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Chapter 509 Chapter 520: Yuan Tiangang eats arsenic
The last thing discussed in the court meeting was a great joy, Xue Rengui and Li Daozong broke the Tuyuhun matter, today we will count their merits and discuss the rewards they deserve.

Li Shimin ordered people to read the battle report between Li Daozong and Xue Rengui in court. All the officials were very excited after hearing this. The country sent [-] troops in total, and they already knew about this from Xue Rengui's last battle report.

In the last battle report, Xue Rengui reported the news that he defeated the Tubo Army and the Western Turkic Army, which made the ministers in the court applaud. Although everyone in the court knew that Xue Rengui was brought out by Li Hao, but after hearing the news, they They still couldn't help admiring, [-] against [-], a complete victory, this record is no worse than Li Hao's record, this is a great victory.

Regarding Xue Rengui, those ministers who opposed Li Hao were divided into two factions. One faction believed that Xue Rengui should be suppressed with everything, but more people believed that there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Under Li Hao, if Xue Rengui rises, it may pose a threat to Li Hao's military status. As long as Xue Rengui has a little bit of ambition, they can find an opportunity to tear this gap and let Xue and Li break up. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, then they will be happy.

If it is someone else, it is really possible, but he is Xue Rengui, loyal, benevolent and brave, how could he break with Li Hao for the sake of power and status? , Li Hao has the kindness to know him, and he is benevolent and righteous. All he can do is to repay him wholeheartedly. Even if Li Hao rises up, he will probably rebel with Li Hao without hesitation for a moment.

Xue Rengui and Li Daozong defeated Tuyuhun, so they would naturally be rewarded. Li Shimin discussed the matter of rewards with the ministers in the hall. After discussing for about 10 minutes, they finally decided on the rewards.

Xue Rengui's reward is naturally higher than Li Daozong's. After all, he has made the most contribution. If he hadn't defeated the Tubo and Western Turkic army with [-] to [-], it would be impossible to win this battle, so his contribution this time is very high , the rewards he received were naturally high, and he was directly appointed as the second-rank Fuguo General, awarded the Honorary Zhu Kingdom, Jin Jue Jingyang County Duke, and his wife was granted the second-rank imperial order.

Now Xue Rengui has directly entered the ranks of the court chiefs, and he has also been made a public official. Although he is only a county official, he is still a public official.

Xue Rengui's second-rank general Fuguo is a Wu San official, not an official, so this second-rank general is not comparable to the second-rank general of Tiance Mansion, and the difference is a bit far.

Li Daozong's rewards are relatively simple. He was awarded the honor of Captain Qingche, and he was granted the title of General of the Second Rank Town Army. A small Tuyuhun has limited credit, and it is already very good to receive such a reward.

After setting the rewards for Xue Rengui and Li Daozong, Li Shimin ordered to set up Qinghai Guards in the Tuyuhun Plateau area. Xue Rengui was temporarily appointed as the General of Qinghai Guards. When it was time to decide on the candidate for the Protectorate of Qinghai, Li Hao took the initiative to ask for the post of Protectorate of Qinghai Protectorate.

This made the officials stunned. Li Hao is in full swing in the imperial court, and he has just become the general of Tiance Mansion, but he suddenly wants to go far away to the frontier. What's the meaning?
Of course Li Hao has his own ideas. First of all, he is going to reverse Fan Lihua and Xiao Dice. Secondly, he has recommended Xue Rengui to Li Shimin to go to Zhengdong. It will probably be in the spring of next year. According to Li Hao's idea, Qinghai If Wei is established, it is impossible for Tubo to remain indifferent, and it will definitely take action, so Datang must take strict precautions.He went to settle down the Qinghai Protectorate in advance, and then took over Qinghaiwei, and let Xue Rengui go to conquer the east, so that it was impossible for Tubo to catch any chance.

Because Li Hao Yunwen Yunwu, and made a lot of achievements in local governance, Li Shimin felt that Li Hao could still take up the post of Qinghai Governor, so he agreed to Li Hao's request. Naturally, he would not object to going to the frontier, so Li Hao was successfully appointed as the Protector of Qinghai. After the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households prepared the relevant entourage, Li Hao could set off to take up the post.

The Grand Court Meeting was finally over. Li Hao walked out of the Taiji Hall together with all the officials. It was only two hours between entering the Taiji Hall and leaving the Taiji Hall. However, Li Hao's status was completely different. Today he stole the limelight. The court meeting, paying homage to the prime minister, conferring the post of general in Tiance's mansion, conferring the post of guardian of the capital of Qinghai, five things in court, all five things passed smoothly, and now everyone looks at him differently.

At the same time, in the living room of King Wu's Mansion in Yizhou, Jiannan Road, King Wu Li Ke was drinking tea with a middle-aged man in a blue Taoist robe. This person is Li Hao's opponent Yuan Tiangang.

Li Ke took a sip of tea, put down his teacup and said, "The Taoist priest kept saying that he would help the king achieve great things, but the Taoist priest didn't even show his true colors to this king, so how can I trust you."

"Hehe." Yuan Tiangang smiled lightly and said, "Forget it, since His Highness is interested in this old man's face, why not let His Highness take a look." He raised his hand and took off his bamboo hat as he spoke.

Seeing Yuan Tiangang's face, Li Ke was obviously taken aback. Yuan Tiangang's words and deeds were sophisticated, and he always called himself an old man. He thought he was an old man, but he didn't expect to be a middle-aged man.

"Your Highness seems quite surprised to see the old man's face?" Yuan Tiangang asked Li Ke with a smile.

Li Ke gave a dry laugh and said, "I just didn't expect the Taoist priest to be so... young."

Yuan Tiangang raised his eyebrows, spread his hands and said, "Your Highness may wish to guess, how old is this old man?"

Li Ke chuckled, shook his head and said, "This king can't guess."

Li Ke is quite smart, he will not guess like a fool, he knows that he will definitely not be able to guess, and that will definitely weaken his momentum. Now the two of them are no different from negotiating, and momentum is very important.

Seeing that Li Ke was quite clever, Yuan Tiangang smiled lightly and said, "This old man is 77 years old."

"How much?" Li Ke frowned, thinking he had heard wrong.

"77 years old." Yuan Tiangang replied with a smile, full of confidence.

Li Ke looked at Yuan Tiangang carefully again, and asked suspiciously: "Could the Taoist priest be joking with this king?"

Yuan Tiangang shook his head and said: "No matter how courageous this old man is, how dare he joke with the prince. This old man is really 77 years old. I have practiced the method of refining Qi since I was a child, so I grow old slowly."

Li Ke didn't believe it, he frowned and asked, "How do you prove it?"

Yuan Tiangang raised his eyebrows and said: "Since His Highness doesn't believe it, then let it be. I will also pretend that the old man has never been here before, so I bid farewell." He got up and left.

Li Ke hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, Taoist leader!"

Yuan Tiangang fell back on the chair and asked, "What else is there for Your Highness?"

Li Ke said: "As long as the Taoist priest can prove that you are 77 years old this year, I would like to worship you as my teacher!"

Li Ke did not make this decision impulsively. He had his own ideas. If the person in front of him is really 77 years old, he must be an expert, and this person has also told him before that he is proficient in Qimen Dunjia, five elements and gossip, astronomy and calendar. , Yishu divination, and also dabbled in the art of war, it can almost be said that he knows everything.If all of this is true, it would be an unworldly genius, and getting his help is like Liu Bei getting Kong Ming, so he must prove it.

Yuan Tiangang thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness, I really can't prove my age, but I can prove that I have indeed cultivated the immortal method of prolonging life."

Li Ke heard the words and exclaimed: "You know the magic of immortality? Quickly practice it."

Yuan Tiangang waved his hand and said: "No, Your Highness, you have misunderstood. There is no immortality in this world. The immortality that the old man said is the honorific name for the exercises practiced by us Qi refiners. Because it can prolong life, so it is called immortality. Dharma, after practicing this immortal method, not only can prolong life, but also have infinite power, and it is invulnerable to all poisons."

"Really?" Li Ke exclaimed in disbelief when he heard the words, he prolongs his life, he has infinite strength, he is invulnerable to all poisons.

"Look, my lord." Yuan Tiangang suddenly lifted his foot and stepped on the ground suddenly, only to hear a "pa", and the bluestone slab more than an inch thick was easily crushed by him. A hammer is also scary.

Li Ke was also taken aback naturally, but he calmed down immediately. He has seen the world and knows that there are many people in this world who are born with supernatural powers, so he said: "It is really powerful, I wonder if I can give it a try. A hundred poisons are invulnerable."

Yuan Tiangang said: "Yes, please bring a live dog and a little arsenic, my lord."

Li Ke said to the guard standing beside him: "Go, do it."

The guard hurried down.

Yuan Tiangang said: "Your Highness, later on, the old man will feed the dog arsenic. When the poison occurs, the old man will feed the dog the blood of the old man to keep him alive, because the old man has practiced the exercises of prolonging life all the year round, and the blood in his body has been obtained. Nourishes and has miraculous detoxification effects.”

Li Ke nodded, and thoughtfully said: "I thought you were going to eat arsenic directly to show me."

Yuan Tiangang frowned when he heard the words, and drank the arsenic directly. He is very weak, and it will take a day or two to recover, how dare he take such a risk now that he is in the Prince Wu's mansion.

But judging from Li Ke's attitude, it seems that he must drink arsenic before giving up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, I can also eat a little arsenic, but not too much. After all, I am just a qi refiner, and I am still a mortal, not a real person. Immortal."

Li Ke nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, I understand, as long as you drink and eat arsenic, you will be fine, I will believe you."

Soon, the guard brought a dog and a small packet of arsenic. Li Ke asked him to let the dog go. Then he took the arsenic with his own hands, opened the paper packet, and saw a small puddle of arsenic inside. A little smaller, the amount is quite a lot. Yuan Tiangang was relieved after seeing it. The amount of arsenic is not too large, and the body should be able to bear it, but it may need to use internal strength to assist the heart to supply blood and oxygen, which is a booster effect. , increase blood circulation, used to resist toxins.

Li Ke pointed at the arsenic, and asked with a smile, "Is the Taoist going to eat it dry? Or make tea?"

Yuan Tiangang said: "Make tea."

"Okay." Li Ke poured all the arsenic into a teacup, poured it with tea, and asked someone to serve it to Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang took two mouthfuls of hot air, then raised his head and drank all the water in the teacup without leaving a drop. Li Ke shrank his eyes when he saw this. He didn't expect that this person actually drank it. Joking with his own life, unless he's crazy.

(End of this chapter)