For the sake of Han Han's future, Liu Yun shook his head in disagreement, pulled Han Han up, and pouted his red lips with his cheeks very stubbornly and said, "No!" Anyway, I'll accompany you to read and write, just like you! ”

Han Han was helpless, and just got up from the bed, at this time, the two closed doors of the room were knocked on, and the door panel trembled slightly, "National teacher, madam, the governor of the capital outside asks to see you." ”

Hearing the voice of the maid outside the house, Han Han stood up suspiciously, the governor of the capital? Come to yourself for what?

Seeing the puzzled expression on Han Han's face, Liu Yun smiled lightly and said, "Maybe it's close to you." ”

"Well, it seems that this is the only kind of thing, and I am not familiar with him." Han Han lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Liu Yun next to him, "The other party is the governor, I can't shirk it, then I'll go out." ”

"Go ahead! Come back in the evening, I'll be your teacher again! Hehe, in this case, I won't be the emperor's teacher! Looking at Liu Yun's playful and cute appearance, Han Han smiled helplessly, knowing that Liu Yun was worried about himself, he pinched Liu Yun's little hand, and then Han Han pushed the door and walked out.

"Click!" The door opened, and the little girl who came to report had her ears on the crack of the door, and as soon as Han Han opened the door, she immediately lost her balance and crashed into Han Han's arms.

Han Han raised his eyebrows speechlessly, looked at the maid who fell into his arms and was still holding his waist, and asked, "What were you doing just now?" ”

"Well, slave...... National teacher, don't let the governor wait for a long time, the slave has retired! The maid who wanted to eavesdrop just now turned around and ran away with a red face, Han Han shook his head helplessly, it was worthy of coming out of the palace, everyone was so pampered and naughty.

Leaving the bedroom and coming to the front of the guest hall, Han Han saw a middle-aged man wearing a white satin robe and a small black vest sitting on a chair and drinking tea. ”

Seeing that this man in his forties was about to kneel and kowtow to himself, Han Han couldn't stand it, and hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to stop him, "No courtesy, sit down, Lord Governor is here, what's the matter?" ”

Han Han sorted out his clothes and sat opposite the governor, the governor of the capital looked at Han Han's clothes that fit and were not too gorgeous, smiled admiringly, and then replied, "It's not a big deal, I just heard that there is a very delicious restaurant in the capital, and his roast duck is famous in the city, I think the national teacher has just come to the capital, so I want to introduce the special dishes here for the national teacher." ”

Isn't it just that you want to invite yourself to dinner? However, seeing that the other party was the governor of the capital, and the official was not small, Han Han could not refuse, so he could only smile and nod and say, "Okay, but I don't know the road." ”

Governor Ma Rulong showed a smile on his face, "If the national teacher doesn't mind, I will take the national teacher with me, and just recognize each other with the ministers in the court?" ”

It seems that there are quite a few people in this party, premeditated and organized? Han Han had no objection and nodded. The governor stroked his beard happily, and immediately led Han Han out of the National Teacher's Mansion and sat in the carriage prepared in advance.

"On the day of the Xuanzheng Palace, after seeing the wonderful and amazing writing of the national teacher, I can't describe the admiration for the national teacher in words. The national teacher's 'self-hanging southeast branch' poem and seven-step poem have become the beautiful talk of the people in the capital, and now, everyone knows that the emperor who has declared a statement has a talented teacher. ”

Pursing his lips and smiling slightly, Han Han nodded, "Pass the prize." "The tone is that others praise him for his good literature, but Han Han prefers others to praise him for his good thinking and moral character and literary brilliance, which is not true after all.

The governor sitting next to him secretly looked at Han Han with a pair of shining eyes, and being able to sit in the position of the emperor and the national teacher shows how much Cao Yunde loves this guy, of course, this is also the reason why the governor summoned the minister to invite Han Han to a banquet.

Han Han is now a national teacher, and there is absolutely no harm in having a good relationship with Han Han, and secondly, the ministers have all determined that Han Han is a person from Cao Yunde's side, and he is talking to Han Han, that is, indirectly talking to Cao Yunde.

Along the way, the governor occasionally said a few words, but it was all sycophancy of praise and praise, Han Han went in with his left ear and out with his right ear, and when he got out of the car, he didn't know what the governor was talking about.

Quanjude. Looking up at the signboard, the time when he had dinner with the Queen Mother and the Emperor, he broke up unhappily, today's meal, Han Han had a hunch, and it would not be very pleasant.

I went upstairs and came to the private room on the second floor, pushed the door in, and there were quite a few people on the spacious table, but most of them were forty or fifty years old.

Seeing Han Han come in, these brightly dressed old men got up one after another and greeted each other, "I've seen the national teacher." ”

"Hello, sit down." Laughing and waving his hand, at this time, the governor walked up, and his mouth under the eight beards opened and closed quickly, "This is Master Pang, this is General Zhao, this is Scholar Sun, this is Lord Liu, the commander of the inner guard, this ......"

Han Han was surprised in his heart, and at the same time greeted him one by one with a smile on his face, he didn't expect that the people who came to the banquet today were not simple, all of them were important ministers of the imperial court, and they were all high-ranking officials?

After an introduction, a greeting, Han Han finally recognized everyone, and when they sat down, everyone was obliged to pull Han Han to sit in the first place, Han Han pretended to excuse himself, and then sat down with a smile, "Among the elders, I am a young man, how can I be embarrassed to sit on this first place!" ”

"Love, the national teacher is modest, you are the emperor's teacher, when we see you, we should kneel and kowtow as if we see the emperor, but this is a restaurant, not the palace, we didn't do this big gift, unreasonable, please bear with me."

It was General Zhao who spoke with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, but he didn't expect that a general who was marching and fighting would say something so civil, nodding with a smile, but Han Han was very satisfied with the feeling that these ministers were so polite to him, "I'm really happy to be here with all the adults, have you ordered a meal?" ”

"No, no, I'm just waiting for you to order it." This time it was Si Swenwen who spoke, and the Taishi who was not too young. Taishi, refers to the prince's teacher, right? Now that the emperor is a little kid, where did the prince come from, so to speak, the official position of the prince is a beauty difference that eats and is not busy?

Rolling his eyes, Han Han smiled and nodded, "Everyone's really polite, just come and have roast duck and vegetarian dishes." "Good!" The governor of the capital immediately walked out of the door and ordered Xiao Er to go.

Looking at the full number of guests, Han Han understood that this was the gathering of Cao Yunde's party, and filled the wine glass in front of him with a smile, Han Han lowered his head and asked about the diffuse aroma of wine, stood up with a smile, and said with a cup, "Your lords work hard for the country, and you are busy with official affairs and work hard for the court every day, so I will be cheeky and use the identity of a teacher of a country to thank you for the emperor." ”

The identity of the national teacher should not be underestimated, if Han Han is not Prime Minister Cao's person, I am afraid that he will be a new faction in the court. All the civil and military attaches got up with happy and hearty smiles, picked up their wine glasses and drank with Han Han.

At this time, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and it was not the governor Ma Rulong who walked in, but another man who looked like a scholar, wearing a square scarf, a decent and shabby white robe, and a paper fan in his hand, walked in leisurely, swept everyone, and then snorted lightly, "I didn't expect that today I would be so unfortunate to bump into the scene of all the experts forming a party for personal gain, which is really rude!" ”

"Hey! I think you did it on purpose! A little kid! Dare to be wild in front of Lao Tzu! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu threw you out of the restaurant! The commander of the Ouchi guards no longer had the gentle and elegant appearance he had with Han Han before, and he slapped the table and stood up, and the wine glasses on the wooden table shook a little.

The chief of the Ouchi guards rushed towards the scholar and shouted angrily, "Lao Tzu has long seen that you are not pleasing to the eye!" Now you dare to disturb us eating! You are a person who reads and writes, and you really think you are a national teacher? ”

"Wait! General Liu, don't be angry, introduce me first, who is this? Han Han got up and stopped General Liu, the commander of the guards, it is still risky to beat people in broad daylight, and sneaky assassination is the king.

"Humph! I am the champion of the imperial examination of the Cao Dynasty last year, and I am currently the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Oh? What do you mean? Looking at the proud face of the young man shaking the paper fan, Han Han frowned slightly, and asked with a smile, "Zhuangyuanlang, what do you mean by this?" ”

"I've heard that the seven-step poem you read in the Xuanzheng Palace, National Teacher, was written by Prime Minister Cao Cheng for you, and you are just responsible for memorizing it." The scholar shook the paper fan and looked at Han Han with a disdainful expression, "And I, in the imperial examination back then, I have never cheated on favoritism, so now sitting in the seat of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, I am open-minded and have no guilt and hypocrisy, I don't know, can you sleep well at night when you are the national teacher who deceived the king!" ”

This guy's words are so fierce, others don't know, and they think that they slept with his wife. With a smile, Han Han said, "I didn't expect there to be such rumors in the palace, my lords, do you believe it?" ”

The governor, the general and the others shook their heads in unison, to be honest, hearing this champion say this, they had some doubts in their hearts, but they couldn't nod their heads even if they were killed, wasn't this a slap in the face?

"I think it must be those scholars whose literary talents are not as good as mine, such as the one in front of me, who are envious and jealous of my literary talents, so they slander me, do you say?" Han Han asked indifferently with his chest straight, and the group of people around him were stunned for a moment, and then nodded in unison, and the head of the inner guard, Lord Liu, immediately shouted in a loud voice, "That's right!" You little one! Jealous of the national teacher's talent to slander and slander, this is the crime! According to the law of the Cao Dynasty, you will be beheaded! ”

The scholar's face was very ugly and red, holding the paper fan tightly, staring at the adults in this room with higher official positions than him, and was about to refute, Han Han suddenly sat down leisurely, picked up the teacup and said silently, "How can there be a dog at the door!" ”

Everyone looked back in unison, and there was no trace of the door behind the scholar, and General Liu muttered strangely, "Why didn't I see it!" ”

At this time, it was still the governor who slapped General Liu's arm, and glanced at the champion of the year before last. He was the only one standing at the door.

Everyone realized and laughed when they saw this scholar, and the scholar who was ridiculed by Han Han glared at Han Han with a pale face, "You dare to insult me?" ”

Han Han was finally unhappy, this scholar, it was not good to stay in the study to write, and he came to scatter wild in front of him! Standing up suddenly, Han Han suddenly picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it in the scholar's face, I wanted to be merciful and forbearing, but you forced me to cut you!

"Smack!" The teacup smashed on the scholar's weak forehead, and the celadon teacup shattered in response, and all the adults looked at Han Han, and a sense of admiration rose in their hearts, well done!

Covering his bleeding forehead, the scholar threw away the fan, tightly protected his forehead with his two hands in embarrassment, looked at Han Han, and asked incredulously, "You...... How dare you hit me! ”

"I am a national teacher, and the emperor can beat me, why can't you fight!" Han Han glared, crossed the table and grabbed the scholar's robe, turned around and mentioned it, and carried him to the window, and his entire upper body had been pressed out of the window by Han Han.

This is the second floor, if you fall, you won't die, so Han Han is already merciful enough, "Say a topic!" ”

Covering his forehead, looking at the scholar who was in the sky outside the window with his upper half in the air, his face was already bloodless with fright, and when he heard Han Han ask this, he suddenly didn't think about it, "What?" "Come up with a topic, let me make a poem for you, Lord Governor, you will hold a teacup and drink tea later, a cup of tea, I didn't come down, I will kneel down and kowtow to you to admit my mistake, if I come out of a cup of tea, you can go down from here!"

I don't believe that Han Han really has such amazing literature, and Confucius can't do this when he writes poetry in a cup of tea! I didn't believe that Han Han would really throw himself down, the scholar swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at the fluttering willow branches outside the window, and immediately spoke, "Willow tree!" ”

Willow? Han Han was stunned for a moment, thought about it in his mind, and then blurted out, "The jasper is made up to be a tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down, I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors!" ”

"Good!" A group of ministers behind him applauded happily and proudly, Han Han raised the corners of his mouth proudly, is it for nothing to read Lao Tzu's nine-year obligation!

The scholar who was caught by Han Han outside the window was scared and had goosebumps all over his body, he didn't expect Han Han to be able to open his mouth in this situation, and he was so distinctive, while admitting defeat in his heart, he was deeply afraid, bastard teacher! Let yourself die! This national teacher is not as unbearable as the teacher said!

"Goodbye!" Han Han smiled slightly, and the scholar was stunned for a moment, and before he understood what Han Han was talking about, he felt his body light, and fell down from the window of the private room on the second floor.

"Boom!" The body fell heavily to the ground, and the scholar frowned in pain, and then passed out in a daze.

The people passing by on the street looked at the man who fell inexplicably with a surprised face, and then looked up at Han Han, who was standing on the second floor expressionlessly, and the people passing by whispered a few words, and then quickly dispersed, without the slightest intention of watching the excitement.

Closed the window and returned to his seat, at this time, General Liu, the commander of the Ouchi guard, came to Han Han with a glass of wine with a happy smile on his face, and smiled heartily in a loud voice, "The national teacher is bold!" Much more manly than those who read! Come! For the amazing act of the national teacher just now, I would like to toast you next! ”

Han Han smiled and picked up his wine glass and drank with General Liu, and at this time, Master Ma, the governor of the capital, had a worried expression on his face, "Although the national teacher is in a high position, it is not appropriate to say what he did just now, right?" ”

"What's wrong?" Han Han glared and asked, "Do you want to testify for me, it was he who slandered me for not being able to learn and was guilty of deceiving the king, I made a bet with him just now, and he agreed, right?" So I'm not bullying, so why do you say I'm behaving inappropriately? ”

The governor was stunned for a moment, and then, General Liu next to him smiled heartily, "That's right! It's the little scholar who is rude and arrogant first, and I can hear the bet between him and the national teacher clearly, if that little guy doesn't admit defeat, Lao Tzu will cut off his head! ”

This sumptuous lunch was lost because of a self-righteous champion, eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in his mouth, Han Han ate and drank with the ministers at this table, and had a good chat with the governor of the capital and the commander of the Ouchi guards.

After an afternoon of fun, he pushed down the idea of going to Yihong Courtyard in the capital, Han Han went home and fell asleep, so that Liu Yun, who had been waiting for Han Han to prepare for Han Han to read and write, pouted angrily for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, when Han Han was lying under the quilt with Liu Yun, who had smooth skin, in his arms, the door of the bedroom was knocked on, "National teacher, madam, Xuanzheng Palace Gonggong Wei asks to see!" ”

The little maid's crisp voice woke up the sleeping Han Han, frowned and opened her sleepy eyes and looked around in confusion, or Liu Yun was the first to react, rubbed her eyes, covered the quilt on her body with a shy face, and then said to Han Han, "In the palace, is there something the emperor is looking for you?" ”

What can the emperor do? Han Han got up depressed and got dressed, and immediately thought of the champion he met yesterday, it seems that the backer behind him has come out to seek justice from himself?

got up, hurriedly pushed the door and walked out, Han Han saw Grandpa Wei with fair skin and drooping eyes, still wearing the blue eunuch uniform in the court, and the python pattern on his clothes was lifelike, which made Han Han immediately recover his spirits, "Grandpa Wei hasn't seen you for a long time, why are you here to do so?" ”

"Oops! National teacher, you can still sleep! Let's ask you, did you really beat the waiter of the Ministry of Rites yesterday? How can you be so bold! Father-in-law Wei's old face was wrinkled tightly, and he looked at Han Han with a worried face, Han Han smiled embarrassedly, nodded and said, "I have won the prize!" ”

"......" Father-in-law Wei was speechless, and at this time, Han Han explained seriously, "We have a bet, if I make a poem on his topic in a cup of tea, and throw him down from the second floor, is this what Father-in-law Wei is talking about?" ”

"That's right, today, the eldest grandson returned to the court, and after hearing about this matter, he said that he wanted to ask for an explanation for the waiter of the Ministry of Rites!" Father-in-law Wei's sharp voice eagerly recounted the events of this morning, Han Han was stunned for a moment, and then asked very strangely, "Who is the eldest grandson?" How can there be two prime ministers? ”

"Oops! National teacher, Prime Minister Cao Cheng is the right prime minister, and the eldest grandson prime minister is the left prime minister, the two of them assist the emperor in governing the country, and their status is almost comparable, and the rest of the things, our family will tell you in the car, hey, who is that, go and give your lord a court dress! ”

Originally, Han Han was not very old, so he didn't need the maid to call the master, but he couldn't shout 'Gongzi' This kind of disrespectful title, so the maids have been using the word 'national teacher', and now Father-in-law Wei is in a hurry, and he can't care about anything, so he personally helped Han Han put on his court clothes, and the two of them hurriedly ran out of the national teacher's mansion and got into the carriage.

"The eldest grandson just returned to the capital today, and after hearing about what happened yesterday to the national teacher, he was very angry and asked the emperor to govern the country and teach your sin, but the emperor and Cao Cheng both denied it this time, but the eldest grandson and the prime minister still chased after him, and he had to ask the national teacher to go to the court, so our family hurried over to announce your entry into the palace."

Han Han sat in the carriage and nodded quietly, Prime Minister of the eldest grandson? It turns out that what is blocking in front of his career is not just a few second-grade masters, but suddenly a left prime minister appeared, and things are becoming more and more interesting.

The carriage arrived all the way to the north gate of the palace, and the two got out of the car, trotted all the way, and ran through the Suzaku Street and the Temple of Heaven by taking advantage of the dim and undawning sky, and finally broke into the Xuanzheng Palace.

Stepping into the threshold of the Xuanzheng Palace, Han Han just bent down, but did not kneel down, "Knock to see the emperor." "Old ...... Please sir up. Emperor Wen of Tang, who was sitting on the top of the main hall, was wearing a golden silk winged crown and a golden dragon robe, and the villain pretended to be mature and waved his hand, "Hurry up and give me a seat!" ”

Han Han looked up at this time, only to find that on both sides of Emperor Tang Wen, there were two prime ministers left and right, and Cao Yunde, who was sitting on the right side of the Xuanzheng Palace, stared at the opposite prime minister with small eyes with a dissatisfied face.

Han Han's eyes lit up, his eyes suddenly lit up, this eldest grandson Prime Minister was obviously much older than Cao Yunde, fifty or sixty years old, with long white hair tied up on his head, a white slender beard hanging down to his chest, and an aging long face was still a little energetic.

The appearance of the fairy wind crane bone is in stark contrast to Cao Yunde's gloomy and dim temperament. "I don't know if the emperor summoned me to the palace, what's the urgency?" Han Han pretended to be stupid and asked, and at the same time turned his head to look around, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Han Han quickly discovered the last year's champion who was thrown out of the window by himself yesterday, and now the little brother of the Ministry of Rites.

Yesterday, I fell out of the restaurant, not with my face facing the ground, so I didn't have a blue nose and swollen face, but I just hunched over and glared at Han Han with gritted teeth, which was a thick disbelief look.

"The old man just went home for a few days of mourning, and then returned to the capital, and I heard that the emperor had found a teacher, and he was still very young. The eldest grandson touched his white beard, staring at Han Han up and down with a divine but not aggressive look, "It's really hard to imagine that at a young age, you have the knowledge to compose seven poems in seven steps, but you are arrogant, this is not good, what explanation does the national teacher have for the beating of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites yesterday?" ”

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