When the rooster crows, Wu Yue and others get up.

In fact, they didn't sleep much at all that night. Apart from squatting in the toilet, they also lined up anxiously outside the toilet.

They were a little weak. When they walked out of the room, they all had dark circles under their eyes.

These courtiers whispered to each other and said one after another: "I feel that my steps are a little wandering and my body is a little empty. Standing on the ground, I just feel that the ground is a little soft. When I walk, I feel like I am stepping on water. A gust of wind seems to blow.

The old man blows him down."

The craftsman accepted Li Shui's instructions and yawned and brainwashed him: "Congratulations, sirs, this is a sign of ascension. In the past, Pangu opened the heaven and the earth. Those who were light and light rose to the sky, and those who were heavy and turbid sank to the sky.

"My lords, you have cleared all the dirty things last night, and you are already as light as a swallow. If you take another elixir, I am afraid that you will be gone by the wind."

These courtiers were very excited after hearing this, and asked repeatedly when Li Shui's elixir would be refined.

Li Shui's answer is always only one: "Just wait, it will be soon."

At this time, there was still some time before the court meeting, and the courtiers were eagerly waiting for breakfast.

The craftsman searched for a long time, and finally found Li Shui and Li Xin eating dumplings in a remote small room. The craftsman asked: "Sir, how are the breakfast arrangements for the courtiers? Do they still want to eat the special food and wine last night?"

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Li Shui glared and said, "Do you still have a conscience? These courtiers have already gone to pieces, are you going to cause trouble for someone's life?"

The craftsman laughed dryly and said: "There are still a few jars of sour wine left, and a lot of steamed buns. It's enough to hold another banquet. If we throw them all away, it would be a bit of a waste. But if we sell them,

I am also afraid of ruining the reputation of our Shangjun Courtyard... I would like to ask you to tell me how it is."

Li Shui thought for a while, took out a pile of bamboo slices, and said, "This is the person who was not selected as a gift from the court officials last time."

"You go to Zhou Qingchen and tell him to let him go. Say that I, Huaiguzi, am magnanimous and have decided to give them another chance. Select ten more people from these people to make friends with. As for the selection criteria, they are the same as last time."

Li Xin's mouth couldn't help but twitch: "This is... too cruel."

Li Shui said calmly: "After we have made the selection, we will hold a second banquet and try not to waste food. Who knows that eating a plate of food requires hard work. Those poor people in Guizhou even eat grass roots and bark.

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The craftsman responded, holding the bamboo pieces in his arms, and then asked Li Shui: "How about today's breakfast... how to arrange it?"

Li Shui put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said: "Breakfast? What breakfast? The people of Li are still hungry. It's time for these courtiers to experience the suffering of the people. He just said that it was getting late, and he had to go to court as soon as possible and bring them with him.

They get in the car."

Jiang Hu understood the idea and hurried out.

The courtiers were a little confused when they heard that they were going to court. When was this? The rooster had just crowd twice and it was still dark. Isn't it a bit early to set off now?

The craftsman explained: "My lords, our Shangjun Courtyard is outside the city, not inside the city. The journey is long and there is no time to delay."

The courtiers were a little puzzled: "Shang Jun's Courtyard seems not too far from Xianyang City. We should arrive there in a quarter of an hour by carriage."

But the craftsmen were urging them urgently, so the courtiers could only get on the carriage and stagger towards Xianyang City.

Li Shui's carriage opened the way at the front, while Li Xin rode behind to hold down the formation.

A large group of people arrived at the gate of Xianyang City. At that time, the east had just turned white and it was not yet bright. But the general guarding the city saw Li Xin at a glance, and then recognized Li Shui's carriage.

The general did not dare to neglect and quickly opened the city gate.

Last time Wang Ben chased Li Shui, the general deliberately delayed his efforts and failed to rescue him, which already made Li Shui very dissatisfied. Now he does not dare to touch Li Shui's bad luck again. He only asks noble Li Shui to forget things and give him to him.

forget.

Li Shui took his courtiers into Xianyang City, but did not go to the palace. Instead, they walked around the city.

The carriages of wealthy families all have exclusive stamps, not to mention the important officials of the court. Therefore, who is riding out can be known at a glance.

Therefore, many people in Xianyang City saw the banished immortal Huai Guzi traveling together with Wu Yue and other adults on this day, and their relationship seemed to be extremely close.

After going around in this way for several times, Li Shui asked the driver to rush to the palace.

Wu Yue and others had no idea about all this. They were all drowsy in the car because they stayed up all night yesterday.

When Li Shui brought his courtiers to the government hall, all the civil and military officials from the court were already present.

Wu Yue and others staggered down with sleepy eyes open. Then he said with emotion: "I haven't left the city very often, and even less have gone to Shangjun's Villa. I thought Shangjun's Villa was very close to the palace, so I left today.

After a while, I realized that this was not the case. You see, we set off before dawn, and by the time we got to the Assembly Hall, we were almost too late."

The other nine courtiers nodded in deep agreement.

Li Shui and his party walked to the door of the Council Hall in a calm manner, and naturally became the center of attention.

A courtier who was good friends with Wu Yue grabbed him and asked, "Brother Wu, are you really friends with Huaiguzi? How can you lose your reputation for a lifetime?"

Wu Yue was a little helpless, thinking: "Can I not know this? But what can I do? I am also forced. Since I can't resist, I have no choice but..."

Wu Yue coughed dryly and deceived himself and said to his friend: "Brother, I misunderstood. Mr. Huai is actually not bad in nature, but he is just a bit arrogant. Yesterday, he invited us to drink fairy wine and eat steamed buns. We didn't take any money. We will eat until we get drunk.

After those fairy delicacies, our internal organs have been cleansed. Now I feel as light as a swallow, with some fairy spirit in my body."

Wu Yue's original intention was to find a way forward for himself by praising Huaiguzi, so that he would not appear so pitiful or astray.

But by boasting and boasting, Wu Yue inadvertently brainwashed himself. He said with confidence: "Yes, Mr. Huai, you are really a generous person. I just thought about it, except for his rude words, he has never been rude.

Have you done anything outrageous?"

As for Wu Yue's friend, his mind is still stuck on what he just said: "What? Is the fairy wine enough? A cup of fairy wine worth 100,000 yuan is enough?"

The other courtiers unanimously chose the same strategy as Wu Yue. These ten people became Lishui's living signs, promoting Lishui's character everywhere.

After all, Li Shui has tied them together. Li Shui is noble, and they also have face.

Zhao Gao, who was not far away, looked at this scene indifferently, but his heart was a little solemn: "Huai Guzi, has already started to take action? Gather some courtiers around him. What does he want to do? Help Fu Yao win the crown prince.

position?"

Zhao Gao was a little nervous for no reason. To be honest, he was not afraid of Chunyu Yue, but he was a little afraid of Li Shui.

Zhao Gao was familiar with Chun Yuyue's tricks and knew how to deal with them. But Li Shui was terrible. This guy had no rules at all and he beat the old master to death with random punches.

Zhao Gao pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind to quickly gather the power of Wang's old party.

The Wang family's old party had a serious feud with Li Shui, and it was impossible for them to form an alliance. Others, however, avoided the Wang family's old party and did not dare to provoke them easily.

Only he, Zhao Gao, was both willing and able to provide shelter to the Wang family's old party.

In an instant, Zhao Gao had already thought of a countermeasure. At the same time, the door of the political meeting hall opened, and the court meeting was about to begin.

After all the officials saluted, Zhou Qingchen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Huai's method of replacing fields can only plant half of the farmland, but can harvest nearly twice as much corn. This magic is really miraculous. If it can be extended, it will make the world more prosperous."

If all the people in the world learn this method, our country, the Qin Dynasty, will surely have abundant food and grass. I think Master Huai has done a great job, so I would like to ask for a reward for Master Huai."

The other courtiers looked at Zhou Qingchen with disdain: "What a flatterer. Who doesn't know that in today's court meeting, the pagoda and millet will definitely be rewarded? Do you need to sell it?"

The most dissatisfied among them is Chunyu Yue. This week Qingchen is a doctor, and he, Chun Yuyue, is the doctor leader.

But recently, Zhou Qingchen has been circling around Li Shui. Is this because he wants to defect to someone else? Isn’t it true that Chun Yuyue, a doctor leader, has no face?

Today Zhou Qingchen blatantly flatters Li Shui again. It is really embarrassing and brings discredit to all Confucian scholars.

If possible, Chunyu Yue really wanted to kick Zhou Qingchen out of the doctoral team.

As for Zhou Qingchen, he had a calm look on his face and thought to himself: "Thousands of people have been worn, but flattery is not enough. Master Huai has made great contributions to the court. What's wrong with a few words of praise?"

The more Zhou Qingchen thought about it, the more righteous he felt, and his back straightened involuntarily.

Ying Zheng didn't care about Zhou Qingchen's praise of Li Shui. He nodded in agreement and said: "Huai Guzi has indeed made a great contribution. He will be given a thousand acres of land and will be promoted to one rank. He will be the same as the right concubine."

The courtiers listened quietly without much reaction.

In fact, the title of Right Concubine has a specific official position, and it requires serving as a royal minister to lead the government.

Therefore, this title is generally only given to the royal family. Huaiguzi does not have this qualification.

However, when the emperor bestowed a title on him, he added the phrase "the same character as the right concubine". The same word showed that Huaiguzi only rose in rank, regardless of the specific things. The fact that the right concubine grew up to him was just a symbol of status. In this case,

The courtiers were too lazy to object.

Li Shui, on the other hand, didn't care much about specific things. All he could think about was when his title would reach the level of a marquis.

It's not easy to come here. If you become a marquis, you can probably show your face in the history books. It's a worthwhile trip.

When Li Shui was thinking wildly, Ying Zheng suddenly said: "I want to establish a new official position. It will be called the Immortal Chamber. I will use Sophora and Guzi as the order of the Immortal Chamber. It will specialize in teaching immortal arts. This Immortal Chamber will be temporarily assigned to the name of the Shaofu.

Down."

As soon as this statement came out, the courtiers immediately began to whisper among themselves.

Create a special official position for Huaiguzi? Place it under the name of the Shaofu? This is obviously treating Huaiguzi as a close confidant.

Moreover, the courtiers have a very keen sense of smell, and they quickly realized that this official position is not the end. Huaiguzi will definitely be promoted in a short period of time. The level of this so-called immortal room will also become higher and higher.

There are many courtiers who feel sour in their hearts. They have been in high and low positions for most of their lives, and they are about to be weighed down by a young junior. This feeling can be imagined.

But no one raised any objection. After all, Li Shui was too fierce yesterday, hitting the Wang family's vital points directly, and the courtiers were still a little frightened.

Ever since, Li Shui's official position was decided.

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It seems that the merits of Huaiguzi are recognized by all the ministers."

The courtiers all showed forced smiles, thinking: "If you don't agree, what can you do?"
To be continued...