Lu Ban got an axe in front of the door, Du Kang sold wine in front of the shop, and the master dried books in front of the door, of course, it was the most self-conscious behavior, but if you think about it from another angle, when Lu Ban saw the guy with the axe in front of the door, Du Kang saw the guy selling wine in front of the shop, and the master saw the guy drying books in front of the door, especially when they found that the guy was the most sacred and supreme existence in the secular realm, would they have an itch like Ning Que from the deepest part of their hearts?

I want to make a wooden bird to tell sù that the prototype of the plane is like this, I want to make a pot of fine wine, I want to tell sù that the wine of the dead country is like this, I want to write a few nagging words to tell sù that this is the soup of the soul, I want to continue to write a few words to tell sù what kind of words are called words - even if you are the emperor of the people, you have to listen to me obediently.

At this moment, Ning Que was immersed in this extreme pleasure. He looked at the drying ink on the Xuanzhou bud paper with satisfaction, and imagined that he was talking about the calligraphy teacher of the emperor's majesty, and used those brushstrokes and ink blocks to slap the palm of the old man's hand, and reprimanded him contemptuously and disdainfully.

"It's a mistake again! Stretch out your hand and hit the board!"

He was very satisfied with the five words he wrote, and even felt that it was the best few words written in recent years, in addition to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all good products, located in the wonderful area of the imperial study, the most important reason is because he has accumulated too much itch in the room, but also because the first five words are written by the emperor himself.

He admired his round pen with relish, straight and broad structure, and was a little reluctant to destroy this paper for a while, so he was ready to put it into his sleeve after the paper was dry, and quietly took it out of the palace, but at this moment, outside the imperial study, which had been quiet, a low roar of indignation suddenly sounded.

"Where's that bastard!"

Ning Que was startled, and when he looked up, he saw the door of the imperial study pushed open with one hand.

His pupils shrank, and with a flick of his fingers in quick reaction, the ink paper resting on the paper drying table slid lightly into the gap in the corner of the bookshelf, and then he turned around, raised his sleeves and pretended to read the books on the shelves carefully.

Walking into the imperial study was a short, middle-aged general, wearing a palace guard uniform and a black and gold tie around his waist, showing his extremely high rank. The middle-aged general saw Ning Que next to the bookshelf, looked at the young man who was reading like a bookworm, rolled his eyes angrily, and shouted, "Who the let you in?"

Ning Que seemed to be forgetful, in fact, his ears had been listening to the movement behind him, and when he heard this, his heart chuckled, and he guessed that there was some misunderstanding in this matter, it should be that the little eunuch listened to something wrong when he explained the precautions - it should not be a conspiracy like the White Tiger Hall, if the palace wants to clean up his little person, there is no need to do so much - but the crime of trespassing into the imperial study without a will can be big or small, and he can't let himself get into this kind of trouble anyway.

He turned his head like a cute little scholar who was dazzled by His Majesty's book collection, rubbed his eyes, looked at the short and fat head of the guard at the door, and said with a puzzled face: "I was ordered to enter the palace to meet me, I don't know what the problem is?"

The short and fat head of the guard was slightly stunned, probably he never imagined that someone was caught in the imperial study, but he could still be so calm and calm, his face couldn't help showing an inexplicable look, he covered his forehead with his hand in pain, and said to himself indignantly: "You bastard! Don't say teach some rules in advance!"

Ning Que walked out from behind the book, bowed his hand and asked suspiciously, "This general, do you recognize Brother Chao?"

In Linforty-seventh Lane, in the Chunfeng Pavilion, no matter how Chao Xiaoshu expressed his spirit, Ning Que always refused to recognize the word brother, but at this moment, he didn't care about saying the word "eldest brother" naturally, just for self-preservation, as for the rhetorical question, it was to defend and attack, anyway, the purpose was to shift the other party's attention from the imperial study to other places.

The head of the short and fat guard confirmed that there was no one around the imperial study, looked at the array in the room with a vigilant face, and did not find anything unusual, he covered his forehead again with some fear, looked at Ning Que in pain and said: "You kid hurry up and get out of here, Lao Tzu has been looking for you outside for half an hour, where did you think that you would dare to walk in here, you remember it for me, you haven't come in today, don't think about showing off to others in your life, otherwise I will destroy you!"

Ning Que followed the head of the guards who complained and nagged all the way out of the imperial study, turned two steps to the west, and came to the guard duty room of the Chunhe Hall not far away.

In the gloomy room, he finally knew that the short and fat guy in front of him, with a Hebei accent, and every word seemed to have a smell of green onions, was actually Xu Chongshan, the deputy commander of the Tang Dynasty court guards, and it was also the main man that Chao Xiaoshu said last night that he wanted him to see today.

"Your Majesty is good at calligraphy, you happen to be a word seller, so I brought you into the palace with this identity, just to avoid people's eyes, but you kid is good, and you actually went into the imperial study without saying a word! Do you really think that you are a holy hand in the book world! You really think that Your Majesty invites you to appreciate the words!"

Xu Chongshan angrily pointed at Ning Que's nose and roared in a low voice, spitting stars flying all over the sky.

Ning Que rubbed his nose a little embarrassed, and secretly thought to himself that His Majesty hadn't invited himself to appreciate the words, but I had already written a word in the imperial study, what can you do with me? Thinking of this section, thinking of the flower that was pressed in the corner of the bookshelf, he secretly wondered what he had to think of in the future to take out that thing?

Xu Chongshan scolded a little tired, panting and holding on to his thick waist, and said, "Let's get down to business." ”

Ning Que smiled and replied, "Please speak." ”

Xu Chongshan glanced at him a little strangely, and said, "You young man with a hippie smile, where is the slightest bit of what the old man says?"

"That's because your lordship is too powerful. Ning Que explained very seriously.

Jinshan Yinshan copper walls and iron walls can be worn but sycophants can't be worn, even if it is immature and clumsy, it has its effect, not to mention that the guy who shot the sycophants himself is a young man who looks a little immature and clumsy, Xu Chongshan's face was slightly better, and after coughing lightly, he asked, "You should know who Lao Chao is now, right?"

Ning Que frowned slightly, pretending to be stupid and asked, "Brother Chao is a subordinate of the commander?"

"I don't have the courage to call the old dynasty of the Spring Breeze Pavilion, and ...... In the future, don't call him Brother Chao, there were very few old people back then, and we used to call him Second Brother Chao. ”

Xu Chongshan is colorful. Then he remembered the killing in the spring rain last night, remembered the old dynasty's evaluation of this young man, and looked at Ning Que a little more pleasing to his eyes, and suddenly smiled and asked, "Why did you go to help the old dynasty last night?"

"I received five hundred taels of silver. Ning Que replied very honestly.

No one would go to the birth and death of a person who had just met for five hundred taels of silver, not to mention that the person was still a teenager in his sixteens who was about to enter the academy to study, Xu Chongshan didn't believe his explanation, so he didn't think he was greedy for money, but felt that he was a real temperament, and suddenly felt that he was more and more pleasing to the eye.

"His Majesty likes people in temperament, and I like it too. Xu Chongshan looked at him with a smile and asked, "Then I only need to ask one question next, and that is...... Are you willing to sacrifice your life or even your reputation for the Empire?"

Ning Que was slightly stunned, frowning and thinking for a long time, on the one hand, he was guessing the real reason why this big man asked this question, and on the other hand, because he didn't understand why the word reputation should be used in front of it, could it be that reputation is more important than life?

He thought about it for a long time, thinking of the generals before and after Weicheng, thinking of those comrades who shared life and death, and thinking of the enthusiastic people in Chang'an City, and replied seriously and slowly: "If you are in a hurry, your life can be sacrificed......

Speaking of this section, he suddenly thought of a certain scene last night, after reluctantly putting down half a bowl of noodle soup towards Xiaoshu, he looked at the lonely Liao Liao on the gray wall opposite the shop, so he hesitated and added: "But some things don't work." ”

Xu Chongshan looked at him solemnly, and found that the young man did not hesitate to give a resounding answer at the first time, but thought seriously and even embarrassed for a long time, for this, the deputy commander was not only angry, but extremely appreciative, because he knew that the prudent answer after thinking was more credible than the passionate impulse when he was generous.

"From now on, you will be a member of my Datang guards. ”

There are no more questions, there is no school examination, just a few simple words, Xu Chongshan decided to absorb this young man into the team of the Tang court guards, which has the factor of being a guarantor for Xiaoshu, and more because he really likes the temperament shown by this young man when he answers questions.

So it was Ning Que's turn to be shocked and speechless. He looked at the ebony matte waist card in his hand, looked at the identification mark on it, and after being silent for a long time, he said blankly: "After a fight, he became a big internal guard?"

"The Ichthyosaurus Gang was forced to the light by those idiot ministers in the court, don't look at me like that, the word idiot is a comment made by His Majesty who was furious last night, so we need to rearrange some people who are hiding in the night. ”

Xu Chongshan explained in a cold voice: "This is the glory of the people of the Tang Dynasty, don't think about refusing." ”

"It's not a question of refusal or not. Ning Que said helplessly: "The question is what does the imperial court need me to do? What can I do? The most important thing is that I am about to take the academy entrance examination." ”

Hearing the word academy, Xu Chongshan's face changed slightly, not for other reasons, but as an old man in the guard office, he knew very well what happened to Chao Xiaoshu back then, and it was precisely because of those past events that this batch of secret guards now has the treatment they didn't have back then. He looked at Ning Que with a gentle smile and said, "Don't worry, you can enter the academy, after you come out of the academy, you will not serve the imperial court after all, and the two are not in conflict." ”

"You haven't said I need to do anything yet. Ning Que insisted on asking.

"The Ichthyosaurus Gang has been put in the open, but there are no longer any problems in the rivers and lakes of Chang'an City. Xu Chongshan frowned slightly and said, "Your task is very simple, that is, to collect intelligence, and the specific task will be discussed later." ”

If the rivers and lakes are no longer a problem, then the biggest problem outside the imperial power is naturally the world of cultivators, thinking that he is about to enter the academy, and then thinking about the vague explanation of the deputy commander, Ning Que naturally thought of a certain possibility, is the imperial court going to attack the academy?

The guard sign in his palm was a little wet with sweat, but he knew that these things could not be rejected by himself, and he only hoped that things would go differently from his imagination in the future.