Xu Jingzong, who was sitting at the top, looked at Helan Minzhi, and the smile on his face became more and more cordial and comfortable. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info he looked at this teenager carefully, and he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. It is really a good face, even if it has not grown now, it is quite handsome and chic, and the jade tree is in the wind. If he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a lot more beautiful because of this appearance.

In the Tang Dynasty, being an official was not only about your knowledge, family affairs, etc., but also about your appearance. It may sound ridiculous now, but it was true back then. Anyone who has done more than three high-ranking officials, most of them are beautiful men in Yushu, even if they are old, they are also elegant middle-aged uncles, or benevolent old uncles.

At that time, this was also considered an official evaluation. Folklore has it that the heavenly master Zhong Kui once won the champion before his death, and it was because of his ugly face that he was deposed by the emperor from the title of champion. Although the legend is not entirely credible, the appearance is indeed an important place.

First of all, the ministers have to face the emperor every day, you look pleasing to the eye, and the emperor is willing to look at you twice, and he will naturally have a good impression of you in his heart, and everyone has a love for beauty. If the face is ugly and disgusted to look at, it may affect the emperor's mood, and eventually affect the direction of national affairs. Also, as a state of etiquette, the Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and all countries are coming to the court, you are going to look too ugly, and it is also insulting to the country. It is inevitable that some foreign friends who don't open their eyes will make fun of your appearance **** going abroad.

is not only his appearance, but along the way, when Helan Minzhi looked at Xu Jingzong's courtyard, Xu Jingzong secretly observed him.

At this time, looking at him, his eyes couldn't leave the two beautiful maids beside him, Xu Jingzong's face smiled even more, and he looked at He Lan Minzhi full of deep meaning: "If Da Lang has a heart, the old man will send these two to Da Lang's mansion tomorrow." ”

"Huh?" Suddenly hearing such a sentence, Helan Minzhi was blindfolded at that time. What are these two people doing when they are sent to my house? Then he glanced up at Xu Jingzong, and found that this old guy's eyes were full of ridicule, and it was the kind of look that a man could understand.

'Mother's. Master is only thirteen years old this year, okay? Although he looks older, he is far from the time of enlightenment. You're hurting me, old fellow. But your old gentleman is so old, and you have the heart to make such a house full of flowers. I don't know if there is still this power? ’

"Ahem, ahem, Shangshu teased. The kid is only three out of ten this year, it's still early, it's still early. Although he was slandered in his heart, he politely waved his hand and said.

This time, Xu Jingzong was surprised. Looking at Helan Minzhi's face, he thought that he must be at least seventeen or eighteen years old. Whether it's height or appearance, it doesn't look like a thirteen-year-old child. Thinking about it again, I was so old, and it was a bit bad to talk to a thirteen-year-old child about these things. Hurriedly coughed lightly: "Ahem, cough, since this is the case, the old man will not have much to do, lest the old lady will not be able to spare me in the future." ”

"Shangshu and grandmother have an old age?" Listening to his words, it seemed that he had a good relationship with Mrs. Yang.

"We knew each other in the early years, but we haven't seen each other since. The last time we met, it was also in the early years of Yonghui. ”

The two parents chatted a little more, and Xu Jingzong's knowledge naturally went without saying, and he knew the matter of the family in Chang'an City very clearly. Mrs. Yang also brought the topic here. Although Helan Minzhi doesn't know very well, it doesn't hurt to listen to these things, if he encounters it in the court in the future, he will finally be familiar with it, and it will not be a black eye.

Slowly, after the tea was boiled, the two brought the topic back to the court.

Helan Minzhi picked up a cup of tea: "Today's kid borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, replaced wine with tea, and first celebrated Shangshu's success in the first battle. ”

Xu Jingzong looked at the tea in Helan Minzhi's hand, and couldn't help but brush his beard and laughed: "Why did Da Lang say this?" I didn't ask anything, I knew that the old man had succeeded in the first battle? ”

"Yesterday, when the palace door was locked, I came out of the Penglai Palace. Go straight to Mr. Li's house. It was really a hurry, but fortunately the bachelor promised that he dared to give it a go. I hurried to Shangshu's house before the dynasty dispersed this morning, and I was also worried. But since His Majesty already has pearls. The money was given. It must be a success, so why should I ask more? He Lanmin looked like a bamboo on his chest, and the teacup in his hand was steady.

Xu Jingzong nodded: "Da Lang is polite, but this is too simple." Taking the old man's tea to honor the old man is not a way to thank people, right? Although Xu Jingzong is greedy, he knows how to judge the situation better. Knowing when to ask for something from whom, Helan Minzhi is obviously not among them, and at this time it is a joke. After speaking, he also raised the teacup: "But since Da Lang has a heart, then the old man will also bear it, please." ”

With that, he drank the tea in his hand.

Drinking tea with the etiquette of drinking can be regarded as responding to Helan Minzhi's words of replacing wine with tea. He also drank the cup of tea, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Toshizhi knows that he is polite, but this is far from the time to be rewarded. If you say that there will be words of gratitude in the future, it is inevitable that you will be hungry by painting cakes, and today's boy will not say many empty words. However, Zhaoyi Niangniang has something to bring to Xu Shangshu. ”

Xu Jingzong's face immediately became serious, and he didn't have any disrespect for Wu Zetian, seeing that this attitude really wanted to treat Wu Zetian as a master.

"Please speak clearly."

"What Shangshu did today, Zhaoyi remembered in his heart." Wu Zetian, like Helan Minzhi, didn't promise anything easily, but the more this happens, the better the effect.

"Rest assured, if you have Xu Jingzong for a day, you will not shirk it." Xu Jingzong also expressed his loyalty, which is an inevitable process. Perhaps, like Yuan Gongyu and others at a lower level, Helan Minzhi doesn't need to meet him in person, nor does he need them to show his loyalty. But Xu Jingzong, a top-level subordinate, must be like this. If it weren't for the restrictions of the palace rules, Wu Zetian would have come to see Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu.

All people are smart people, and Wu Zetian didn't draw a big pie at this time, because this thing itself is ethereal. Everyone knows in their hearts that this is a result that requires everyone's hard work, and even if it is drawn, it is useless. Helan Minzhi is also an idea, when he reaches the level of Xu Jingzong, there is only one thing he likes, that is, the phase, he does things for you, you pay him, it's as simple as that. Needless to say, those messes will be thanked in the future, whatever, useless, and fake. As long as you keep the credit of others in mind, it is better than anything else. (To be continued.) )