Hearing Zhang Mo say this, he felt much better, "Uncle Master, how much do you know about this person?"

"I only met him once in the back hall of Ni Mansion a few days ago," Zhang Mo said. "According to my observation, this person is not a Jie or Zhou type, nor is he an incompetent person. He still wants to work hard to revive the Tang Dynasty."

"This person is very suspicious," he said.

"Why do you say this?" Zhang Mo asked.

Then he briefly and comprehensively stated some of the details he had observed during the previous competition and what happened tonight.

After listening to the story, Zhang Mo did not answer immediately. He pondered for a while before speaking, "He is indeed suspicious, but I can't blame him for that. What he inherited was a shaky mess, and as far as I know, he was supported by the eunuch Yang Fugong as a puppet.

The person who ascends the throne has an unstable foundation and no one in charge. If he is careless and trusts others, not only will his throne be in danger, but his life will also be in danger."

nodded.

Zhang Mo said again, "I know you are arrogant and disdain to climb the dragon and the phoenix, but the Tang Dynasty belongs to the Li family. If we Taoists want to save the world and save the suffering, we can only help Bi Mingzhu, shine the light of the sun and the moon, and shine on the common people."

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After slowly nodding, Zhang Mo said again, "The emperor is also a human being, and he also has emotions, angers, sorrows, and joys. Even if he makes some mistakes, ministers should not feel resentful and disobedient. What's more, he has no rebellious behavior, but is just arrogant.

If it’s a bit too much, don’t take it too seriously.”

"I don't have any resentment, I just feel uncomfortable," he said. "When I met him, I performed the Taoist ritual of bowing my head, but in fact it was not groveling."

Hearing the words, Zhang Mozhan smiled and said, "No matter who sees the emperor, they will kneel down, but you won't kneel down when you see me. Why do you feel uncomfortable?"

"I also said some flattering words," he said with a frown, "I don't want to be promoted to a higher position, nor am I greedy for wealth. I really can't think of why I should flatter you."

"I'm serious, you just answered appropriately, why are you trying to flatter me?" Zhang Mo shook his head and said, "According to my eldest brother's guess, he wanted to take the opportunity to recruit a group of young talents as his confidants during this child martial arts test.

Entrusted with an important task, you must make him happy when you get along with him in the future. Only by making him happy can he be able to reuse you and be willing to stay with you..."

Seeing that he was about to interrupt, Zhang Mo quickly waved his hand to stop him and continued, "I know you don't covet glory and wealth, but if you want to save the world and do good deeds, you must gain his trust. If he sees you, he will get annoyed.

If I see you, hide away. Even if you have in mind policies that benefit the country and the people, you are not allowed to advise and implement them."

"That makes sense." He nodded heavily.

Zhang Mo said again, "You should understand the truth that people who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black. You must

Make him trust you and like you. Only in this way can you have the opportunity to stay by his side, be subtle, and be good at coaxing and helping. If you arouse his resentment, the only person who should stay by his side is others, in case this person has evil intentions.

, those who engage in slander and do evil will be the unlucky ones for the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty and the common people."

Zhang Mo's words cleared away the gloom in his mind, "Don't worry, uncle, I know what to do."

Zhang Mo was still not at ease, and said again, "In the future, he may do some things that are not to your liking. You can't feel resentful. You have to know that under the sky, is it the king's land? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers?

It belongs to him originally, he is the king, and you are just a minister."

Zhang Mo lowered his voice when he said this, "I know you. You have a pure nature and value loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. If one day you feel dissatisfied, you will never commit rebellion. At most, you will abandon your official position and leave the court. But think about it, if you

If you leave, the court will lose a good official. You are hiding from leisure, and the people of Li will be the unlucky ones."

"I understand, uncle, when dealing with the emperor you must be polite and responsive. Even if you sometimes say flattering words, it is not for selfish reasons, but to guide him to do good and benefit the country and the people." He said.

"I feel relieved if you think so." Zhang Mo said with a smile, "You are now a senior official of the third rank. If the imperial court is a big tree, you are now a big branch on this big tree. You

There is so much that can be done.”

After nodding, he suddenly remembered something, "Uncle, what if he asks me to do bad things?"

Zhang Mo asked instead, "Will you wantonly destroy your own things?"

"No." He shook his head.

"That's it, he won't," Zhang Mo said, "He is the emperor, and the whole world belongs to him. He only hopes that the country will be rich and the people are strong, and he will never destroy his own foundation. The emperor has no selfish motives. If there is

, there is only one thing, that is, someone has endangered his throne. When that happens, he will definitely choose to preserve the throne rather than preserve the people."

"That makes sense," nodded, "Only when he regards the world as his own will he cherish and care for it."

Zhang Mo smiled and nodded, then picked up the teapot on the table and poured water. Seeing this, he quickly got up and grabbed the teapot, first poured a cup for Zhang Mo, and then poured a cup for himself.

Zhang Mo picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "According to what you said before, he tested you seven times tonight. First, he handed you a tattoo with the name "Li" to test your mind. If you haven't understood it, you won't be able to see him tonight.

Already.

The second is to see if you will go to see him immediately with the guard. If

If you didn't go with him immediately, but came back and greeted us before leaving, he would also be dissatisfied.

The third is to test your eyesight after entering the door. If you worship the wrong person, he will look down on you and will not even come out to see you.

Then there are the three surnames: Li, Zhang, and Ni. No matter which one you choose, it will be wrong. He is testing your position. If one day our Zhang family, Ni family and Li family are in opposition, what will you do?

At home?

Fifth, it seemed unintentional to mention the Ni family's martial arts competition to recruit a bride. The talisman my eldest brother gave you at that time clearly stated that you would be "executed." After you read it, you ate the talisman. The emperor also saw this move.

, I can see that he is very satisfied, but you did not fully obey the order, but let three people go, two of them are your friends, but in the end, you did not take the life of Yang Shouyi, he looked down upon it very much.

They may think that you did it on purpose, leaving room for a meeting with the eunuch eunuch. He brought it up again just to see if you would take the initiative to explain it, and your response was also very clever. If not, he would definitely have it in his heart.

grudge.

The sixth is to ask you about the various visions you had in your hometown. If you don't respond properly, he will probably regard you as a potential threat, let alone entrust you with important tasks, or even do harm in secret.

Finally, the food is poisoned and the antidote is left in the wine. If you don't eat it all and drink it all according to the order, you will be poisoned and die. This is not only to test whether you will strictly implement his order, but also to test whether you will strictly implement his order.

I'm still very upset about you letting Yang Shouyi go. If you hadn't let Yang Shouyi go before, I guess he wouldn't have set such a harsh test for you." ??

After finally getting rid of the sweat, Zhang Mo's words made him sweat again. Zhang Mo was right. He didn't kill Yang Shouyi that day because he was grateful to the idiot and because he didn't want to completely fall out with the eunuch.

He also had the same idea of ​​letting go of the two eunuchs who assassinated Yang Kai.

Seeing his ugly face, Zhang Mo comforted him softly, "Fortunately, your explanation was reasonable and dispelled his suspicion. You should remember that it is a taboo in officialdom to have two boats. I know you are not afraid of eunuchs and eunuchs, but you just don't want to fall out."

It's too early, you have your difficulties, but the emperor will not understand your difficulties, he will only see if you are loyal."

Holding a cup of water and drinking water, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat, "Uncle Master, what do you think of him summoning me tonight?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Mo asked back.

Putting down the tea cup, he said, "There will be a ministry arrangement at court tomorrow. He met me in advance, probably because he wanted to see what kind of person I am and what kind of ministry would be appropriate for me."

"You're only half right," Zhang Mo said, "He should have already thought about what ministry to arrange for you. This meeting with you is just to confirm whether you can take on the important task."

"That makes sense," nodded

, "Uncle Master, what kind of ministry do you think he will arrange for me?"

"It's hard to say," Zhang Mo shook his head, "but one thing is certain, that is, he will definitely give you real power and will not give you an idle position."

He frowned slightly and didn't answer.

Zhang Mo added, "According to my brother and I's previous idea, we wanted you to take the first step. After the main examination is over, you will serve as my brother's deputy. You can practice calmly under him. Now it seems that the emperor does not

I plan to give you time to practice and then directly entrust you with important tasks."

Nervous and curious, he asked again, "Uncle Master, guess what he will ask me to do?"

"I really can't say," Zhang Mo said, "The emperor is the same age as me and is very young. Young people don't follow the rules. If I had to guess, I think he might place you in the Shence Army. Shence

The army accounts for 70% of the total number of forbidden troops in the imperial city, and the Shence Army is controlled by eunuchs. If the eunuchs rebel, the imperial army will not be able to resist it."

Seeing the worried frown, Zhang Mo waved his hand and said, "This is just my guess. It's hard to guess the emperor's thoughts, so let's not guess. We will find out at the court tomorrow."

"Well," nodded, seeing that Zhang Mo no longer took the initiative to speak, he asked, "Uncle, how are you preparing for the competition with your uncle?"

"It's a bit tricky," Zhang Mo said with a frown, "This time the child examination and the main examination were a secret game between the emperor and the eunuchs and powerful ministers, and both sides made concessions. The child examination was handled by the emperor alone, but the main examination was secretly controlled by the eunuchs, and the emperor could hardly intervene.

"

"What about the rules? Have they been set?" he asked.

Zhang Mo said, "It has been roughly decided that nine arenas will be set up in the past few days, and a team-up style will be adopted to determine the nine champions and then join forces. The arena will change from nine to three, and finally three will be decided.

Chief Champion, these three Chief Champions will no longer compete, but will protect the country and serve the country."

"Doesn't it mean we can't tell the difference between Wu Ju and Wu Jinshi?" he asked.

"It can be divided," Zhang Mo said, "the two hundred and forty martial arts candidates are recommended by the nine division masters, and the sixty martial arts scholars are recommended by the three general masters."

"Isn't this a gang fight and rewards based on merit?" he said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a bit like placing bets in a gambling house." Zhang Mo also smiled.

After finishing talking about business, seeing Zhang Mo showing sleepiness, he asked, "Uncle Master, where are you staying tonight?"

"It's too late. I won't leave tonight. I'll stay with you in the inn." Zhang Mo said casually.
Chapter completed!