Chapter 68 A wise minister who answers dreams

"General Cheng, calm down! I'll tell you right away." Li Zhen said with a smile.

Cheng Yaojin was just like that, and everyone was used to it.

When everyone was waiting for Li Zhen to continue, Li Chengqian spoke first: "Just now I heard from Minister Li that I can interpret these two poems, but I don't know if they are correct. I hope Minister Li can give me some pointers."

"What? Prince, you can interpret dreams too?" Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost.

"I can't interpret dreams, but I just guessed the meaning of these two poems." Li Chengqian turned around and said to Cheng Yaojin.

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Since the prince has guessed the meaning of these two lines of poetry, why not tell it out loud for everyone to hear."

Looking at the eyes of the crowd, Li Chengqian said: "The floating in the floating shadow is talking about snowfall, and the word "Xue" is similar to "Xue", which means that the young general in white robe should be surnamed Xue."

"Yes! What you said is true! It is indeed a young general surnamed Xue, please continue to talk about it, prince." Li Chengqian nodded and smiled.

Li Er on the throne had a gleam in his eyes, and he could hardly suppress the excitement in his heart. The mystery was about to be revealed.

"The third line is a three-year-old child worth a thousand taels. A three-year-old child is actually worth a thousand taels. He is really a noble man!"

"Putting this together, the name of this young general in white robe is Xue Rengui!" Li Chengqian said.

"If Xue Rengui had accompanied the army to escort us this time, we would have been able to turn danger into safety! Minister Li, is what I said right?" Li Chengqian asked.

"From the interpretation of these four lines of poetry, it is indeed so!" Li Ji said.

"Good!" Li Er was in a good mood, and he wiped out the waste just now and said: "Minister of Personnel, immediately send a letter to Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Road, and ask the local county magistrate to find Xue Rengui!"

"Yes!"

The Minister of Personnel accepted the order. "Father! There is no need to make such a fuss! I know a person who is exactly the same as what is said in this poem. Maybe he is the wise minister in your dream." Li Chengqian said, in this way, the Minister of Personnel would have nothing to do.

Now is a great opportunity to recommend Xue Rengui to Li Er, and Li Chengqian will not let it go.

Li Chengqian was originally thinking about how to push Xue Rengui to Li Er during this Eastern Expedition, but who knew that such a dramatic scene would happen.

It really fits the old saying that if you look for it everywhere, you will find it without any effort!

If it weren't for Li Er's strange dream, our prince would have no way to brazenly and recklessly place his own generals next to Li Er.

"How does Your Highness know that the person you are talking about is the wise minister of Your Majesty's dream? And not just a coincidence?" Cen Wenben asked.

Cen Wenben was originally an important figure who supported Li Tai in seizing the throne. If Li Er had not asked him to stay away from the capital and inspect Henan Province, he would have been implicated in the case of the King of Wei's rebellion.

"The man I am talking about is wearing a white robe. At the beginning, when my father mentioned that this young general was wearing a white robe, I thought it might be a coincidence and didn't think much about it."

"Later, after explaining the first three lines of the poem, I learned the man's surname and name! After where he lived, I was 90% sure."

"I can be sure that my father's Yingmeng Xianchen is the man I am talking about. He is from Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Province. His surname is Xue, his name is Li, and his courtesy name is Rengui." Li Chengqian said.

"Oh! Where is this person? Call him quickly so that I can see if he is my Yingmeng Xianchen!" Li Er said.

"This man is my son, the Prince's Right Chamberlain Xue Li, who is now on duty in the East Palace." Li Chengqian said.

"Then why are you still standing there? Let him wear a white robe and hold a Fang Tian Hua Ji to come to the palace, so that I can take a look!" Li Er said.

"Yes!" Li Chengqian accepted the order, turned around and went outside the palace, called Wang Quan forward, and said to him: "You go back to the East Palace now, let Rengui wear a white robe and hold a Fang Tian Hua Ji to come to the Taiji Palace to meet the emperor, go quickly and come back quickly."

"I understand!" Wang Quan accepted the order and left, and Li Chengqian returned to the main hall to wait.

Wang Quan ran all the way back to the East Palace, panting and begging Xue Rengui, and asked him to wear a white robe and hold a Fang Tian Hua Ji to go to the Taiji Palace to meet the emperor.

Soon after, Xue Rengui came to the outside of the Taiji Hall with a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. The eunuchs outside the hall immediately went in to report.

"Summon him to the hall quickly!" Li Er said.

"Summon Xue Rengui to the hall to see the emperor!" Wang Yuan shouted at the top of his voice. Xue

Rengui heard that he was summoned to see the emperor, and hurriedly stepped into the Taiji Hall. Li Er and a group of civil and military officials stretched their necks to look at the door.

Only Li Chengqian stood still in his original position. A

young general came from outside the hall and appeared in everyone's sight. The young general was dressed in a white robe, holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, and walked like a dragon and a tiger. His appearance was dignified.

Just this dress and appearance, as well as the posture after leaving, immediately left a good impression on Li Er and the civil and military officials.

"Your Majesty, I, the Crown Prince's Zuo Nei Shuai Xue Li, pay my respects to you!" Xue Rengui saluted to Li Er who was sitting on the throne.

"I wonder where you are from, my dear Xue, and what your courtesy name is?" Li Er asked.

He had recognized the man in front of him. Wasn't he the official of the Eastern Palace who had won the blind-shooting competition with Xueyantuo on New Year's Day.

"Your Majesty! I am from Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Road, and my courtesy name is Rengui!" Xue Rengui said.

Li Er was overjoyed. Now everything was in place. He was full of confidence in this Eastern Expedition.

"Father, Rengui is not only good at martial arts, but also at archery. He can shoot through five layers of heavy armor with one arrow from a hundred steps away." Li Chengqian took the opportunity to add that he hoped Li Er would pay more attention to Xue Rengui.

"What? You are so amazing, I have heard that in the legend, a great archer can shoot through seven layers of heavy armor with one arrow."

"I never thought you were so amazing that you could shoot through five layers of heavy armor." Cheng Yaojin was surprised!

After all, legends are just legends, and who knows how much water there is in them. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, it is not possible to find a few people who can shoot through three layers of heavy armor with one arrow.

Not to mention shooting through five layers of heavy armor with one arrow, how much arm strength and how superb archery skills are needed to accomplish this feat.

Not only Cheng Yaojin was surprised! Even Li Er and the civil and military ministers were shocked and speechless, except for Li Chengqian.

"Since Mr. Xue has such ability, why not try shooting an arrow in this hall to open the eyes of me and the ministers?" Li Er said.

"I obey your order!" Xue Rengui said.

"Go to the inner storehouse and get five layers of fine armor and a strong bow! Put the fine armor a hundred steps away. I and the ministers want to watch Mr. Xue shoot the armor." Li Er ordered Wang Yuan.

"Yes!" Wang Yuan took the order and quickly took out the fine armor and the strong bow. He fixed the fine armor a hundred steps away and handed the strong bow to Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui took the strong bow and got ready. Li Er and the ministers stared at Xue Rengui holding the strong bow.

Xue Rengui drew his bow and shot an arrow at the five layers of fine armor a hundred steps away.

The arrow shot out and shot through the five layers of fine armor.