The Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be listed as one of the four great classics, so it naturally has its unique features.

The most attractive thing about it is that it is a fictional plot based on historical facts, including military strategy, political and diplomacy and many other aspects.

If the story Gu Qing told was a Dream of Red Mansions, perhaps Li Longji would close the book after reading a few pages, and at most he would praise him a few words. Maybe he would even dislike Jia Baoyu in the book.

If Gu Qing was talking about Water Margin, Li Longji might be furious and extend Gu Qing's sentence by the way.

As for Journey to the West... Monk Xuanzang has been dead for less than a hundred years, but there are monkeys and pigs who come from the scriptures. So many mysterious and strange gods and ghosts, both the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata, do you think I, the emperor, are decorations? What's more, Xuanzang in the book actually made sworn brothers with the former Emperor Taizong... Haha, this is a terrifying death.

Therefore, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Gu Qing took out is the most suitable one.

The content of the book is based on historical facts, and many other examples such as strategy and politics are quite in line with Li Longji's appetite.

So Li Longji gradually became interested. From the third charity of Taoyuan, his interest became stronger and stronger. He was a little perfunctory when he first read the manuscript. After reading only a few pages, he looked solemn, and he began to read it carefully.

Zhang Jiuzhang knelt down at the bottom, with an old monk with a calm expression as if he had entered into meditation. At noon, at noon, Li Longji was shocked, but he couldn't bear to release the book and issued an order to prepare a banquet and gave Zhang Jiuzhang the same banquet.

The wine and food were brought into the hall, and Li Longji was eating without knowing the taste and flipping through the manuscript while eating. Zhang Jiuzhang was polite and drank and took food. It took a long time to read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so Zhang Jiuzhang would not be wronged and waited for himself.

The king and his ministers didn't say a word in the strange and quiet atmosphere, and it took more than half an hour to finish a meal.

The wine and food were removed, and Zhang Jiuzhang continued to enter into meditation.

Li Longji's expression became more and more serious. Sometimes after reading one page, he did not rush to turn the next page, but looked up at the beams on the roof of the hall, and was muttering something. He nodded thoughtfully before continuing to look at the next page.

When he read that Zhao Zilong entered and exited Changbanpo, Li Longji praised him and said that he was a powerful general. When he read that Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from a straw boat, Li Longji laughed and praised the wonderfulness of Wolong's plan. He felt sorry for Zhou Lang in Wu. When he read that Guan Yu was defeated and fled to Maicheng, he was finally harmed by the Wu Kingdom, Li Longji sighed sadly and felt lost.

When he read that the star fell into Wuzhangyuan, the Sima family finally usurped Wei, and the Three Kingdoms finally returned to Jin. Li Longji remembered something, and suddenly closed the book and cried.

"This book... is indeed a strange book, Zhang Qing, who did this book?" Li Longji asked choked.

Zhang Jiuzhang stood up and said, "The Marquis of Qingcheng County, made by Gu Qing."

Li Longji was stunned: "Gu Qing?"

Unbelievably, Li Longji looked at the manuscript again, and said in surprise: "Can Gu Qing make such a strange book? Isn't it possible?"

Zhang Jiuzhang said calmly: "I dare not deceive the king. It was indeed written by Gu Qing. It was recorded by Huai Jin, my niece. I added and deleted some of them in the details, but the stories, strategies and diplomacy in the book were all done by Gu Qing alone. I guaranteed it with my life."

Li Longji was still shocked and said: "He is only in his twenties, and the strategy and military strategy in the book can be regarded as a peerless writing. I have benefited a lot from reading many places. What's even more rare is that these characters and stories are not biased from historical facts. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a book of military strategy... Gu Qing was only 20 years old. How could he write such a shocking book with his experience? This... is too incredible."

Zhang Jiuzhang still said calmly: "I felt incredible when I first read this book, but it was indeed said by Gu Qing. It was actually written by him. I have to believe it. If I want to ask the reason, it is probably because of the peerless talent. Your Majesty, there are many people in the world. Some people are born to know it, and they can't believe it."

Li Longji was silent for a while and sighed: "I still underestimated Gu Qing's talent. This person's talent lies not in poetry, essays, classics, but in governing the country and making great use of the country."

Zhang Jiuzhang smiled and said, "Young man, the country uses it for a long time."

Li Longji smiled: "Yes, it's a long time to come. Thank you for Zhang Qing's book. I'm just wondering. Since Gu Qing has been telling this book for many days, why didn't he take the initiative to present it to me?"

Zhang Jiuzhang smiled bitterly and said, "Gu Qing's original intention of dictating this book was actually to spend boring time for my niece and granddaughter, and told her as a child's story. It was my niece and granddaughter who suddenly felt extraordinary after listening to it, so she wrote it down with notes. Perhaps in Gu Qing's eyes, this book is not a clever thing, it is just a joke to coax children."

Li Longji was stunned: "Such a strange book is nothing in his eyes? How talented is this son Gu Qing?"

Zhang Jiuzhang sighed: "This is the fact. Later, I accidentally saw what my niece wrote. I looked at it with curiosity and was shocked. In order to ask for the next chapter, I even gave up this old face and went to ask him to tell it orally. However, Gu Qing was quite impatient and said a few chapters when he was in a good mood or was bored. I waited patiently for several months. Fortunately, Gu Qing was in the prison of Dali Temple this time, maybe he felt bored and bored, so he finished the story."

Li Longji laughed and shook his head: "It seems that this guy's talent is far more than that. I should pay more attention in the future and often take out some useful things from his mouth."

After slapping the manuscript on the table, Li Longji sighed: "Just with this book, it is not an exaggeration to give him another title,... Haha, but let it go, Gu Qing is too young after all, and being too prominent is not a good thing. If there are new people like Gu Qing in the country, why worry that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty cannot last forever?"

The purpose of Zhang Jiuzhang's book was to Gu Qing. He had read this book himself and knew that the extraordinary book of this book was presented to Li Longji in order to make him pay more attention to Gu Qing.

Another purpose is that Gu Qing is a junior who Zhang Jiuzhang admires very much. Seeing that this junior got into trouble and had been in the prison of Dali Temple for a lot of days, Zhang Jiuzhang felt a little distressed, so he took advantage of the reason for offering a book and hoped that Li Longji would waive Gu Qing's remaining sentence for this strange book.

However, looking at Li Longji's appearance at this moment, after appreciating and admiring, he seemed to have no intention of releasing Gu Qing. Zhang Jiuzhang's purpose was gone, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and had to stand up and leave with tactfulness.

After Zhang Jiuzhang left, Li Longji was still flirting with enthusiasm over the manuscript. Even though he had read it once, he still couldn't put it down.

Gao Lishi came over quietly and said, "Your Majesty, what Zhang Siqing meant just now..."

Li Longji stared at the manuscript and said without raising his head: "I know that he wants to plead for Gu Qing, and I hope I can issue an order to release Gu Qing from Dali Temple in advance."

Gao Lishi said in confusion: "Your Majesty admires this book so much, and Gu Qing can make His Majesty happy, so why not..."

Li Longji shook his head and said slowly: "Everything goes back to the next thing. Gu Qing is of great talent, but his mistakes must be punished. If I forgive him this time, I am afraid that he will become more arrogant and arrogant in the future. If such a person is used by the country, he will be more than defeated and will be a disaster for the country. I don't want to see Gu Qing become that way after a few years."

Staring at the manuscript, Li Longji praised again: "What a good book. How did Gu Qing have such a delicate mind? He could come up with such a wonderful strategy. Could it be that he had read military books when he was a teenager?"

His eyes gradually fell into deep thoughts, and Li Longji murmured: "It can be seen from this book that Gu Qing has a lot of talented generals. He chose the right choice when he named him a military position. However, the real general is not on paper and pen, but in the real battle formation, Gu Qing should have tried it, otherwise he would be Zhao Kuo who talks about war on paper..."

Gao Lishi raised his eyebrows and bowed his head and did not dare to say much.

After a long time, Li Longji closed the manuscript and said, "General Gao, please continue. This book is bound and printed into a book by the inner supervisor of the palace. It is not allowed to be circulated among the people. It is less printed and handed over to the generals of the Chang'an guards and the governors of the Ten Towns to read. They told them that they must read it carefully. After reading it, they wrote memorials to me, and they would like to tell me about their impressions and benefits for the book."

After saying that, Li Longji picked up his pen and wrote four words on the top of the first page of the manuscript, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The title of the book was written by the imperial pen, and Gu Qing's name was finally faced by the generals in the army this time.

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By the Wei River where spring is blooming, Zhang Huaiyu hurried outside Chang'an City.

He stopped and looked at the city gate wall of Chang'an in the distance. Zhang Huaiyu showed a bitter smile.

Two years later, she came back to this place, a place she didn't like when she was determined to escape.

The bustling capital and the noisy mansions all set off her heart becoming more cold and lonely.

Inexplicably, I remembered what Gu Qing once said, "Everyone is a patient, everyone has a disease in their hearts, and there is a stubborn disease that cannot be touched and cannot be cured."

Yes, isn’t Zhang Huaiyu a patient?

He walked forward and dismounted in front of the city gate. After Zhang Huaiyu entered the city, he came to Zhang Jiuzhang's mansion.

This was once Zhang Jiuling's mansion. Zhang Huaiyu's family lived here when she was young. Later, Zhang Jiuling passed away. The descendants of the Zhang family were all officials in other places, so the house was left to Zhang Jiuzhang.

The guards at the door all knew Zhang Huaiyu. Seeing her wearing white clothes and dust, the guards were stunned and saluted one after another, and then hurried forward to lead the horse and fell into stirrups.

Zhang Huaiyu walked into the mansion alone, walked around the screen wall, and walked through the yard. In the front hall, a middle-aged man with simple clothes and no anger was sitting in the hall, bowing slightly to chat with Zhang Jiuzhang.

Seeing the middle-aged man, Zhang Huaiyu's eyes turned red and she almost burst into tears. After trying hard to hold it, she took a deep breath and saluted under the stone steps in the front hall.

"Father, Huaiyu is back."

The middle-aged man was Zhang Huaiyu's father Zhang Zheng. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at him. After seeing Zhang Huaiyu standing under the stone steps outside the hall, he looked at her, Zhang Zheng nodded and said lightly: "Come here? Go to the backyard to clean it up, and come again when the banquet in the mansion is held in the evening."

Zhang Huaiyu felt sad and calmly.
Chapter completed!