Tang Guan was very depressed today. To be precise, he has been quite depressed recently.

That day, he took Li Mu's poems to Hongwenguan as his poems, intending to kill two birds with him, causing trouble for Li Mu and also causing some trouble for Kong Yingda. However, he did not expect that Kong Yingda's combat effectiveness was so poor. He just passed a move in front of Li Mu and lay on the ground. It has been almost a month since he left the house. And he, because the incident was caused by him, and he was Li Mu's step brother, the angry professors and students did not dare to cause trouble for Li Mu, so he came to find his awkwardness. He had been bullied in Hongwenguan for more than half a month and suffered a lot of losses. He was very upset when he thought about it.

As for Li Mu, Tang Guan never dared to appear in front of him since that day. Especially after seeing Li Mu's annoyance of Kong Yingda and many subsequent deeds, he did not dare to show up. He was afraid that Li Mu would take revenge, so he had been thinking about whether to return to his hometown in Bingzhou for two years.

But today, he couldn't escape. Because his father Tang Jian learned a secret news while facing the saint. His Majesty intends to rectify the name of the Tang Dynasty Daily and asked Li Mu to handle the matter. Li Mu intends to select and edit the editors in Hongwenguan, Chongwenguan, and Imperial College, and choose the best ones, and recommend them as "Walking in the Imperial Front". Although this is just a minor official who is tentatively designated as the ninth rank, it is a big step forward. When walking in the imperial court, you can listen to the court discussion and show your face in front of the emperor. Moreover, since the emperor values ​​this matter, he must have the intention of taking the school exam. If he matches the saint's will, wouldn't it soar into the sky?

Even if he doesn't have this luck, he will be in the imperial examinations for the next year. The people selected by Li Mu are among the exams next year. The articles he wrote are nothing more than the government and people's livelihood. These are all things that the emperor values. If one or two famous articles can be obtained, how much help would it be when the imperial examinations are held in the future.

Therefore, when Tang Jian returned home, he asked Tang Guan to visit Li Mu. Although he was a Duke, the future of his descendants could not be arranged. The eldest son of the legitimate son could inherit the title, but when he was a second son, he could only wait for the emperor to give favor. Tang Jian had seven sons in total, and six of them had been favored by Li Shimin. The eldest son Tang Songling, the minister of Taichang Temple, the second son Tang Meng, the captain of Zhechong, the third son Tang Tongren, the eldest son Tang Jiahui, the governor of Xinzhou, and the fifth son Tang Shanshi. He had just received the grace of Li Shimin a few days ago and was given the son-in-law of Princess Yuzhang, and the sixth son Tang Zuyi, and currently serves in the army. The six sons had arranged arrangements, and the emperor's grace was already full of favors. There were so many royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City, and there were few favors. When he was young, Tang Jian really didn't have the shame to ask Li Shimin for requests.

Now Li Mu has a chance here. As Li Mu's cheap stepfather, the family of his family naturally doesn't need to be useless, so Tang Jian sent Tang Guan over. Today, Tang Guan slaughtered sheep in the mansion, and Tang Guan didn't have to take one. Although he knew that Li Mu was very rich now and did not lack a sheep, he had nothing to take. He was worried about being beaten up with his hands, so he brought it over.

When he came to the gate of the Marquis's Mansion, he looked at the four big words "Zhulu Marquis' written by the imperial pen. Tang Guan couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. Compared with Li Mu, if he was from a family, the Tang family in Bingzhou was only slightly inferior to the five surnames and Qiwang. His father, Tang Jian, was in a high position and was deeply trusted by two generations of emperors. No one dared to deceive him in the world. Li Mu was born in a small town near him and was a son with a halberd. How could he compare to him? In terms of age, Li Mu was only two years older than him. Many people in Hongwenguan who were about the same age as Li Mu were still reading "The Analects of Confucius". When talking about writing poetry, eight out of ten could not be. And Li Mu could have already written poetry to make the descendants of Confucius faint. It made people very angry. Is there really a genius who was born to know in this world?

"Knock on the door."

Tang Guan rode on the horse and ordered the follower. He was a handsome young man, so he naturally could not carry the sheep by himself, so when he came, he brought a few followers. One of the followers responded and walked to the door to knock. After knocking twice, the doorman opened the door. He had seen Tang Guan and recognized him. Seeing that it was him, he quickly said, "Young Master Tang is here, please ask me, the Marquis is busy in the studio, and he told me not to disturb him after he ordered. Young Master Tang can go and notify his wife later in the lobby."

Tang Jian got off the horse, threw the reins to the follower, pointed to the sheep carried on the follower's shoulder, and said, "Today, I slaughtered the sheep in the mansion, and brought one for my brother."

The concierge quickly said, "Thank you, my son."

"Well," Tang Guan snorted and stepped in. Before he could take two steps, a sudden sound of wind came from his ears, and then the loud noise of the stone cracking came, which made his hair stand up in fear. When he looked closely, a giant axe flew over about a foot beside him and smashed into the rockery. The handle of the axe with a chain was actually thrown.

"There is an assassin!" Tang Guan screamed with his neck and crawled behind the doorman.

With this shout, more than a dozen people appeared out of thin air on the roofs, walls, and hidden places. When Tang Guan saw it, he was so scared that he lay on the ground, covered his head and shouted: "Good man, please spare my life, I am a passing person, let me have a way out!"

Li Mu came out from behind the pillar, sighed, and said, "This is my step brother of Zhulu Hou. He is so shameless."

"Ah?" Tang Guan got up from the ground and saw Li Chongyi's hand trembling, and the giant axe returned to his hand. He didn't know that he had been tricked. He said in anger: "You... you, the gatekeeper, are you not honest!"

He originally wanted to get angry at Li Mu, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to take his anger to the doorman.

The clan quickly smiled and said, "Young Master, please calm down, we don't know, we've been coming at the door..."

"Hmph!" Tang Guan got up from the ground, suppressed his anger, bowed to Li Mu and bowed: "Brother is here. I did something wrong a few days ago. I felt ashamed until now. I have never dared to appear in front of my brother. Today, my father taught me a lesson. I woke up and came to the door to apologize..." At this time, his follower came in with the sheep. Tang Guan quickly said: "Today, I will slaughter the sheep in the mansion and bring one for my brother."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Li Mu smiled and said, "Is there anything else?"

Tang Guan shook his head.

"Then go back and take care of me for my mother and your father."

“…”

Seeing Li Mu turning around and leaving, Tang Guan felt like there were tens of thousands of pregnant grass-mud horses running by in his heart. This is not right. What about the promised etiquette? As the sunset is drooping, why should I stay for a meal?

Seeing Li Mu going away, Tang Guan remembered what his father told him and said, "Brother, I have been scolded for several hours and haven't eaten lunch. This..."

Li Mu's voice came from afar: "There is a soup cake shop on the street, and I don't have money to let the doorman get it for you."

"I'm wrong!" Tang Guan finally put down his face and shouted with his neck. Li Mu stopped and turned around and said, "Who was wrong?"

"I was wrong."

"who?"

Tang Guan gritted his teeth and said, "I, the son of Tang Jian, Duke of Ju, Tang Guan, I was wrong! I am sorry to my brother, and I have not apologized in time. I am extremely guilty. Please forgive me, after today, I will follow my elder brother's leader!"

"That's right!" Li Mu walked over with a smile, helped Tang Guan up, and said, "How about it, isn't it comfortable to say what I'm holding in my heart? I know you have wanted to apologize to me for a long time, because you are afraid that I will take revenge on you. That day, I saw me from afar at the horse farm and ran away in a panic. Why bother? After all, I am your brother. I am a famous adult. I have a lot of knowledge with you. I apologize to me and I will forgive you! Oh yo, why are you still crying in your eyes? Do you regret taking your entourage? Such a shameful scene, if it is spread, your majesty will be wiped out in the future..."

Tang Guan was repeatedly poked into the pain. If he hadn't been able to provoke Li Mu, he would have really wanted to be angry... But this idea disappeared completely after seeing Li Siwen holding a giant axe behind Li Mu. There was no normal person in Zhulu Marquis' Mansion, and he flew around with such a big axe. He was sick! What should I do if I hurt someone? No, I can't hurt anyone, because as long as I met, the person would definitely die and there was no chance of being injured.

Now that things have come to this point, what else can I have to be faceless? I feel so relaxed as Li Mu said, and I’ve given up. Anyway, it’s all like this.

Tang Guan lowered his head, automatically avoided Li Mu's ridicule, and said, "Brother, I came this time because my father was discussing affairs with His Majesty. He heard that the Tang Daily was going to recruit editors in Hongwenguan. I wanted me to give it a try. If my brother thinks that I can do it, I will be grateful to you."

"I think it's a big deal. It's okay, it's covered by my brother."

Tang Guan looked at Li Mu with a gaze, not knowing whether he said it was true or false. He agreed so quickly, and always felt something was wrong.

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "What, are you suspicious? Look at my two eyes, isn't the word sincerity written in my eyes? The left eye is true and the right eye is sincere. You can't see it carefully?"

"I saw it, I saw it!" Tang Guan nodded quickly. He dared not say that he didn't see it.

Li Mu patted Tang Guan on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. There are guests in the mansion today, so it's not convenient to keep you. Otherwise, my brother would have a pair of chopsticks? Is it wrong for you to think so!"

"Yes, yes, my fault is all my fault."

"I forgive you this time, let's go!" Suddenly Li Mu remembered something, patted his forehead, called Tang Guan again, and said, "I brewed a new wine called 'Zhuangyuanhong'. You can take two jars to taste it for your stepfather."

"Ah!" Tang Guan heard that there was a new wine, also called "Zhuangyuanhong", couldn't help swallowing and said quickly: "Thank you brother."

"Go."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and left. Turning around the corridor, Li Chongyi asked, "Boss, I think he is not loyal enough."
Chapter completed!