When the rooster crows, Wu Yue and others get up.
In fact, they didn't sleep much at all that night. In addition to squatting in the toilet, I also lined up anxiously outside the toilet.
They are a little weak. Walking out of the room, everyone had dark circles under their eyes.
These courtiers whispered to each other and said one after another: "I feel that my steps are a little wandering and my body is a little empty. Standing on the ground, I just feel that the ground is a little soft. When I walk, I feel like I am stepping on water. A gust of wind seems to blow. The old man blows him down."
The craftsman received Li Shui's instructions and yawned xinao next to him: "Congratulations, sirs, this is a sign of ascension. In the past, Pangu opened the heaven and the earth. Those who were light and light rose to the sky, and those who were heavy and turbid sank to the sky. Earth. My lords, you have cleared away all the filthy matter last night, and you are already as light as a swallow. If you take another elixir, I am afraid that you will ride on the wind and fly away."
These courtiers were very excited after hearing this, and asked repeatedly when Li Shui's elixir would be refined.
Li Shui's answer is always only one: "Just wait, it will be soon."
At this time, there was still some time before the court meeting, and the courtiers were eagerly waiting for breakfast.
The craftsman searched for a long time, and finally found Li Shui and Li Xin eating dumplings in a remote small room. The craftsman asked: "Sir, how are the breakfast arrangements for the courtiers? Do they still want to eat the special food and wine last night?" "
Li Shui glared and said, "Do you still have a conscience? These courtiers have already gone to pieces, are you going to cause trouble for someone's life?"
The craftsman laughed dryly and said: "There are still a few jars of sour wine left, and there are also a lot of steamed buns. It's enough to host another banquet. If we throw them all away, it would be a waste. But if we sell them, I am also afraid of ruining the reputation of our Shangjun Courtyard... Please let me know how it goes."
Li Shui thought for a moment, took out a pile of bamboo slices, and said, "This is the person who was not selected as a gift from the court officials last time."
"You go to Zhou Qingchen and tell him to let the wind go. Just say that I, Huaiguzi, am magnanimous and have decided to give them another chance. Select ten more people to befriend from among these people. As for the selection criteria, they are the same as last time."
Li Xin's mouth couldn't help but twitch: "This is... too cruel."
Li Shui said calmly: "After we have made the selection, we will hold a second banquet and try not to waste food. Who knows that eating a plate of food requires hard work. Those poor people in Guizhou even eat grass roots and bark. .”
The craftsman responded, holding the bamboo pieces in his arms, and then asked Li Shui: "How about today's breakfast... how to arrange it?"
Li Shui put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said: "Breakfast? What breakfast? The people of Li are still hungry, and it's time for these courtiers to experience the suffering of the people. It's getting late, and they have to go to court as soon as possible and bring them with them. They get in the car."
The craftsman understood this and hurried out.
The courtiers were a little confused when they heard that they were going to court. When was this? The rooster has only crowed twice, and it's still dark. Is it a bit early to set off now?
The craftsman explained: "My lords, our Shangjun Courtyard is outside the city, not inside the city. The journey is long and there is no time to delay."
The courtiers were a little puzzled: "Shang Jun's Courtyard seems not too far from Xianyang City. We should arrive in a quarter of an hour by carriage."
But the craftsman was in a hurry, and the courtiers had no choice but to get on the carriage. Staggeringly walked towards Xianyang City.
Li Shui's carriage opened the way at the front, while Li Xin rode behind to hold down the formation.
A large group of people came to Xianyang City. At that time, the east had just turned white and the sky was not yet bright. But the general guarding the city saw Li Xin at a glance, and then recognized Li Shui's carriage.
The general did not dare to neglect and quickly opened the city gate.
The last time Wang Ben chased Li Shui, the general deliberately dilly-dallyed and failed to rescue him, which already made Li Shui very dissatisfied. He didn't dare to touch Li Shui's bad luck now. He just asked noble Li Shui to forget things more and forget about him.
Li Shui took the courtiers into Xianyang City, but did not go to the palace. Instead, he walked around the city.
The carriages of wealthy families all have exclusive marks, not to mention the important officials of the court? Therefore, you can tell who comes out in the car at a glance.
Therefore, on this day, many people in Xianyang City saw the banished immortal Huai Guzi traveling together with Wu Yue and other adults, and their relationship seemed to be extremely close.
After going around in this way for several times, Li Shui asked the driver to rush to the palace.
Wu Yue and others had no idea about all this. They were all drowsy in the car because they stayed up all night yesterday.
When Li Shui brought the courtiers to the political hall, all the civil and military officials from the court were already present.
Wu Yue and others staggered down with sleepy eyes open. Then he said with emotion: "I haven't left the city very often, and even less have gone to Shangjun's Courtyard. I thought that Shangjun's Courtyard was very close to the palace. After walking around today, I found that it was not the case. Look at our sky We set off before we knew it, and by the time we got to the Council Hall, it was almost too late."
The other nine courtiers nodded in agreement.
Li Shui and his party walked to the door of the Government Hall in a calm manner, and naturally became the center of attention.
A courtier who was good friends with Wu Yue grabbed him and asked, "Brother Wu, are you really friends with Huaiguzi? How can you lose your reputation for a lifetime?"
Wu Yue was a little helpless and thought to himself: "Can I not know this? But what can I do? I am also forced. Since I can't resist, I have no choice but..."
Wu Yue coughed dryly and deceived himself and said to his friend: "Brother, I misunderstood. Mr. Huai is actually not bad in nature, but he is just a bit arrogant. Yesterday, he invited us to drink fairy wine and eat steamed buns. We will not take any money until we are drunk. After eating. After those immortal delicacies, our internal organs have been cleansed. Now I feel as light as a swallow, with some immortality in my body."
Wu Yue's original intention was to find a way forward for himself by praising Huaiguzi, so that he would not appear so pitiful and misguided.
But after boasting and boasting, Wu Yue accidentally inadvertently made a fool of himself. He vowed to say: "Yes, Mr. Huai, you are really a generous man. I just thought about it, except for his rude words, has he ever done anything harmful to the world?"
As for Wu Yue's friend, his mind is still stuck on what he said just now: "What? Is the fairy wine enough? A cup of fairy wine worth 100,000 yuan is enough?"
The other courtiers unanimously chose the same strategy as Wu Yue. These ten people became Li Shui's living posters, promoting Li Shui's character everywhere.
After all, Li Shui has tied them together. Li Shui is noble, and they also have face.
Zhao Gao, who was not far away, looked at this scene indifferently, but his heart was a little solemn: "Huai Guzi, has already started to take action? Gather some courtiers around him. What does he want to do? Help Fu Yao win the crown prince position?"
Zhao Gao was a little nervous for no reason. To be honest, he was not afraid of Chunyu Yue, but he was a little afraid of Li Shui.
Zhao Gao was familiar with Chun Yuyue's tricks and knew how to deal with them. But Li Shui was so terrible. This guy had no rules at all and beat the old master to death with random punches.
Zhao Gao pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind to quickly gather the power of Wang's old party.
Wang's old party had a serious feud with Li Shui, and it was impossible for them to form an alliance. Others, however, avoided Wang's old party and did not dare to provoke them easily.
Only he, Zhao Gao, was both willing and able to provide shelter to the Wang family's old party.
In an instant, Zhao Gao had already thought of a countermeasure. At the same time, the door of the Council Hall opened, and the court meeting was about to begin.
After all the officials saluted, Zhou Qingchen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Huai's field method can only plant half of the farmland, but can harvest nearly twice as much corn. This magic is really amazing. If it can be extended, it will If all the people in the world learn this method, then our country, the Qin Dynasty, will surely have abundant food and grass. I think Master Huai has done a great job, so I would like to ask for a reward for Master Huai."
The other courtiers looked at Zhou Qingchen with contempt: "What a flatterer. Who doesn't know that in today's court discussion, the pagoda and millet will definitely be rewarded? Do you need to sell it?"
The most dissatisfied among them was Chunyu Yue. This week Qingchen is a doctor, and Chunyu Yue is the leader of the doctors.
But Zhou Qingchen has been circling around Li Shui lately. Is he going to turn against him and defect to someone else? Isn’t it true that Chunyu Yue, a doctorate leader, has no face?
Today Zhou Qingchen openly flattered Li Shui again. It was really shameful and discredited all Confucian scholars.
If possible, Chunyu Yue really wanted to kick Zhou Qingchen out of the doctorate team.
As for Zhou Qingchen, he had a calm expression on his face and thought to himself: "Thousands of people have been worn, but flattery cannot be worn. Lord Huai has made great contributions to the court, so what's the matter with a few words of praise?"
The more Zhou Qingchen thought about it, the more righteous he felt, and his back straightened involuntarily.
Ying Zheng didn't care about Zhou Qingchen's praise of Li Shui. He nodded in agreement and said, "Huai Guzi has indeed done a great job. He will be given a thousand acres of land, and he will be promoted to one rank, and he will be the same as the right concubine."
The courtiers listened quietly without much reaction.
In fact, the title of Right Concubine has a specific official position, and he needs to serve as a royal minister to lead the government.
Therefore, this title is generally only given to the royal family. Huaiguzi does not have this qualification.
However, when the emperor conferred a title, he also said "the same as your concubine." The same word indicates that Huaiguzi is just rising in rank, regardless of specific things. The fact that You Shu grew up here was just a symbol of status. In this case, the courtiers were too lazy to object.
Li Shui, on the other hand, didn't care much about specific things. All he was thinking about was when his title would reach the level of a marquis.
It's not easy to come here. If you become a marquis, you can probably show your face in the history books. It's a worthwhile trip.
When Li Shui was thinking wildly, Ying Zheng suddenly said: "I want to establish a new official position. It's called the Immortal Chamber. I will use Huai Guzi as the Immortal Chamber Order. It will specialize in teaching immortal arts. This Immortal Chamber will be temporarily assigned to the name of the Shaofu. Down."
As soon as these words came out, the courtiers immediately began to whisper among themselves.
Create a special official position for Huaiguzi? Put it under the name of the Shaofu? This is clearly considering Huai Guzi as a confidant.
Moreover, the courtiers' sense of smell was very keen, and they quickly realized that this official position was not the end. Huai Guzi will definitely be promoted in a short period of time. The level of this so-called Immortal Chamber will become higher and higher.
There are many courtiers who feel sour in their hearts. They have been in high and low officialdom for most of their lives, and they are about to be overtaken by a young junior. This feeling can be imagined.
But no one spoke out against it. After all, Li Shui was too fierce yesterday, hitting the Wang family's vital points directly, and the courtiers were a little frightened.
Ever since, Li Shui's official position was decided.
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It seems that the merits of Huaiguzi are recognized by all the ministers."
The courtiers all showed forced smiles, thinking: "If you don't agree, what can you do?"
Ying Zheng added: "In addition, Li Xin's recommendation has made me great in Qin. He was promoted to one rank and given a thousand acres of land."
Li Xin was still a little confused and didn't come back to his senses: "Am I still here?"
The courtiers immediately exploded, and it was okay for Sophora Millet to be rewarded. After all, the Daitian method was indeed magical, and once it was popularized, it would be of great benefit to the world.
As for Li Xin, what did he do? His reward came too easily.
Ying Zheng sneered and said: "A few days ago, the outcome of the bet was still undecided. The civil and military officials in the court wrote impatiently, urging me to kill Huaiguzi. Only Li Xin argued hard and risked his life. Remonstration. A lonely man is brave, but thousands of people are coming."
"Li Xin is not only wise, brave, and righteous, but also loyal to our country, the Qin Dynasty. I am awarding him a reward today so that all your ministers will think of you when you see a good person."
All civil and military officials in the court stopped talking, and many people's faces were burning.
Li Xin's reward was actually a slap in their faces. And the slap in the face was loud.
Li Xin, on the other hand, thought with some surprise: "So I am wise, courageous, and unparalleled in my loyalty? Haha, Your Majesty is really a wise judge of people."
Unconsciously, his waist straightened. And subconsciously, he cast a proud look at Chunyu Yue. Go to Baidu to read the latest chapter of "I was a great hero in the Qin Dynasty" for free as soon as possible.
