The news of the promotion of the marquis was so shocking. Everyone, including Gu Qing, was still buzzing in their minds, and they couldn't digest the shocking news for a long time.

Chang'an has many powerful people. If you don't talk about Gu Qing's fame in the Shilin, but only talk about his status in the court, Gu Qing was originally just the chief of the Left Guard. In terms of existence, it is roughly the solid in a translucent state, wandering on the edge of the center of power, and his official duties are complicated and he has no water. His literary reputation may be admired by Shilin, but the big men in the court rarely faced Gu Qing.

A young man in his twenties was extremely capable, that is, he offered several strategies during the rebellion of the Nanzhao Kingdom. After becoming an official in Chang'an, he wrote some excellent poems. In addition, the most eye-catching one was that he caused a few disasters and indirectly turned the prince Ji Wang into a commoner.

Is such a young man worthy of attention from the big guys?

However, after today, the big guys have to pay attention to Gu Qing.

He became famous overnight and became the chief of the Left Guard. Not only was he promoted to the Central Commander of the Left Guard, but the most surprising thing was that he was named Marquis.

A title of a marquis is a glory that most court officials have never expected throughout their lives, but a boy in his twenties can easily do it. From the unknown Changshi, he suddenly stepped into the circle of powerful people and became a real marquis and powerful people in Chang'an City. What kind of luck is this?

Li Shierniang’s mansion.

The banquet lacked the owner, and Gu Qing still stayed in Huaqing Palace, Mount Li to follow the emperor, but it did not affect the joyful atmosphere in Li Shierniang's mansion.

Zhang Jiuzhang, Li Guangbi, Yan Zhenqing, Du Fu and others sat upright in the front hall. Zhang Huaijin was like a butterfly who was idle, pouring wine for all the elders attentively. The joy on her face seemed to be the bandit leader who had just robbed a good woman and returned to the village.

The news channels of Li Shierniang are very mysterious. Most court officials in Chang'an City do not know the reason why Gu Qing was awarded title, but Li Shierniang knew it. When Li Guangbi and others first stepped into the Li Mansion, Li Shierniang learned about the ins and outs of Gu Qing's title of marquis.

When the guests arrived and everyone was happy and questioning, Li Shierniang told the truth about Gu Qing's title.

After saying that, there was silence in the front hall.

"So that's it, no wonder..." Zhang Jiuzhang smiled and smiled.

Yan Zhenqing also smiled and said, "It is not an exaggeration to be a marquis when saving the Lord. Gu Qing has a life-saving grace to Your Majesty. From then on, the holy family will not be mentioned. Your Majesty will be used as a confidant. This son's future is limitless."

But Zhang Huaijin put down the wine pot and sat in the corner without saying a word.

After a long time, Zhang Huaijin said quietly: "You elders only care about Brother Gu's title of marquis and promotion, and no one asked him whether he was injured in the fire or how much he suffered. Such a big fire must be very painful when he burned on his body..."

Everyone looked at each other, but Li Shierniang looked at Zhang Huaijin deeply, and the more she looked, the more she became, the more she was happy.

Li Shierniang, the two girls of the Zhang family, both liked each other. Huaiyu was cold-hearted, but cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Huaijin was so naive. Li Shierniang had seen how Zhang Huaiyu worked hard for Gu Qing in Qingcheng County, and also saw Zhang Huaijin visit her house every day, and he talked about Gu Qing.

These two girls are both worried about Gu Qing. It seems that they should be married for the age of marriage. How should Gu Qing choose?

Li Shier Niang had a kind of happy trouble inexplicably. She was good girls and liked Gu Qing. It would be better to have them all, but she couldn't say this. After all, the Zhang family is a prime minister and I'm afraid she wouldn't want her sisters to marry the same husband.

Gently stroked Zhang Huaijin's head, Li Shierniang chuckled and said, "What a silly girl, don't worry, the person inquiring about the news in my house said that Gu Qing was not injured, but was just shy of smoke from the throat. It was a bit inconvenient to speak, and he was just hunched."

Zhang Huaijin suddenly turned from worry to joy, slapped the table suddenly, and shouted heroically: "What are you waiting for? Brother Gu is happy to be a marquis. He will drink it if he is not drunk tonight! Then play music and dance!"

Everyone was startled. Zhang Jiuzhang was particularly embarrassed and was so angry that he trembled: "Bastard! What kind of morality is there in front of elders! Have you forgotten the etiquette and rules you taught you?"

Zhang Huaijin's surging passion was poured on the basin of cold water by the second ancestor Weng, and sat down in a remote place with his mouth puffed.

The man became honest, but his eyes were not honest. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, he secretly stole a pot of wine from the table and hid it beside his legs. While the elders were chatting, he put his mouth close to the spout and took a big sip. Then he quickly pretended to be sitting upright as if nothing had happened. His face turned red, and he still looked down and his eyebrows were smooth.

Others didn't pay attention to her, but Li Shierniang was sharp-eyed, pursed her lips and smiled, and did not expose her. She even turned her head and called the female disciple, and whispered to give Zhang Huaijin another pot of good wine.

Among the guests here, the only one who was a little unhappy about Gu Qing's promotion to become a marquis was Li Guangbi.

It’s not that he has any objections to Gu Qing, Li Guangbi purely feels that his face is a bit unbearable.

"At the time when Gu Qing had just come to Chang'an, he was just a small recorder in the Left Guard to join the army. In less than a year, he was already the General of the Left Guard and was named the Marquis of the County..." Li Guangbi sipped a muffled wine and sighed sullenly: "I'm afraid I can't attack this kid in the future. In theory, he can kick me as long as he wants..."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Yan Zhenqing was so happy that he spit out a sip of wine. He laughed and said, "I have forgotten that I am now the General of the Left Guard. You are the General of the Left Guard. You are half a level older than you. When you meet Gu Qing in the Left Guard, you have to give your official tribute, haha!"

Li Guangbi said angrily: "I will hide from him from now on, won't it be possible?"

He took a sip of wine in his head and sighed: "This kid is so fast that he has been promoted. I have never seen anyone who can be promoted so fast. He is only in his twenties. Will he be a Duke in another ten years?"

Zhang Jiuzhang stroked his beard and said leisurely: "In fact, Gu Qing is not just about getting promoted. If you don't see Yang Guozhong's speed of promotion, that's really fast."

Everyone was stunned.

That's right, in terms of how fast he is promoted and awarded a title, Yang Guozhong is much faster than Gu Qing.

The merit was not established, and the land was not established. Before the fourth year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong was just a small county magistrate. Just because his cousin was a concubine, Yang Guozhong rose to the top, and went from supervising the censor to serving the censor. In less than a year, he held fifteen positions, and now he held more than thirty positions and was awarded the title of Duke of Wei. After Li Linfu died, when His Majesty returned to the capital from the Palace of Mount Li, Yang Guozhong was about to take over as Li Linfu, and became a true minister.

In terms of the speed of promotion and title, although Gu Qing was very fast, he was still not as good as Yang Guozhong.

This topic ends here, and everyone stops talking. Some topics are more likely to be taboos. Now the promotion and title of the Tang Dynasty have gradually lost rules. Personal wealth depends on the emperor's likes and dislikes. The emperor likes you. He can be prominent overnight and dislike you. He can pull you from his peak overnight.

This was the case with the virtuous prime minister Zhang Jiuling. He was demoted from the prime minister to the chief of Jingzhou overnight. Zhang Jiuling's life was a cliff-like fall. For Li Longji, he just moved the chess piece on the chessboard in a position.

After a long silence, Li Shierniang suddenly said: "Gu Qing once said that he would pave the road of the world again, and from then on there will be no uneven roads in the world. He said this sentence in front of his parents' grave. He... seems to be one step closer to his ambition."

Everyone was shocked and looked at Li Shierniang.

If it were before, a young man in his twenties said that he would pave the way for the world again, others would only regard him as young, crazy and childish, and dare to make such unrealistic bold statements.

However, Gu Qing is now named a marquis of the county and a general of the Central Army. At the age of only 20, he is already well-known, especially as a sage and is well-known. It is hard to imagine where Gu Qing's status will reach in the future. If someone says that he will soon become the prime minister, no one will doubt it anymore.

So, if a young man who is destined to be prominent in the future and holds authority, he will say that he is "there is no more uneven road in the world", will others still regard him as a young, frivolous and childish?

Zhang Jiuzhang said solemnly: "If Gu Qing had this ambition, even though I was in a state of poverty, I would like to help him."

Li Guangbi pointed at the key point: "Although I am not talented, I have at least one strength and I will give all my strength to help him."

Yan Zhenqing stroked his beard and smiled, "Although I have no close relationship with Gu Qing, his ambition is exactly what I want. I am willing to follow the horse's tail."

Only Du Fu is present without an official position and has been silent. After hearing what everyone said, Du Fu was so excited that his fists were clenched, his body trembled slightly, and his face turned red and said, "Below, below... Although he is white, he is willing to spread this broken body on the new road in the world. If there is no uneven road in the world, Du will die without regrets."

After chatting for a while, everyone suddenly heard a long burp from a remote corner. Everyone turned their heads in shock and found that Zhang Huaijin, who had not made a sound for a long time, was blushing with her face. She sat crossing her legs without sitting, shaking her upper body back and forth, and her eyes were straight and giggling from time to time.

Everyone burst into laughter, but Zhang Jiuzhang was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Zhang Huaijin, are you going to make a fuss? Who allowed you to drink? Get home for me!"

Zhang Huaijin was already drunk, and her entire Chang'an was hers. She didn't care what Zhang Jiuzhang said, so she still laughed foolishly.

Li Shierniang walked to Zhang Huaijin with a smile, hugged her in her arms, and helped her smooth her messy hair with affection. She smiled and said, "Huaijin is so drunk that she won't go back tonight. Let's sleep in my house."

Zhang Jiuzhang shook his head and sighed: "It's not a decent! Such a rude and rude, all the Zhang family's upbringing is fed to the dog!"

Li Guangbi said dissatisfiedly: "The little girl just stole some wine. Don't put on such a big hat. If you get drunk, you'll be drunk. Old Zhang, you're afraid that you've been so embarrassed to be so drunk. You're so embarrassed to scold your granddaughter, haha."

Everyone laughed, Zhang Jiuzhang's old face became more and more uneasy, and he slapped the table and said angrily: "Li Guangbi, I broke up with you!"

"If you break up, you will break up. Whoever talks first is the dog!" Li Guangbi said with wide eyes and glaring unwilling to be outdone.

Li Shierniang snorted coldly and glanced at Li Guangbi: "Who broke up with me last time? After a few days, she came to find wine with a shy face. Haha, why don't you bark twice?"

Everyone laughed, and Li Guangbi laughed, smiling while looking around, as if the person Li Shierniang was not talking about was not him.

As the banquet came to an end, everyone stood up to say goodbye, and Zhang Huaijin was left in Li's mansion.

It was late at night, and Zhang Huaijin snuggled in Li Shierniang's arms, with a hazy drunkenness in her eyes, and she said quietly: "Auntie Li, Brother Gu is already showing his high-ranking title, and I seem to be getting further and further away from him..."

Li Shierniang patted her back lightly and whispered: "You will be shorter than you can walk towards him."

Zhang Huaijin shook his head and said, "I took a step closer and he took a step back. There is only sister in his heart..."

Close your eyes, Zhang Huaijin murmured like a dream: "It's so tired to get closer to his heart..."

After saying that, Zhang Huaijin fell asleep, and a drop of clear tears slowly fell on his cheeks.

Girlish feelings, there are always tears in the poem.

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Being a marquis and being promoted, life suddenly reaches a peak with completely different scenery.

Gu Qing's mood was naturally also happy, but the motivation for joy had nothing to do with fame, wealth, official titles.

After receiving the imperial edict from the marquis, Gu Qing's first thought was Zhang Huaiyu.

When he left Shiqiao Village, Zhang Huaiyu once said that when he was granted the title of king, he could propose marriage to her.

So now, are you considered qualified?

After thanking him, Gu Qing sat alone in the room, his mood was turbulent and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

It has to be said that the surprise of fate came too quickly and suddenly. Gu Qing had just left Shiqiao Village for more than a month and was suddenly named a marquis. He thought it would take at least two or three years to be named a marquis. Gu Qing was waiting for an opportunity at any time and planned to make a great contribution to Lengzi. Unexpectedly, after a big fire, the credit was smashed so hard.

Are you surprised or not? Are you surprised or not?

It was indeed quite surprising. Gu Qing thought that at the moment of life and death, Li Longji's promise to be a marquis was just a rude speech. Gu Qing himself didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, Li Longji took it seriously. It was indeed Jun Wuji's joke. He must give a thumbs up to the foolish emperor.

A poem inexplicably emerged in my mind, "The light smoke spreads into the Wuhou family", which probably perfectly describes Li Longji's casual act of being a marquis.

This poem is not a good thing. Gu Qing himself is a beneficiary, so of course it is still inconvenient to tell outsiders. The most basic quality of being a human is that you cannot scold money if you take it.

After entering Yichun Pavilion to thank Gu Qing, he returned to the house of Binshe. Before entering the door, he met many eunuchs and Yulin Guard generals. Everyone bowed to congratulate Gu Qing.

You naturally have to pay for good things when listening to good words, especially those eunuchs in the palace. If they are not tactful, they will even make enemies.

Gu Qing had no choice but to smile and respond humbly, while taking out money from his arms, from silver dollars the size of his little finger to handfuls of copper coins. After returning to the house, the money on his body had been completely taken out, leaving only a penny in the embroidery bag. If Huaqing Palace doesn't care about food next, Gu Qing might starve to death.

What is the marquis of Qingcheng County? It is obviously the marquis of Sancai...

When he returned to the door of the house, an eunuch was waiting outside. Seeing Gu Qing coming back, the eunuch smiled and handed Gu Qing a gold book to the title of marquis, and half of the tiger talisman of the army to the General of the Central Army, as well as a brand new purple official uniform, official boots and jade belts. Then he respectfully told Gu Qing that Your Majesty had an order that Gu Qing, the marquis of Qingcheng County, could receive a thousand households with a fief, and actually had three hundred households with a fief.

Gu Qing understands it in seconds.

"Fire of food" is nominally produced by farmers in the fiefdom given to him by the court, and "real fief" is the real fief that belongs to him.

Gu Qing doesn't care. With his current wealth, he really doesn't take the so-called fief seriously. His current source of income is mainly the income from Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing's shops.

After thanking the eunuch who sent the order, Gu Qing returned to the house and sat in a while bored for a while. He began to think about whether to celebrate. He naturally had to reward himself for such a festive event as a marquis.

So Gu Qing decided to eat meat, all kinds of meat.
To be continued...