Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 18 Chapter 18

Zuo Ming is a person who refuses to admit defeat. Although it is impossible to see the end of One Piece in this life, he is not discouraged.

Isn't it just an ending?Who is not painting?There must be no Oda in this era, but doesn't he still have my left life?
Lao Tzu is a great talent who is about to graduate with an oil painting major, but he still can't handle a manga?
Lao Tzu not only wants to draw a great sailing era, but also directly stimulate Tang Dynasty into a great sailing country in the future!
Don't you guys look down on the small countries around you, and when I come back with countless treasures in a boat, I will blind your dog's eyes.

Thinking of this, Zuo Ming smiled complacently.Then he hugged the beauty with peace of mind, continued to draw cartoons, and compiled the biography of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The writing of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is coming to an end. Due to Zuo Ming’s secret revisions, the current Biography of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties has almost become Li Shimin’s autobiography. Wise and martial.Especially during the Xuanwumen coup, Li Jiancheng wanted to kill Li Shimin because he was jealous of his talents, so Li Shimin resisted and had to sit on the dragon chair. The psychological description of struggle and reluctance is really deep. the point.

Li Shimin read this passage over and over again, feeling extremely refreshed in his heart, and when the whole book ended, people directly spread it.Of course, in the name of Li Tai!
With the spread of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, for a while, Li Tai's reputation really rose like a tide, rising one after another.At the same time, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong are of course famous all over the world. Many people even directly regard them as heroes and idols.Of course, the two brothers Li Shimin and Li Yuanba were the most talked about by the people.

In Zuo Ming's Sui and Tang Heroes, Li Yuanba only kissed Li Shimin, so the jealous Qi Wang Li Yuanji designed Li Yuanba to tell the simple Li Yuanba that the reason why the sky is full of clouds and thunder flashes is to show you Li Yuanba refused to endure the provocation, so he blatantly defied the sky and was struck to death by the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder.

This story raised Li Yuanba's power to its peak, and at the same time made Li Yuanji a bad guy.

Now all the people who have read the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties know that Li Shimin and Li Yuanba are the two emperors bestowed by heaven on the Great Tang!If Li Yuanba survives, the Tang army will be unstoppable, and cooperate with Li Shimin to shock the world.

Under such a general trend, Li Shimin's folk prestige has of course risen to a peak. Although it seems that he is not as good as the dead Li Yuanba, so what?Do you want to compete with a dead man?
So in general, Li Shimin is quite satisfied with the influence of Sui and Tang Heroes.

But when Li Shimin secretly won the hearts of the people with the help of the Sui and Tang heroes, Zuo Ming's family welcomed a very important guest.

Speaking of this person, he didn't have much contact with Zuo Ming, so his sudden visit really surprised Zuo Ming.

That man is fat and short, but in the entire empire, he has a force that cannot be ignored.This person is none other than the elder brother of the eldest grandson Wugou of the present empress—the eldest grandson Wuji of Uncle Guo!

"Uncle Guo's visit really makes the humble house flourish! I just don't know what to do with Uncle Guo's sudden visit?"

Zuo Ming said respectful, but his behavior was very casual, as if he was only receiving ordinary guests.But Hu Ke was extremely cautious, and tiptoed out after serving the tea, as if he was afraid of shocking the other party.

"Mr. Zuo is serious! I just came here to visit because I often heard that the empress mentioned Mr. Dao is unparalleled in knowledge and is a rare stranger in this world!"

Changsun Wuji then smiled and took a sip of the tea ceremony.

"Oh? After the uncle Guo saw it, what do you think of me?"

Seeing that Changsun Wuji refused to express his intentions easily, Zuo Ming flashed a smile and said.

The directness of his question stunned Changsun Wuji, but then he smiled and said, "Mr. Zuo can always surprise in everything, and he is really not like a mortal!"

Naturally, Zuo Ming would not listen to this kind of unnutritive flattery, "Uncle Guo is wrong, I have already fallen into the world of mortals, although it doesn't look like it, but it is already a real one." mortal!"

Zuo Ming said it casually, but he didn't know what Changsun Wuji thought of. After hearing this, his eyes lit up and he said, "It seems that it is not the master's intention to linger in the world of mortals? If so, why don't you leave ?”

This time, it was Zuo Ming's turn to be stunned.But it didn't take long before he suddenly realized, and at the same time, he also understood the purpose of Changsun Wuji's visit.

This fat politician actually regarded himself as Li Tai's supporter!He came to be a lobbyist for Li Chengqian!
It's no wonder that Li Tai has indeed reaped a lot of benefits from Zuo Ming during these days. Just the biography of heroes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties has accumulated a lot of popularity for him in the court.In addition, Zuo Ming recently handed over the glass workshop to him, so it's no wonder Changsun Wuji was anxious.

But what does this have to do with his life?He can't go to the prince to write the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, can he?Isn't that just Li Tai the most suitable?And the glass workshop, in the end, was Li Shimin's request to Li Tai.From the beginning to the end, his Zuo Ming was nothing more than a messenger.

These politicians are also too sensitive, thinking that they are supporting Li Tai just because of these two trivial matters, it is simply reckless!
Knowing the reason for Changsun Wuji's visit, Zuo Ming immediately said bluntly, "I probably understand the purpose of Uncle Guo's visit. But I have never been deeply involved, so there is no need to leave. The legend of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is originally I was going to ask the prince to write it, but the prince wants to learn how to govern the country, how can he have time to do such trivial things? Besides, I don’t know the prince well, so it’s not appropriate to ask your majesty to ask the prince to write for you. That’s why I chose Li Tai, that fat man. As for Liuli Workshop, I’m just a supervisor, and the one who is really at the helm is Your Majesty. I’m saying that, Uncle Guo understands, right?”

Zuo Ming's words are so straightforward, if he still doesn't understand, then all these years will be in vain.

He didn't expect that he would have such a big oolong, "I am being rude. But it is not appropriate for the gentleman to say that he is not familiar with the prince. To tell you the truth, although you have never met the prince, the prince His Highness has admired you for a long time! Especially your various feats in Beijing, he is very concerned about it!"

"It's just some nonsense, but His Highness the Crown Prince and Uncle Guo laughed! There are two high-quality glazed statues here, which can be regarded as a little favor from Cao Min. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince and Uncle Guo will accept it!"

With a modest smile, Zuo Ming casually took out two statues from the drawer and handed them over.This one is Guan Erye made by himself, and the other one is the Statue of Liberty he carefully decorated.

When he sent these two statues away, he didn't think too much, he just wanted to see off the guests.

However, looking at these two gifts, Changsun Wuji changed his expression and smiled happily.When he was leaving, he unexpectedly invited him to visit his residence in a few days.

Zuo Ming naturally accepted this invitation.

Don't take advantage of it, that's a bastard!

There must be a lot of delicious food for a dignified uncle from the country to treat guests, it is better than him cooking by himself every day.

When it comes to cooking, it really made Zuo Ming extremely helpless.He was originally a lazy person. In his previous life, it was unprecedented to be able to fry a bowl of eggs and fried rice by himself. Now he has to find a way to cook by himself every day. He can't bear it.

But he can't do it if he doesn't burn it himself!Datang's seasoning is too little, and he really can't praise the cooking skills of Datang's chefs. A good plate of chicken, he can give you the taste of mutton, can you bear it?

That is to say, the cook in Wang Gui's mansion is not bad, after Zuo Ming taught him a few tricks, the cooking is already decent.

Except for the cook in Wang Gui's mansion, none of the imperial cooks in the palace was Zuo Ming's favorite. Even the eldest grandson Wugou who was recorded as a good cook by later generations was a bullshit in Zuo Ming's eyes.

What kind of tremella and lotus seed soup, put four or five spoonfuls of sugar in it at a time, it's so sweet, only Li Shimin's mountain cannon is happy to eat, and he still thinks it is a peerless delicacy.

Zuo Ming ate one bowl in the palace and refused to eat a second bowl, which made Changsun Wugou unhappy for a while.

Since then, Zuo Ming has asked Zuo Qian to collect all kinds of seasonings for him, no matter how much it is, he doesn't care.At the same time, he also began to think about whether he wanted to recruit some smart cooks himself.

However, Hu Ke disagreed with the matter of recruiting a cook, insisting on learning how to cook by himself and cooking for Zuo Ming himself.

Zuo Ming was really suffering and couldn't tell.How can a woman cook like a dish?That's medicine!
Cooking a meal is the same as engaging in nuclear weapons!Zuo Ming felt sick to his stomach looking at those dark dishes, let alone eating them.

For this reason, Hu Ke cried several times, saying that he was unclean and stupid to death, and he couldn't even cook the food his man wanted to eat.

It doesn't matter if she says that she is stupid, but he won't allow her to say that she is not clean. Every time she says a word, Zuo Ming will take off her pants and beat her hard on her bottom a few times.

As time passed, she didn't dare to speak anymore.

Zuo Ming agreed to his invitation, Changsun Wuji was naturally extremely satisfied, and after leaving Anleju, he walked straight towards the Prince's East Palace.

When his uncle came to visit, Li Chengqian did a good job in etiquette and personally welcomed him into the East Palace.

For the prince's kind treatment, Changsun Wuji's heart is as clear as a mirror, but the etiquette of monarchs and ministers cannot be abolished, he still saluted Li Chengqian, and then said, "Your Highness! I went to pay a visit to the man who has been in the limelight recently Zuo Ming, Mister Zuo, after chatting for a while, thanks to His Highness, he got a treasure. Look, Your Highness!"

As he said that, he brought the two glazed statues from his servants.

"This statue of Guan Gong is a gift from Mr. Zuo to the humble official. As for the statue of the powerful emperor, it is a gift from Mr. Zuo to His Highness! What does Your Highness think?"

A good Statue of Liberty has become a statue of a powerful emperor in Zhangsun Wuji's mouth. The imagination of these politicians is really rich.

It's no wonder that he laughed so happily before, probably he took Zuo Ming's casual gift as an expression of his heart.

Sure enough, when he heard the powerful empress laugh, Prince Li Chengqian smiled happily, "Mr. Zuo really took care of you! Such a treasure is not much worse than my father's divine monkey! I must thank Mr. Zuo well in the future!"

"That just so happens that my minister is going to host a banquet for Mr. Zuo at home today, why don't His Highness go to have a talk?"

With a flash of expression, Changsun Wuji said with a smile.

Knowing that Changsun Wuji had already made arrangements, Li Chengqian had no reason to refuse, so he said sincerely at once, "Uncle, you bothered!"

"What's your Highness talking about! It's a humble honor for His Highness to come to my humble house! There's nothing to worry about."

Changsun Wuji smiled without taking credit.

He was indeed worried about this nephew, but this was because of Li Chengqian's struggle for success in the past few years, otherwise, Li Tai would be considered his own nephew, and there was no need for him to support Li Chengqian all the time.

After chatting for a while, Changsun Wuji left the East Palace, went to the palace to meet Changsun Wugou, and told about Zuo Ming sending the statue of the powerful emperor.

After hearing this, Empress Changsun smiled softly.She knew that statue was called the "Statue of Liberty". It seemed that Zuo Ming was just a random gift, but it was misunderstood by her complex elder brother.

However, it is one thing to understand, but Empress Changsun will not say it.She also just finds it funny that her elder brother pays so much attention to a person with no official position, but it's not a bad thing.

As a geek whose fate is left, Chengqian might be useful in the future, and it would be good to have a good relationship now.

(End of this chapter)