will die, and I would rather die." However, looking at the three sessions, there may not be no clear liao. ”

Bai Mo suddenly dusted his sleeves and bowed solemnly.

"Bai's parents of a generation of people in the world, thank Xun Gong for his immeasurable kindness."

Bai Mo's worship is sincere, if there are not so many unspeakable burdens, why is he unwilling to be like Xun Wupeng, a humble gentleman like water?

Xun Wuyi smiled dumbly.

"Ever since I had a romantic product, how many stunned young people plunge into the abyss like me every year? This is not kindness, and it is not worthy of a white brother's worship, please get up quickly. ”

Bai Mo straightened his waist, sighed, and said quietly: "If there is no puff, it will not be dead." ”

(If you do it, you can't die.) Confucius said the words of Zilu. ）

Xun Wuyi was a little puzzled: "Am I like Ziyou?" ”

Bai Mo shook his head: "It's not like, you are like Yan Hui." ”

Xun Wufei also shook his head: "It's not like, Yan Hui is too wooden, how can I be smart?" ”

As the two spoke, the rising sun had gradually surpassed the distant mountains and risen into the sky, illuminating the world.

The ministers entered the temple, and the scholars were still waiting outside.

Bai Mo couldn't help but yawn: "If I knew this, Lao Tzu wouldn't have come so early." ”

Xun Wufei said: "What the future holds, no one can say. ”

Bai Mo pursed his lips: "I can." ”

"Oh?"

"People in the future can go to the moon, but they can't find Chang'e."

Xun Wufei nodded, thoughtful, and then said: "The moon is not a jade plate, it should be the same as the heaven and earth where we are, it should also be a world - the sand on the moon should be shining, right?" ”

At this time, the handsome prince standing at the front entered the North Hades Palace under the guidance of the eunuch. About half an hour later, an old man who was almost old followed in. Bai Mo yawned again and said, "I'd better go have breakfast." ”

"Hmm." Xun Wufeng paused, "I hope that after today, I can be an official in the same dynasty as you, which must be a great pleasure." ”

Bai Mo went to eat breakfast, walked around again, and returned to the gate of Guanhai, I don't know how long he closed his eyes and wandered, before a eunuch came out, and said softly: "Which one is Bai Mo?" Come up and listen to the announcement! ”

Bai Mo staggered over.

"I am."

"Xuan Baimo enters the hall—"

The eunuch stretched his voice, and then Bai Mo walked into the palace with the eunuch, the North Hades Palace looked majestic from the outside, but after entering it, he knew what was called splendor, it was hard to imagine that the palace of this world could reach the level of the Forbidden City when the productivity was far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, but even if it was the Forbidden City, his feet were sore, and he was not in the mood to appreciate those glories.

Bai Mo finally knew why those people had been going for so long before they came out, and it was estimated that it didn't take a few minutes to talk to the emperor, and most of the time was wasted on walking, but this eunuch kept walking small steps, very slowly, which made Bai Mo anxious.

There are a total of four main halls in the North Hades Palace, namely the Yunlong Palace, the Daolong Palace, the Changlong Palace and the Shenglong Palace, take the meaning of the prosperity of the Dao, the left and right halls are all named after the dragon's sons and grandsons, the main hall of the harem is the big Kun, the two halls of the big phoenix, the left and right halls are all taken the name of the birds, in fact, the implication is worse than the previous Tianyan forty-nine cities in the name of the Kanli hexagram is a level, but the level of wonder has been destroyed in the war after all, there is no way to compare, and the name of the temple of the Tai'a Palace of the old Qin State only seeks "ancient saint Qingyun", without phoenixes, dragons, birds and beasts, this middle and high are different from each other.

Bai Mo and the eunuch walked to the Shenglong Hall used for daily office work before stopping, Bai Mo was a little nervous, the eunuch showed the waist card to the sergeant guarding the palace, and took off the wat board in Bai Mo's hand to show them, they nodded and let go, but then Bai Mo forgot what to do, the eunuch pulled Bai Mo's sleeve, his tone was a little hurried, and he said in a low voice: "Meet!" ”

Bai Mo walked into the palace and said loudly: "Minister, Bai Mo, come and see!" ”

The "minister" in Bai Mo's mouth is just a kind of "me" who has lowered his status, and it has no meaning of being a monarch or an official.

In the depths of the main hall, a slightly tired but deep voice came: "Come in." ”

Bai Mo glanced left and right a few times, and the scene in the hall was completely different from what he imagined.

Shouldn't the civil and military officials display their left and right and stand with their wat on their feet?

The current scene says that the display is right, but it is not "standing" as Bai Mo imagined.

The Shenglong Hall is very large, very deep, there are more than 60 cases on both sides of the main road, there are melons and fruits, snacks and wine cups and teacups and other things on the case, and there is a seat behind it, and the bureaucrats with serious expressions sit on it, so they sit upright, that is, they sit on their knees with their waists straightened.

The voice came again: "Come closer, raise your head, and let me see." ”

Bai Mo took a few steps forward, raised his head, and saw the emperor sitting above, and the emperor also saw him.

Emperor Beiming Zhensu of the Jin Dynasty was dressed in a Xuanduan, wearing a crown on his head, with a West Asian-style beard on his chin, and his eyes looked at Bai Mo deeply.

Beiming Zhensu nodded with satisfaction: "It's very handsome, how is it compared to Xu Gradual, who won the first place?" ”

At this time, an old minister among the military attachés who seemed to be polite replied: "It's a little worse, that person is heroic, this person is delicate, and the old man likes Yingting." ”

Beiming Zhensu laughed, the full hall was not suppressed at all, and laughed together, the emperor finished laughing, and the ministers also returned to seriousness, and then Beiming Zhensu said again: "I like to be delicate, like my own children, looking kind." ”

Beiming Zhensu said, stretched out his finger and pointed at Bai Mo, and said, "Come here, get closer, I have something to ask you." ”

Since the emperor's name is Zhensu but he is not a serious and rigid person, and the subordinates around him are not as lifeless as he imagined, Bai Mo simply took off his disguise, strode to the high platform where the emperor was, looked up at the beard of Beiming Zhensu, and said with a smile: "If His Majesty the Emperor has anything to say, just ask." ”

Beiming Zhensu picked up an apple from the table, and asked while eating, "I heard that your hometown is from Fan Yang?" ”

Bai Mo nodded and said: "Yes, the minister lived at the foot of Taihang Mountain at first, and lived hunting with his father. ”

"How to read and write?"

"The minister eavesdrops on the school class every day, and goes to the river in the evening to graffiti practice."

"How do you broaden your horizons?"

"There is also a great deal of knowledge among the miscellaneous servants."

Beiming Zhen sneered: "The gossip in the market is not what I have seen or heard. ”

Bai Mo shook his head: "It can be said that you know the people." ”

Beiming Zhensu continued to ask: "Have you ever seen Qian Kuan, the county commander of Zhuo County?" ”

Bai Mo was silent for a while before replying, "It's a little familiar." ”

"How about Qian Kuan's politics?"

"It's okay."

"Have you seen the spirit of Fan Yang Wang's Northern Darkness?"

"No contact."

"What is the reputation of the Northern Spirit?"

"Loyalty."

After eating an apple, Beiming Zhensu picked up another one from the fruit bowl and continued to eat, with some soup faintly stained on his thick and dense beard.

"Why didn't your dad have it?"

Bai Mo replied truthfully: "Drink to death." ”

"How did you get to Fengjing?"

Bai Mo didn't dare to think about it for a moment, and said, "Come on foot." ”

"At what age did you leave Fan Yang?"

"Twelve."

"Where did you go?"

"Travel the world."

"With whom?"

"Alone."

Bai Mo never expected that this emperor would talk so much, and all kinds of questions would come like a machine gun. If you are not careful, you may be tricked by him to make many flaws, and your true experience can never be told truthfully. Fortunately, when the emperor asked this, he was also a little tired and didn't want to ask about trivial things, just when Bai Mo said that he was traveling around the world, the emperor continued to ask: "Have you ever been to the Qin Kingdom?" ”

"Haven't been."

"Have you ever been to the country of Chu?"

"Haven't been."

"What do you think of my Jin Kingdom?"

"There is only the Jin Kingdom in the world, eight and one Yu, majestic and magnificent, I am a countryman, loyal to it."

Beiming Zhensu laughed twice: "Hehe, don't fight the edge, do you know that I don't ask you if you have been to the two kingdoms of Qin and Chu, but the places where those two kingdoms exist, have you ever been there?" ”

"What's your opinion?"

Bai Mo's eyes lit up, and he pouted and smiled: "The degree of autonomy is too high, resulting in poor mobilization capacity and tax efficiency." ”

"What do you mean??"